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Default Why aren't computer clocks as accurate as cheap quartz watches?

Mxsmanic wrote:
David Maynard writes:


Ever notice that all the letters in HAL are just one off of IBM?
HAL
IBM



About 35 years ago.


hehe. Yeah, me too.


However, nobody has found a way to transform HAL into Microsoft, so
the conspiracy theories died out with the decline of IBM.


So true.

I wonder if anyone tried playing it backwards to hear satanic sounds?


IBM provided a great deal of technical assistance in the making of the
film, though.


No wonder HAL went a bit loopy

 
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