On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 09:49:14 -0600, Graham > wrote:

>On 2021-03-21 9:34 a.m., Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 09:17:52 -0600, Graham > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2021-03-21 8:48 a.m., US Janet wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 04:21:24 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cindy HAL
>>>>
>>>> I won't watch that movie again because HAL is the creepiest. That
>>>> voice - shudder.
>>>> Janet US
>>>>
>>> I saw that movie when it first came out. I still regret spending that
>>> admission money. What a lousy, over-rated film!
>>
>>
>> You should have watched it on LSD like I did. Much better that way, I
>> am sure.
>>
>That would have been the only way to make sense of it:-)

Neither acid nor the Clarke book could manage that.