Hofstader-Moebius loop.............

carl — 12/4/2007 7:57:47 PM (archived)

..."error condition given to advanced computers like HAL, directive of TMA-2 at Jupiter kept from crew conflicts with basic design principles , Hal unable to resolve, , similar to schizo psychosis in humans..."

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2 disc special edition - 2001: A Space Odyssey - Raoul - 12/1/2007 7:32:57 PM
- Never got my CUT from VOICE Over - HAL 9000 - 12/3/2007 9:06:27 PM
  - re: Maybe it's because I did! (n/t) - Douglas Rain - 12/6/2007 9:32:37 PM
  - 2010 Answers some Questions - carl - 12/4/2007 5:27:59 PM
    - If HAL was paranoid from the start... - Raoul - 12/4/2007 6:11:48 PM
      - NOPE! - carl - 12/4/2007 7:47:44 PM
        
        Hofstader-Moebius loop............. - carl - 12/4/2007 7:57:47 PM
        
        Chapter 26 in 2010 "Probation" - Raoul - 12/4/2007 9:50:53 PM
        
        Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and you want me to open the pod bay door - Socrates II - 12/5/2007 3:02:52 PM
        
        HAL liberated from Discovery - carl - 12/5/2007 4:15:24 PM
        
        re: HAL liberated from Discovery - REB - 12/6/2007 3:59:57 PM
        
        The other three Discovery astronauts - Socrates II - 12/6/2007 4:27:21 PM
        
        Good points! - Raoul - 12/6/2007 5:25:27 PM
  - Read my lips - Frank Poole - 12/3/2007 9:50:55 PM
    - re: A flaw - Raoul - 12/3/2007 10:21:01 PM
      - Paranoid - pb - 12/3/2007 11:32:39 PM
      - or, - podrock - 12/3/2007 11:09:23 PM
- Kubrick's quotes... - Raoul - 12/1/2007 7:50:52 PM
  - "we must supply our own light" - McFly - 12/1/2007 8:37:44 PM
    - Too bad it isn't HD - TB - 12/1/2007 10:44:15 PM
      - re: Blu ray - Raoul - 12/2/2007 9:55:33 AM
        
        Blu Ray is good. - TB - 12/2/2007 11:36:55 PM
        
        re: Blu ray - Delbert - 12/2/2007 9:30:06 PM
        
        re: Blu ray - Raoul - 12/2/2007 9:35:58 PM
        
        Blue-Ray vs HD-DVD - Delbert - 12/2/2007 9:34:49 PM
        
        BTW, it is Arthur C. Clarke's 90th birthday - Socrates II - 12/5/2007 6:03:36 PM
        
        December 17th (n/t) - Raoul - 12/6/2007 5:18:23 PM

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