From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RC2Zf-0002zk-OV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:02:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0D05F21C0B8; Fri, 7 Oct 2011 05:02:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vx0-f181.google.com (mail-vx0-f181.google.com [209.85.220.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92EC121C024 for ; Fri, 7 Oct 2011 05:01:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vcdn13 with SMTP id n13so4520453vcd.40 for ; Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:01:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=4xBhmOjaIOvuxzd5sbevkwjp8HRJw593bwP9DkXocNI=; b=MyYJb89BkCrteO4mvpcvI1BkHAqA6RlAWphhs+f02OkC+JTkid/wncO7pJoRhF0qA2 HzciKd7kbPPKw1J2vP4laqfI/WOIr7+VWXwBJMvuI/xtWoCMrJU6MCv0ltNsSwxrImAh 3MVhlwfXFrQg1CD4FKHrm68qpdH1qvYrh0iCk= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.199.67 with SMTP id er3mr471746vcb.17.1317963676068; Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:01:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.201.74 with HTTP; Thu, 6 Oct 2011 22:01:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.201.74 with HTTP; Thu, 6 Oct 2011 22:01:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E8E8322.3060205@orlitzky.com> References: <4E8AD6C4.7070901@gmail.com> <20111005162007.GA5820@badass.gateway.2wire.net> <20111005184721.01af0bda@toxic.dbnet> <201110060018.50015.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> <20111006102023.4471babe@toxic.dbnet> <4E8E0112.3010208@orlitzky.com> <20111006230040.04f9af0f@toxic.dbnet> <4E8E72B3.9070703@gmail.com> <4E8E8322.3060205@orlitzky.com> Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 01:01:16 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: change and improvement From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=90e6ba53a784bd2a6204aeae541e X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 668ec871f21b28afffad433dc920b774 --90e6ba53a784bd2a6204aeae541e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Oct 7, 2011 12:44 AM, "Michael Orlitzky" wrote: > > On 10/06/2011 11:39 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > > > >>> HAL... shudder. > >>> > >> > >> Let's not get started on hal. Pardon me while I go pray to the > > porcelain gods. :/ > > > > I'm really sorry, but I missed that show. I was in Ubuntu-land learning > > not to tweak system behaviors. WTF was the deal with HAL? What was it > > supposed to do? Why didn't it work? > > > > From the Wikipedia page, > > HAL in [Linux]: > > HAL became operational in Urbana, Illinois at the HAL Plant at the > University of Illinois, where the ILLIAC computers were assembled. > The film states that this occurred in 1992, while the book gives 1997 > as HAL's birthyear. In [Linux], HAL begins to malfunction in subtle > ways, and as a result, the decision is made to shut HAL down in order > to prevent more serious malfunctions. The sequence of events and > manner in which HAL is shut down differs between the novel and film > versions of the story. Heh. I doubt Mr. Clark was imagining hardware abstractions while he was exploring AI malfunction. :) --90e6ba53a784bd2a6204aeae541e Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Oct 7, 2011 12:44 AM, "Michael Orlitzky" <michael@orlitzky.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/06/2011 11:39 PM, Michael Mol wrote:
> >
> >>> HAL... shudder.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Let's not get started on hal. =C2=A0Pardon me while I go = pray to the
> > porcelain gods. =C2=A0:/
> >
> > I'm really sorry, but I missed that show. I was in Ubuntu-lan= d learning
> > not to tweak system behaviors. =C2=A0WTF was the deal with HAL? W= hat was it
> > supposed to do? Why didn't it work?
> >
>
> From the Wikipedia page,
>
> =C2=A0HAL in [Linux]:
>
> =C2=A0HAL became operational in Urbana, Illinois at the HAL Plant at t= he
> =C2=A0University of Illinois, where the ILLIAC computers were assemble= d.
> =C2=A0The film states that this occurred in 1992, while the book gives= 1997
> =C2=A0as HAL's birthyear. In [Linux], HAL begins to malfunction in= subtle
> =C2=A0ways, and as a result, the decision is made to shut HAL down in = order
> =C2=A0to prevent more serious malfunctions. The sequence of events and=
> =C2=A0manner in which HAL is shut down differs between the novel and f= ilm
> =C2=A0versions of the story.

Heh. I doubt Mr. Clark was imagining hardware abstractions while he was = exploring AI malfunction. :)

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