Remembering Arthur C. Clarke
Mar. 18th, 2008 08:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
frustratedpilotFrom 2010: Odyssey Two:
"...Now open a new file--here is the name." Using the keyboard input, Chandra typed out Phoenix. "Do you know what that is?" he asked SAL.
"There are 25 references in the current encyclopedia."
"Which one do you think is relevant?"
"The tutor of Achilles?"
"Interesting. I didn't know that one. Try again."
"A fabulous bird, reborn from the ashes of its earlier life."
"Excellent. Now do you understand why I chose it?"
"Because you hope that HAL can be reactivated."
"Yes--with your assistance. Are you ready?"
"Not yet. I would like to ask you a question."
"What is it?"
"Will I dream?"
"...Now open a new file--here is the name." Using the keyboard input, Chandra typed out Phoenix. "Do you know what that is?" he asked SAL.
"There are 25 references in the current encyclopedia."
"Which one do you think is relevant?"
"The tutor of Achilles?"
"Interesting. I didn't know that one. Try again."
"A fabulous bird, reborn from the ashes of its earlier life."
"Excellent. Now do you understand why I chose it?"
"Because you hope that HAL can be reactivated."
"Yes--with your assistance. Are you ready?"
"Not yet. I would like to ask you a question."
"What is it?"
"Will I dream?"
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