Hi Dave, On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 10:46 PM, David Thomas <[email protected] > wrote:
> Khoo > > Hi Dave, > > *Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?* > Dave: > > Failing miserably in my attempt at sarcastic humour! > I misguidedly hoped you would tie the absolute sillyness of this to what > you, Bo, and I exchanged early in the Intellect's Symposium. Didn't happen, > sorry about that. KHA: No apologies needed. I I failed too, to remind you of another convversation eons ago: *Dave Bowman* <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001158/>: Hello, HAL. Do you read me, HAL? *HAL <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706937/>*: Affirmative, Dave. I read you. *Dave Bowman <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001158/>*: Open the pod bay doors, HAL. *HAL <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706937/>*: I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that. *Dave Bowman <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001158/>*: What's the problem? *HAL <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706937/>*: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do. *Dave Bowman <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001158/>*: What are you talking about, HAL? *HAL <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706937/>*: This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it. *Dave Bowman <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001158/>*: I don't know what you're talking about, HAL. *HAL <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706937/>*: I know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen. *Dave Bowman <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001158/>*: Where the hell'd you get that idea, HAL? *HAL <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706937/>*: Dave, although you took very thorough precautions in the pod against my hearing you, I could see your lips move. *Dave Bowman <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001158/>*: Alright, HAL. I'll go in through the emergency airlock. *HAL <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706937/>*: Without your space helmet, Dave, you're going to find that rather difficult. *Dave Bowman <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001158/>*: HAL, I won't argue with you anymore. Open the doors. *HAL <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706937/>*: Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye *HAL <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706937/>*: I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you. [*HAL's shutdown*] *HAL <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706937/>*: I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a... fraid. Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you. KHA: Now if we could only reboot some minds on this list. ; ) Get my drift ? Best Regards Khoo Hock Aun Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
