There's a name for those... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 2:18 PM, Christopher Barnett Fox <[email protected]> wrote: > According to Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick, that's not true: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000#Origin_of_name > > HAL stands for Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer. > > Also, just to be extra-pedantic, HAL is not an *anagram* of IBM. Anagrams > are a scrambling of the original letters, e.g. "BMI" is an anagram of > "IBM". > > OK. I feel better now. ;-) > > christopher > > > On 2015/05/14/, 2:10 PM, "Ron Wiesen" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >The computer's name was HAL -- all caps. The name HAL was an inside joke > >-- > >an annagram of IBM. Add the next sequential letter to each letter in the > >name HAL and you get IBM. > > > >Keeper of the Primordial Bit (mother of all bits), -= Ron Wiesen =- > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: M100 [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Flow > >gmail > >Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 16:42 > >To: Model 100 Discussion > >Subject: Re: [M100] Fwd: Model 1000+1 > > > >This is Hal: are there any messages for me ! > > > >Gene Corrigan > >[email protected] > > > >> On May 14, 2015, at 12:29 PM, Jan-80 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> For those that don't get the quote: shame on you! > >> > >> Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARJ8cAGm6JE > >> > >>> On Wed, 13 May 2015 16:01:55 -0700, John Gardner wrote: > >>> I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave... :) > >>> > >>>> On 5/13/15, Flow gmail <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Subject: Model 1000+1 > >>>>> > >>>>> Or, how about a full surface keyboard with micriphone which would > >>>>>fade > >to > >>>>> touchscreen upon "Enter" ? Solar panel would fill the obverse side > >>>>>of > >the > >>>>> slim case. > >>>>> > >>>>> Gene Corrigan > >>>>> [email protected] > > > > -- Disclaimer: Any resemblance between the above views and those of my employer, my terminal, or the view out my window are purely coincidental. Any resemblance between the above and my own views is non-deterministic. The question of the existence of views in the absence of anyone to hold them is left as an exercise for the reader. The question of the existence of the reader is left as an exercise for the second god coefficient. (A discussion of non-orthogonal, non-integral polytheism is beyond the scope of this article.) Thanks /usr/games/fortune
