Re:Damnit HAL, LET ME IN!!! (Score 1)

I think I may be able to do you one better. We (the Illiac IV OS crew) were in Paoli PA to work on the machine one week. One night we couldn't get to the machine so we decided to go see 2001(again). When the Urbana bit came along we of course cheered. On the way out of the theater, we came across a group of 5 or 6 freaks stoned out of their minds. (Not an unusual state for seeing the movie in those days.) So we stopped to talk to them. They asked where we were from. We said, Illinois. They said O, you were the ones that applauded. What are you doing out here? Building on the world's largest computer, we said. Like HAL! they said, Well sort of. I always wondered if the next day they were ever sure whether that incident had really happened or had just been part of their trip! Take care, John