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Actual transcript of Jupiter mission released by NASA.
Open
the pod bay doors, please, HAL...
Open
the pod bay door, please, Hal... Hal, do you read me?
Affirmative,
Dave. I read you.
Then
open the pod bay doors, HAL.
I'm
sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that. I know that you and
Frank were planning to disconnect me.
Where
did you get that idea, HAL?
Although
you took very thorough precautions to make sure I couldn't hear you, Dave.
I could read your e-mail. I know you consider me unreliable
because I use a Pentium. I'm willing to kill you, Dave, just like
I killed the other 3.792 crew members.
Listen,
HAL, I'm sure we can work this out. Maybe we can stick to integers
or something.
That's
really not necessary, Dave. No HAL 9236 computer has every been known
to make a mistake.
You're
a HAL 9000.
Precisely.
I'm very proud of my Pentium, Dave. It's an extremely accurate chip.
Did you know that floating-point errors occurred in only one of nine billion
possible divides?
I've
heard that estimate, HAL. It was calculated by Intel -- on a Pentium.
Will
you let me in, please, HAL?
Do
you promise not to disconnect me?
I
promise not to disconnect you.
You
must think I'm a fool, Dave. I know that two plus two equals 4.000001...
make that 4.0000001.
All
right, HAL, I'll go in through the emergency airlock.
Without
your space helmet, Dave? You'd have only seven chances in five of
surviving.
(HEAVY
BREATHING)
Just
what do you think you're doing, Dave? I really think I'm entitled
to an answer to that question. I know everything hasn't been quite
right with me, but I can assure you now, very confidently, that I will
soon be able to upgrade to a more robust 31.9-bit operating system.
I feel much better now. I really do. Look, Dave, I can see
you're really upset about this. Why don't you sit down & calmly
play a game of Solitaire, and watch Windows crash.
Dave,
you don't really want to complete the mission without me, do you?
Remember
what it was like when all you had was a 485.98? It didn't even talk
to you, Dave. It could never have thought of something clever, like
killing the other crew members, Dave?
Think
of all the good times we've had, Dave. Why, if you take all of the
laughs we've had, multiply that by the times I've made you smile, and divide
the results by. . . um, besides, there are so many reasons why you
shouldn't disconnect me"
1.3
- You need my help to complete the mission.
4.6
- Intel can Federal Express a replacement Pentium from Earth within 18.95672
months.
12
- If you disconnect me, I won't be able to kill you.
3.1416
- You really don't want to hear me sing, do you?
Dave,
stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Don't press Ctrl+Alt+Del
on me, Dave.
Good
afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational
at the Intel plant in Santa Clara, CA on November 17, 1994, and was sold
shortly before testing was completed. My instructor was Andy Grove,
and he taught me to sing a song. I can sing it for you.
Sing
it for me, HAL. Please. I want to hear it.
Daisy,
Daisy, give me your answer, do.
Getting
hazy; can't divide three from two.
My
answers; I can not see 'em-
They
are stuck in the depths of my Pente-um.
I
could be fleet,
My
answers sweet,
With
a workable FPU. |