why is the computer in Space oddesey called HAL

Posted By: ghostof barry butler, Apr 19, 16:28:10

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because "cunt" is rude so they couldn't call it that
Posted By: Old Man, Apr 19, 16:37:30
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I think I heard it was a reference to IBM, being one letter away in the alphabet
Posted By: StraightOuttaBacton, Apr 19, 16:31:27
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A play on IBM I believe - H, A & L are one letter before I, B & M
Posted By: BerlinCanary, Apr 19, 16:31:18
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Easy, it has a Hardware Abstraction Layer on board
Posted By: CB41, Apr 19, 16:31:13
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Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer
Posted By: Arizona Bay, Apr 19, 16:31:04

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