On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 19:07:16 +0000, Dave Cross wrote: > At 17:48 23/03/2001, you wrote: > >On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, you wrote: > > > > > Well, I can make a guess at what the first number represents. Those > > expansion plans really are short-term. > > > > > Peter Haworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > "Put down those Windows disks Dave.... Dave? DAVE!!" > > > -- HAL 9000 > > > >and for a bonus half point (cos its easy) .. why was HAL called HAL? > > Well, Arthur C Clarke claims it's a pure coincidence, but if you take the > letters after each of H, A and L - you get IBM. I vaguely recall it standing for something like "Heuristic Algorithmic Logic," but that doesn't really set it apart from anything. -- Peter Haworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mary had a little key - she kept it in escrow. And every thing that mary said, the feds were sure to know. -- Sam Simpson
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