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Re: system names

Arthur C. Clarke denies the connection to the letters I, B and M..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000
QUOTE: "Some versions state that the name HAL was derived by rotating one letter (see Caesar cipher) of 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)."
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan" 
Subject: Re: system names


On 10/20/05, Harvell, Joel <jbharvell@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Speaking of HAL does anyone else know where Arthur C. Clark got the name
"HAL"???



You mean the one letter down from each letter in IBM?
- Dan

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