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Re: OT: MPE 2001
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Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]>
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Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 28 Aug 2002 16:01:44 -0700
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Bill writes:
> But... wasn't HAL defective? Killing off the crew and all that?

What do you expect, HAL was a 9000 :-)

"HAL: Let me put it this way, Mr. Amer. The 9000 series is the most reliable
computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted
information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof
and incapable of error."

G.

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