On 2013 Jan 8, at 1:10 PM, Ian King wrote:
On 1/7/13 8:50 PM, "Brent Hilpert"
<hilpert at cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
On 2013 Jan 7, at 4:52 PM, jim s wrote:
.. What I want is a functional wall of clear memory cells to play
with and Keir Dullea's fancy key to eject them.
And a zero-gravity environment to access it.
NOW you're talking!
If you like to see behind-the-scenes of movies and don't mind having
the cinematic fantasy tainted a little, see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1r5dOwUS6Y
Go to 7:20. That's Kubrick and another fellow standing inside HAL.
(I'm not convinced by the guy's argument about IBM and HAL. The
connections he makes are a little pained and presumptive.)