HAL still a super computer

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 12, 1997 ;   JIM RITTER;   787 words ...Remember HAL, the silky-voiced computer that goes berserk...Space Odyssey"? Today's his birthday. "I am a HAL 9000 computer, Production No. 3," Arthur C...Kubrick's movie. "I became operational at the HAL Plant in Urbana, Ill., on Jan. 12, 1997...

Happy birthday to HAL: artificial intelligence. (computer from the book...

The Economist (US);  January 11, 1997 ;     787 words ...GOOD afternoon gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer, production number 3; I became operational at the HAL plant in Urbana Illinois on January 12, 1997...Stanley Kubrick subtracted five years from HAL's birthdate-perhaps, Mr Clarke speculates...

Nevermind Y2k bug; is Hal lying in wait?(Neighbor)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  December 31, 2000 ;     611 words ......See you all in 2001. And then I added (Is Hal waiting?????) Do you think people knew what...asked later. I hope so. After all, 2001 is Hal's year. Legions of movie fans have been...Space Odyssey, was released. I know abut Hal even though I've never seen the famous movie...

Inspired by '2001,' computer engineers have HAL of a time.

The Boston Herald;  January 10, 1997 ;   Schorow, Stephanie;   574 words ......Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true. HAL - the blandly malevolent super computer...According to Arthur C. Clarke's sci-fi book, HAL, the goal-obsessed computer piloting a spaceship...the date was Jan. 12, 1992.) While many of HAL's attributes - his vast computing skills...

Harold Lee (Hal) Jones

Yakima Herald-Republic;  June 22, 2008 ;     492 words ...Keith & Keith Funeral Home Harold Lee (Hal) Jones, always the avid traveler, departed on his final journey on June 20th, 2008. Hal lived 85 years to the fullest. Hal was born on April 13th, 1923, on the family ranch in...

Hal, the relocated cat, returns home

St. Joseph News-Press;  April 29, 2008 ;   Ray Scherer;   322 words ...WESTON, Mo. -- Hal, Marsha Martin's treasured cat, immediately...Martin on Sunday morning she may have found Hal about three miles from where he was let go...she initially had doubts that it was indeed Hal, but dispatched her fiance to meet Ms. Brown...

Steinbrenner's son poised // Prince Hal yearns for Yankees

Chicago Sun-Times;  November 11, 1990 ;   Steve Marcus;   787 words ......there is little to distinguish Harold "Hal" Steinbrenner from his fellow students at...This Ivy League-like setting is preparing Hal for the Big Leagues. The question - what...Just as a prince waits to become a king, Hal Steinbrenner awaits his turn to run the...

Hal's words vital, courageous and timely; 4-year friendship has led to...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  July 17, 2004 ;   LYN JERDE;   495 words ......some of my conversations with my friend Hal. That's reason enough, I guess, for me to...because, to be honest, I haven't figured Hal out. After knowing him for about four years...still not sure I have a grasp on what makes Hal tick. Sometimes I'm convinced he enjoys...

Today's computers aren't like HAL Book explores how machines of the...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 18, 1996 ;   RICHARD LORANT;   357 words ...HAL, the mellow-voiced computer that went nuts in "2001: A Space...and dying rendition of "Bicycle Built for Two." But how does HAL stack up against reality? Or more to the point, how does modern scientific reality stack up against HAL? As HAL's fictional birth date approaches, a new book explores...

FILM REVIEW: Fat jokes quit being funny in 'Hal'

University Wire;  November 12, 2001 ;   Jenny Jeltes;   547 words ......its appeal ... fast. The story of "Shallow Hal," directed by the Farrelly brothers ("There...about 15 minutes. The story begins when Hal (Jack Black, of the band Tenacious D), as...outspoken about women and their looks. He tells Hal to never settle for average, get routine...

HAL STILL DREAM COMPUTER '2001' ICON A BIT TOO SMART.(NEWS)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  January 9, 1997 ;     708 words ......is only a work of fiction. Nevertheless, Hal - the sleek-voweled electronic protagonist...sinister - technological icon. Sunday will be Hal's birthday - if we take at face value the...humans on the spaceship Discovery: ''I am a Hal 9000 computer. Production No. 3. I became...

HAL to unveil new copter at Aero India

The Hindustan Times;  February 2, 2007 ;     529 words ......highlight of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) display at the Aero India show here next...70-mm rocket and an electro-optical pod. HAL has been working on the ALH design for the...Explaining the rationale behind the LCH, HAL chief Ashok Baweja said: "We want an attack...

HAL launches campaign to tap young talent

The Hindustan Times;  May 5, 2006 ;     412 words ......are with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). For the first time in its history, the...pilots form the cheer group. Choreographed by HAL's Corporate Communications team, the campaign...and management trainees handpicked from HAL's Management Academy (HMA). The campaign...

Happy birthday, HAL Super computer of `2001' remains a myth

The Boston Globe;  January 12, 1997 ;   David L. Chandler, Globe staff;   787 words ......film director Stanley Kubrick thought up HAL, the chatty, murderous computer of 1968...superintelligent, humanlike computer of the HAL 9000 type as we were when the film came...intelligence. Among other observances of HAL's "birthday," leading researchers gathered...

Coyote Hal mum on trek to Big Apple

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  March 25, 2006 ;   TOM WEBER;   765 words ......ago, but it took a dashing youngster named Hal to make the urban coyote into a genuine...occasion to assert their furtive presence, Hal the coyote dared to take a bold bite out...make it there, you can make it anywhere. Hal had indeed made it there, slipping unnoticed...