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pokethebear
· 6 years ago
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Next level pettiness
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guest
· 6 years ago
This was how the computer in 2001:a space odessy was named. Circa 1968
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celticrose
· 6 years ago
I would think the Japanese company would have come under fire for copyright infringement because of that.
felman87
· 6 years ago
Only if the word "HAL" was copyrighted in Japan.
purplepumpkin
· 6 years ago
...I thought it was HAL the academic database. Now I wonder if there's a link between the two.
sm19
· 6 years ago
I aspire to be this petty.
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i_k_k_e
· 6 years ago
Check the alphabet, it's actually one step behind
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garlog
· 6 years ago
If you consider "A" to be the first letter and "Z" to be the last, then HAL is indeed ahead of IBM.
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