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From: FuGeR <ifugeri@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: HAL-9000 ascii art
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http://www.wearerobots.com

Bateau wrote:
> ____     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.