Thanks, I stand corrected. It was a fun theory though and it will probably not go away anytime soon. Kubrick himself claimed HAL stood for "heuristic and algor

Thanks, I stand corrected. It was a fun theory though and it will probably not go away anytime soon. Kubrick himself claimed HAL stood for "heuristic and algorithmic" according to this article: http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/01/07/hal_9000_ibm_theory_stanley_kubrick_letters_shed_new_light_on_old_debate.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/01/07/hal_9000_ibm_...