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HAL was the computer that controlled the ship in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The best part? The shutdown noise on HAL is a sound clip of HAL from the movie singing "Daisy Daisy give me your love so true", winding down as his power fades out. Awesome stuff.

Oh, and the other computer, VIKI, is the computer from I, Robot.
I admit I felt like "Ohhh...you sonofabitch..." when he
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killed the other astronauts who were on suspended animation


I need to read the other books though. =|