Posted by Blinky the Shark on 11/27/07 17:56

rf wrote:
>
> "Bone Ur" <monstersquasher@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns99F51FC1A9F08boneurhyphe@85.214.90.236...
>> Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:11:43
>> GMT HAL 9000 scribed:
>>
>>>>> thanks Hal
>>>>
>>>> Were you the demented computer in that movie a few years ago about a
>>>> few years in the future?
>>>
>>> I'm sorry, Bone. He can't answer that.
>>
>> Ah hah! I knew it! Another sneaky, sinister cyborg strategm to snooker
>> us
>> humans into lethargic complacency. Anyway, I hope he isn't your son and
>> that your smarter despite the handicap of a semi-conducting mind and a
>> voice which sounds like the result of waaaay too much valium.
>
> Ah, but do you know that HAL is equal to IBM minus 1 (letter by letter)?

....and that that's coincidental?

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