I know the legend, and I know what Kubric himself said in an interview.
As for which is true? beats me!
Chuck
old enough to actually remember some of this stuff
old enough to remember when 2001 was a date movie
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Bryan Long (Richmond VA)
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 2:43 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: OT Re: POD, what is that? [7:10128]
As long as we are on a tear here..
A piece of trivia - Does anyone know where Hal the computer from 2001 got
it's name. Get right and you get the door prize. The pod bay door that is.
Bryan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allen May"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: POD, what is that? [7:10128]
> I dunno. But it makes me think of "Open the pod bay doors HAL".
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack Nalbandian"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 3:05 PM
> Subject: RE: POD, what is that? [7:10128]
>
>
> > I know this might veer off topic:
> >
> > Maybe I am biased (and partly curious), mostly due to working at a
company
> > that actually did refer to its building sub-units as "pods," and
> > subsequently its network subnets (with a scheme pretty much dictated by
> the
> > company campus' physical subdivisions) as "pods," but does the Cisco HQ
> > campus have multiple building "pods" as well? It is an actual term used
> in
> > architecture. Has it perhaps slipped over into being part of Cisco's
> > network terminology?
> >
> > Perhaps this preconception on my part had me thinking of the pods in the
> > BSCN book in this manner. I did notice, perhaps I am wrong, but the
> > individual "pods" in the Cisco book tend to have separate areas (in OSFP
> > scenarios This might seem like a stupid question, but sometimes having
> > english as my
> > >2nd language, makes it more difficult for me to understand what the
> writer
> > >is trying to tell me.
> > >
> > >I am in the middle of my BSCN book, and are now seeing the word POD
> showing
> > >up several times. It tells me that each POD has a number of routers,
and
> > >there are a certain amount of POD's.
> > >
> > >Reading the explanation at http://www.dictionary.com gave me NO answers
> to
> > >this one, and the closest thing I can guess my self to is that POD's
are
> > >kind of departments or subnets, unless the Prince Of Darkness has been
> > >involved with Cisco networks lately :-)
> > >
> > >Thanks for any replies to this one.
> > >
> > >Ole
> > >
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