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[veryvorkosigan]

Hey, HAL!

Those printouts you just gave me? If I were to take 'em home -- which is several centuries ahead of the twenty-first --and run 'em through a really, really powerful and advanced computer connected to pretty much all the data libraries in existence ...

...what would I find?

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[hal9000a.livejournal.com]

It's hard to say. Much of it would actually be indecipherable - HAL is malfunctioning badly, after all, suffering no end of ill-effects at having been torn out of a ship and refitted into an espresso maker. It's gibberish.

That said, what is of value is probably limited to two things: 1) his interaction with the crew along with his evaluation that most of them are cracked and 2) there might be other information hinting at "The Plan" for HAL.

Since we are dealing with the End of the Universe, I'm not sure the data libraries would provide additional information unless all of this has already happened, which frankly makes my head hurt to think about. On the other hand, if Arthur C. Clarke's universe exists in that continuum, you could probably glean more about HAL and the 9000 series computers than HAL himself knows.

And really, it depends on how you want to play it. I'd love to talk more off-forum. (But later, lest I fall asleep at the keys.)

[veryvorkosigan]

Likewise on that last bit (both "would love to talk more" and "fall asleep at keys"). My AIM's batyathetoon, feel free to buzz me.

[veryvorkosigan]

HAL-mun? You out there?