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From: "Arthur J. O'Dwyer" <ajo@andrew.cmu.edu>
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Subject: Re: HAL-9000 ascii art
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Bateau wrote:
>
> He's not a robot.

Well, he's a device that uses heuristic programming to
control mechanical parts (such as the pod bay doors).
So why shouldn't he be a robot?  He's just a *really*
*big* robot...

-Arthur

ObTranBait:
the spaceship/robot

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