When they were creating the name H.A.L. 9000, there was a joke played by the creator.
What computer joke was made by the name?
2006-08-28 18:42:51 · 6 answers · asked by clomtancy 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
It's IBM shifted by one letter.
2006-08-28 18:50:06 · answer #1 · answered by DashRockwood 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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, 1997 (1992 in the movie) [1] 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.
In other languages than English, HAL might have another name: for instance, in the French version of 2001: A Space Odyssey, his name is stated as being CARL, for Cerveau Analytique de Recherche et de Liaison ("Analytic Research and Communication Brain"). However, the famous camera plates still read "HAL 9000".
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).
2006-08-29 01:49:35 · answer #2 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i dont remember but ive heard this before--i'm just gald to see this question--a movie i thought time had forgot--just thought i'd mention, it's in my will to play the theme song at my funeral
2006-08-29 01:47:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's IBM
2006-08-29 02:51:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was related to IBM.(HAL)
2006-08-29 01:48:42 · answer #5 · answered by Judas Rabbi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man, I used to know that...Bummer, hey, and DASH wins, that's it!!!
2006-08-29 02:33:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋