Oddly, Orac reminded me a lot of Rachel's Mensa friends...
Brian Norrell
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I reckon the best scene was when Orac plays a chess game against a pro, and
the stake is the ship and Blake's life. The game is a variant with a truly
awesome yet simple rule change - you can move whenever you like, rather than
waiting for the other guy all the time.
Orac in his a-retentive voice is casually making about one move to the other
guy's four, and the intonation manages to make it totally clear that he wins
the game out of self-respect rather than because he gives a damn about the
wager.
Greg Solomon
Oracle Geezer
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In the UK, "ORAC" was a computer of the cult TV series Blake's Seven.
"Orac was the most sophisticated artifical intelligence in the universe.
It had an amazing array of technical abilities but it also had some
problems."
Problems
It had a snappy voice and was often impatient with anyone unfortunate
enough to ask it a question. It also showed little concern for the rest of
the crew who it regarded with scorn. In short, Orac would much rather
spend time contemplating the mysteries of the universe than spending time
with mere mortals.
Sorry for the sideline !
Steve Parker
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Do anyone know whatever became of ORAC. It was an attempt to build an open
source web-based DBA tool in Perl but it doesn't look like much has
happened. Here's a link.
http://www.tux.org/orac-dba/news.html
Steve Orr
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