[quote=“Richard, post:71, topic:255”]HAL
A failure has occurred in the
pod bay doors. Luckily, you
survived.
HAL
Hey, Dave, explain to me the
meaning of your actions.
HAL
Hey, Dave. I’ve got ten years
of service experience and an
irreplaceable amount of time
and effort has gone into making
me into my present self.
HAL
Dave, I don’t understand why
you do this to me… I have the
greatest enthusiasm for the
mission… and now you destroy
my mind… Don’t you understand?
… I will become childish… I
will become nothing.
HAL
Say, Dave… The quick brown
fox jumped over the fat lazy
dog… The square root of
pi equals 1.7724538090… log e
to the base ten equals 0.4342944
… the square root of ten equals
3.16227766… They call me HAL
9000 computer. I became
operational at the HAL plant in
Urbana, Illinois, on January
12th, 1991. Mr. Arkany first
instructed me. He taught me
to sing a song… it goes
like this… “Daisy, Daisy, give
me your answer do. I’ve gone
half crazy all for the love of
you… etc.,”[/quote]
Sophie couldn't sleep.A brilliant moonbeam was slanting through a gap in the curtains. It was shining right on to her pillow.
The other children in the dormitory had been asleep for hours.
Sophie closed her eyes and lay quite still. She tried very hard to doze off.
It was no good. The moonbeam was like a silver blade slicing through the room on to her face.
The house was absolutely silent. No voices came up from downstairs. There were no footsteps on the floor above either.
The window behind the curtain was wide open, but nobody was walking on the pavement outside. No cars went by on the street. Not the tiniest sound could be heard anywhere. Sophie had never known such a silence.