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August 24, 2001
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HOW much do you know about Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick's 1968 movie classic 2001: A Space Odyssey?

Is HAL, the supercomputer with the gentle male voice in this sci- fi bestseller and movie, a dream or reality?

Although it is more than five decades since the book was published, the topic on whether HAL can be a reality is still being hotly debated on the Net as the sites below show.

* HAL's LEGACY

http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/HAL/index.html

IS HAL computer a sci-fi dream or reality? These are the views of David Stork and some guest writers from MIT on HAL's legacy.

Stork and the others explore all possibilities and give their two- cents worth on HAL.

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