X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,7ce2d55c4dc04b3 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-10 21:32:23 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.telusplanet.net!newsfeed.telus.net!xmission!news-out.spamkiller.net!propagator2-maxim!feed-maxim.newsfeeds.com!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!freenews.iinet.net.au!not-for-mail From: Bateau Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: HAL-9000 ascii art Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:28:18 +0800 Message-ID: References: <446bfe71.0308041735.6d30f921@posting.google.com> <3f3295c3$0$48903$edfadb0f@dtext02.news.tele.dk> <446bfe71.0308101707.334c0338@posting.google.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.91/32.564 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.59.188.7 X-Trace: 1060576150 freenews.iinet.net.au 23604 203.59.188.7 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:24543 ____ On 10 Aug 2003 18:07:49 -0700 \__/___ gimpy ran through the LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art | waving an axe and screaming: / \ >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. -- | _ .\ ~~ _ ^~ | <')_,/ , ; .\ >(')__, . ` ' , | (_~=/ \._`.'. .\ (_~_/ _, _..-''-._,____,----,____ | ='- \=~_) ; .\ ~^~~^~ ` (_~_/ `'--'` `~~~~)_)=\_\-.( | -'= .\ ~^~ ~^~~^~ ICQ:11367619 EMAIL:bateau:-)jupiter-io.net WEB:http://tyrian2000.cjb.net