I'm sorry Dave...

Covey22

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...I can't do that.

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I've always liked the idea (from the books) that HAL killed the astronauts because he was told to lie to them. To the computer, the lie was a bigger moral wrong than killing them so he didn't have to lie.
 
As a person named Dave, I get a lot of kick out of this.

BTW: Where was this?
Boston Museum of Science. They have a traveling exhibit of STEM Pop Culture items called Popology. I have more good stuff just needing post process. The HAL display was very neat up close, it even spoke some of the lines from 2001.
 
Boston Museum of Science. They have a traveling exhibit of STEM Pop Culture items called Popology. I have more good stuff just needing post process. The HAL display was very neat up close, it even spoke some of the lines from 2001.
I really like that museum. I grew up about 50 miles form Boston and we made almost yearly trips. It's been decades since I've been there.
 
I understand that the HAL 9000 'user interface' was centred around a Nikkor 8mm fisheye lens, but I don't know what caused the steady red glow. Was it something as simple as a torch bulb shining through a piece of red filter ?

I love the film, but it's not one I want to sit through too often. Once every fifteen years or so is plenty.

-R
 
I understand that the HAL 9000 'user interface' was centred around a Nikkor 8mm fisheye lens, but I don't know what caused the steady red glow. Was it something as simple as a torch bulb shining through a piece of red filter ?

I love the film, but it's not one I want to sit through too often. Once every fifteen years or so is plenty.

-R

Probably. The prop would have been built in 1967 (?) or 68, bulbs would have made more readily available and cheaper to use. HAL's POV was shot using a 160 degree lens according to one source I saw.
 
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