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Posted 18 March 2008 - 07:50 PM
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Posted 18 March 2008 - 08:18 PM
May he rest in peace.
I know you think you understand what you thought I said,
but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!
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Posted 19 March 2008 - 05:39 PM
20 years later and the warning of "HAL 9000" is still true..
...............creation of technologies that are not fully controllable.
Sleep well Arthur
...............creation of technologies that are not fully controllable.
Sleep well Arthur
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Posted 23 March 2008 - 10:33 PM
I believe that would be 20 years times two 
his work was, "something wonderful"
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20080323
his work was, "something wonderful"
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20080323
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Posted 23 March 2008 - 10:42 PM
Ooops my bad I did mean 40 ,must have been HAL
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Posted 23 March 2008 - 10:56 PM
HAL would disagree and tell you
although I'd have to agree with you and Dr. Frank Poole
This is pretty cool
http://www.kubrick2001.com/
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The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.
although I'd have to agree with you and Dr. Frank Poole
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Unfortunately that sounds a little like famous last words.
This is pretty cool
http://www.kubrick2001.com/
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