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ORIGINAL: mnboy
Orv,
According to the 1968 movie, the HAL 9000 model stands for "Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer". It became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois, on the January 12th, 1992.
MN
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You forgot to mention the movie; 2001: A Space Odyssey
HAL, the computer went haywaire and killed all but one of the crew members. The term HAL is used to sarcastically describe computers that make decisions for us rather than letting us humans make our own choices. Sort of like the brain in our Chargers..................
From Wikipedia:
HAL 9000 (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) is a fictional computer/character in the Space Odyssey series, the first being the novel and film 2001: A Space Odyssey, written by Arthur C. Clarke in 1968. HAL is an artificial intelligence, the sentient on-board computer of the spaceship Discovery that eventually runs insane. HAL is usually represented only as his television camera "eyes" that can be seen throughout the Discovery spaceship. The voice of HAL 9000 was performed by Canadian actor Douglas Rain. HAL became operational on January 12, 1992 at the HAL Plant in Urbana, Illinois, and was created by Dr. Chandra. In the 2001 film, HAL is depicted as being capable not only of speech recognition, facial recognition, and natural language processing, but also lip reading, art appreciation, interpreting emotions, expressing emotions and reasoning.
Some versions state that the name HAL was derived by a one letter shift (see Caesar cipher) from the name IBM, although this has been denied by both Arthur C. Clarke and his fictional character Dr. Chandra, who states that "by now, any idiot should know that HAL stands for Heuristic ALgorithmic" (2010).
"I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that."
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