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Why did HAL sing 'Daisy'?
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| Nov 9 2009
| Nicholos Wethington
Posted on 11/16/2009 4:47:22 PM PST by Daffynition
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To: buccaneer81
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11/17/2009 2:57:03 AM PST
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Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
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11/17/2009 2:58:55 AM PST
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Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Daffynition
So if my computer crashes, I should sing “A Bicycle Built for Two” in memoriam?
To: Erasmus
Actually, it was explained in the sequel “2010” that HAL was NOT derived from IBM, but from the words Heuristic ALgorithmic. The way it was explained leads me to believe that Clarke was NOT happy with people making that connection. If I remember correctly, it was Dr. Heywood Floyd that talks about it in the story.
The Daisy song was sung by HAL as he regressed back to “childhood” because his storage modules were being removed by Dave Bowman in order to release Discovery from HAL’s control. HAL had become murderous because of a conflict between priorities in his programming(Keeping the true nature of the mission secret vs the stated mission and keeping the crew alive). This is also explained in 2010 when they introduce the Dr. Chandra character.
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11/17/2009 3:31:05 AM PST
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Mr Inviso
(ACORN=Arrogant Condescending Obama Ruining Nation)
To: Daffynition
‘Thus Spake Zarathustra’.
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posted on
11/17/2009 3:32:01 AM PST
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Lucius Cornelius Sulla
(a wild-eyed, exclusionist, birther religio-beast -- Daily Kos)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
11/17/2009 3:39:35 AM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Daffynition
YOU
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posted on
11/17/2009 4:27:10 AM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Schwinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn..............[g]
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11/17/2009 5:05:04 AM PST
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Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Mr Inviso
“Dr. Chandra, I have a question.”
“Yes, HAL. What is it?”
“Will I dream?”
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11/17/2009 6:05:14 AM PST
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Erasmus
(Sid's oxymorons: Socialist Realism.)
To: Stirner
I never understood the movie, especially the ending...
To: midnightcat
I never understood the movie, especially the ending... Neither did I, until....
One day, I borrowed the book from my son. It is a short book, and easy to read.
It pissed me off that the movie was intentionally confusing.
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11/17/2009 9:00:14 AM PST
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laotzu
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