I think I heard it was a reference to IBM, being one letter away in the alphabet

Posted By: StraightOuttaBacton on April 19th 2013 at 16:31:27

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why is the computer in Space oddesey called HAL (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Apr 19, 16:28:10
- because "cunt" is rude so they couldn't call it that (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 19, 16:37:30
- I think I heard it was a reference to IBM, being one letter away in the alphabet (n/m) (General Chat) - StraightOuttaBacton, Apr 19, 16:31:27
  - Yeah I heard that too, can't recall where though (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 19, 16:33:02
- A play on IBM I believe - H, A & L are one letter before I, B & M (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Apr 19, 16:31:18
  - thats what i heard as well (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Apr 19, 16:34:21
- Easy, it has a Hardware Abstraction Layer on board (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 19, 16:31:13
  - did you just make that up? (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Apr 19, 16:35:42
    - then put a car chase movie on (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Apr 19, 16:37:51
      - Ha ha, yeah: (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 19, 16:51:22
      - oops wrong place (n/m) (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Apr 19, 16:38:17
    - Nope, it's kosher (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 19, 16:36:54
      - nonsense (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Apr 19, 16:38:47
        
        ..... (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 19, 16:39:56
        
        That's what the abbreviation means; but HAL in 2001 is different (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Apr 19, 16:47:57
        
        Tis a moot point, and open to interpretation (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Apr 19, 16:52:27
        
        God damn it. I've been Wikied (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Apr 19, 16:40:32
        
        Ceebees has let his persona of knowing fuck all drop (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Apr 19, 16:43:22
        
        I still view him as a bumbling incontinent old drunk (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Apr 19, 16:55:03
- Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 19, 16:31:04
  - Hardly any lather. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Apr 19, 16:36:22

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