35
Years ago
Neil Armstron and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon...
06/17/2004
Kubrick
Exhibit in Frankfurt Germany
I've added a few
images from the Frankfurt
Exhibit that I've come across.
04/23/2004
Do
you have shots of HAL in action? I'm starting a new feature page of users who
have interesting and unusual uses for HAL. To kick it off is some
pics from Dave Archbold of HAL running on his Sony Clie NX60/70
PDA. A true "pocket" HAL!
Update 04/23/2004 HAL
on a dual monitor set-up.
This is a computer generated recreation of the opening image
from Kubrick's 1968
film "2001 : A Space Odyssey" I made a while back. Thought
it would make an excellent desktop image.
HAL
Screensaver for Mac OS X Thanks to the conversion by Bill Rose there's
finally a version of the HAL
Screen Saver for OSX. So far other OS X users haven't reported
any major bugs in it for the varieties of versions of OS X so far
though one user has reported after running a while it caused an
audio hissing sound once.
This
is a slight alteration
in Photoshop of the frame from the movie "2001" so it
will scale to fit your desktop. I thought in light of recent events,
some of you might like a hopeful image for your desktop.
01
.02
.2002
Well,
it doesn't seem like 365 days in the year 2001 were really enough
for a true fan of "2001: A Space Odyssey" My friend
Dennis Gonzales
got a nice profile for his 2001 site that pretty much says
everything I feel about the passing of the real year 2001.
01.01.2001
Mysterious
Black Monolith Appears in Seattle, Washington Seattle
Times story
HAL9000
Proudly Made in the
USA
HAL9000
Overview :
The
HAL9000 series computer represents a startling breakthrough in computer
design. Our first HAL9000 became fully operational on January 12, 1997
at our HAL plant in Urbana, IL , exceeding all expectations for advanced
independent operation. It has been designated by the National Council
on Astronautics to be installed on board the USS Discovery now under construction
which is scheduled to embark on an unprecedented exploration mission of
our solar system, planned for early in the next century.
The HAL9000 unit will assume duties that range
over the entire operational aspects of USS Discovery's flight and operations.
Functioning literally as a member of the crew, the unit will be capable
of independent thinking and problem solving for all contingencies that
make space flight such a hazardous undertaking. Ever sentient, HAL9000
will assure that the crew of Discovery will be safe from many of the dangers
that have claimed the lives of earlier spacefarers. The ability to constantly
update the status of on board ship systems will guarantee worry-free operations
and safety for the crew. HAL9000's ability to interact verbally and think
independently are the hallmarks of this revolutionary computer system.
We anticipate this will be one of the most exciting
exploration missions ever undertaken.
Kubrick
Exhibit in Frankfurt Germany
