Before anyone says it IT IS NOT ONE LETTER TO THE LEFT OF IBM. The name
means Heuristically programmed (in the likeness of man) ALogrithmic
computer. i.e. HAL and 9000 was the series. From the HAL Corporation of
Irvana Illinois. Inception date in 1997.
http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_list.html
Arthur C. Clark said that the one great mistake that they made was the
actual size of the machine which he now wishes had been much smaller.
QUESTIONs: What was the name of the GROUND BASED SYSTEM (Computer on earth)
that was simulating the mission and what was the callsign (not name) of the
deepspace craft which HAL controlled and which later Comedy Sci-Fi film was
this Callsign re-used.
Answers please on a disenfranchised Florida voting slip to the EXXON Slush
Fund, Wilderness No longer, Alaska.
Karl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jennifer Cribbs"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: OT Re: POD, what is that? [7:10128]
> I am going to guess.
>
> Hypercomputer using the IIDAL programming language.
>
> Jennifer Cribbs
>
> 6/27/2001 4:42:47 PM, "Bryan Long \(Richmond VA\)" wrote:
>
> >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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> >> > > Systems Network Manager
> >> > > CCNA, MCSE, MCP+I
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> Have a great day!!
> Jennifer
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