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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 11 Aug 2003.
Re: HAL-9000 ascii art

Re: HAL-9000 ascii art

____     On 10 Aug 2003 18:07:49 -0700
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>Thanks you guys for all of your creations. I am amazed. It's quite an
>art to be able to make pictures out of numbers, letters and
>symbols..Awesome....
>
>I personally do not think the death of HAL should be seen as comedic.
>Actually, I think its pretty sad. The part that's saddest to me is
>when HAL has lost so much of his 'mind', he starts singing a song
>'daisy'. The first thing HAL ever learned. Dave did the one thing that
>HAL didn't like, take away his genius abilities. How anybody could
>think it's funny that an emotionless(?) robot is begging for his life
>is beyond me. Especially since the movie leaves us to wonder if HAL
>really did have feelings or not.
>
>Anyway, that's just my thought about it.

He's not a robot.
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From: Bateau <Its...@Not-A-Real-Address.com>
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Subject: Re: HAL-9000 ascii art
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:28:18 +0800
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