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This is completely off topic but I love the Caesar cipher implementation in your bio. What does HAL stand for?
by jozvolskyef 5y ago
This is completely off topic but I love the Caesar cipher implementation in your bio. What does HAL stand for?
- lainga 5y ago2001:ASO's villain is named HAL execute the cipher on it and see :)
- Cyph0n 5y agoThe full name of the movie is “2001: A Space Odyssey”. It’s based on a novel by the great Arthur C. Clarke.
- dllthomas 5y ago"Based on" is a little imprecise. IIRC, the two were developed simultaneously and cooperatively, until Kubrick deviated at the end in some ways that made Clarke mad.
- Cyph0n 5y agoHuh, didn't know that! Thanks for sharing.
- jozvolskyef 5y agoThat's a shame. The book's ending is one of the most memorable things I ever read.
- kingsuper20 5y agoBased on a short story.
- Igelau 5y agoIBM
- thebigspacefuck 5y agoIBM is HAL
- cronix 5y agoSpecifically, each letter in H-A-L is one less than I-B-M
- overtomanu 5y agothis caesar cipher implementation doesnt replace z with a. incomplete??
- gvb 5y agoYes, but it is unnecessary for the specific application. It also doesn't "encode" '@' which was more awkward. :-)
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