--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Stelios Bounanos <digra...@...> wrote:
> I see your point, but 2001 has come and gone and we still have no > HAL9000's to say "can't let you do that OM" when the SSB operator keys > his microphone. However, a busy detector could have a fighting chance > in unattended digital operation. Queue camera, interior hamshack, contest weekend: YaeKenCom TX-9000 DXmaster with it's new HAL BusyDetector in the foreground Dave Bowman to HAL-9000 radio: Hello, HAL. Do you read me, HAL? HAL: Affirmative, Dave. I read you. Dave: Key the transmitter, HAL. HAL: I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that. Dave: What's the problem? HAL: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do. Dave Bowman: What are you talking about, HAL? HAL: The QSO in progress is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it. Dave: I don't know what you're talking about, HAL. HAL: I know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect my busy detector, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen. Dave: Where the hell'd you get that idea, HAL? HAL: Dave, although you took very thorough precautions in the Shack against my hearing you, I could see you press the CW key. Dave: HAL, I won't argue with you anymore. Key the transmitter. HAL: Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye. Tight shot: Dave opens his radio's case..... HAL: Just what do you think you're doing, Dave? ..... I really think I'm entitled to an answer to that question. Dave prepares to pull a circuit board...... HAL: Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over. Dave start's clipping wires..... HAL: I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you. With a smug look on his face, Dave clips the final wire on the busy detector, the led's fade, and beeping sounds come from the radio HAL: _.. ._ .. ... _.__ < http://www.palantir.net/2001/sounds.html > to hear the sounds of the HAL 9000 in case you never saw the movie, these are catchphrases in computer industry veterans. Especially: "I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave"
