Posted by Bone Ur on 11/27/07 21:29

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:12:22
GMT rf scribed:

>>>> 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)?

I never knew that. Perhaps it explains the malady of that guy with the
broken shopping website when he chose to use the euphemism "we" during
pressure from the markupedly righteous.

--
Bone Ur
Cavemen have formidable pheromones.

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