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http://www.xkcd.com/907/
I LOLd at "non-sentient".
http://www.xkcd.com/910/
Is it bad that this is a cartoon, and yet I know exactly which distro
this is?
Also: I know a lady who's half-crazy. The idea of her on powerful
painkillers is quite frightening.
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http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> http://www.xkcd.com/910/
"HAL" is always a good server name. Or "Skynet" if you are adventurous.
"GLaDOS" would be too obvious.
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- Warp
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Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> > http://www.xkcd.com/910/
>
> "HAL" is always a good server name. ...
>
> --
> - Warp
Just in case there are still one or two techies still alive who missed this...
Take the name "HAL" - replace each letter with the next letter of the
alphabet...
;-)
Best Regards,
Mike C.
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On 13/06/2011 01:26 PM, Mike the Elder wrote:
> Just in case there are still one or two techies still alive who missed this...
>
> Take the name "HAL" - replace each letter with the next letter of the
> alphabet...
>
> ;-)
Ah yes, rot-25 encryption...
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Mike the Elder <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> Take the name "HAL" - replace each letter with the next letter of the
> alphabet...
But that's not how it got the name.
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- Warp
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Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Mike the Elder <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> > Take the name "HAL" - replace each letter with the next letter of the
> > alphabet...
>
> But that's not how it got the name.
>
> --
> - Warp
*Possibly* not... I'm aware of the fact that Arthur C. Clarke has gone out of
his way on several occasions to say that it wasn't. (HAL = Heuristically
programmed ALgorithmic computer) Well, sometimes human beings just plain fib.
Both Clarke and Kubrick had reasons for wanting to stay in IBM's good graces. I
think that both the claims that it definely was a coincidence and that it
definitely wasn't are stronger that the evidence supports. We will probably
never know for sure. Which is fine, because mysteries are almost always more fun
than solutions*. ;-)
Best Regards,
Mike C.
*There are definite exceptions to this rule of thumb, like "Just what *IS* the
cure for cancer?"
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On 14/06/2011 03:23 PM, Mike the Elder wrote:
> "Just what *IS* the cure for cancer?"
Which one?
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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> On 14/06/2011 03:23 PM, Mike the Elder wrote:
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> > "Just what *IS* the cure for cancer?"
>
> Which one?
Sarcasmnoma ;-)
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