http://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/ Switched Comments for '2001' Geeks, Rejoice! World Learns Why HAL Sang 'Daisy' http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/http://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/find the choice for Daisy at Bell labs was in tribute to Alexander
Graham Bell's marketing ploy to sell the earliest telephones. Audio quality
in the early telephones was not good, but, by demonstrating them by
singing a song that everyone knew the lyrics (Daisy), meant the
potential customer would fill in the garbled parts and another
happy customer was signed up. I believe they were sold in pairs
so that you would have at least someone you knew to call.]]>Sep 3rd 2010 1:25PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/http://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/
I remember going to the Cinestage theater in downtown Chicago to see the Chicago premiere of "2001." In 1968 everything in Chicago was "Mod"....(for "modern"). They had picture phones set up on the streets so people could talk to each other via picture phones on different streets. You didn't know the other person but hey, you were both using a picture phone just like in the movie. Cool! Also the Marina City twin towers apartment buildings had recently opened and they were pretty futuristic looking themselves. We took a tour of them too. As I recall, they did some sort of special effects right in the theater somehow to enhance the movie showing. I can't recall exactly what it was....whether it was injecting aromas into the air during the cave man sequence or whether it was matching the temperature to the scene....but I recall that the Cinestage Theater did something like that to enhance the special showing of "2001 A Space Odyssey".]]>Nov 5th 2009 2:55AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/http://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/Nov 6th 2009 8:58AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/http://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/Nov 6th 2009 10:08AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/http://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/Nov 6th 2009 11:44PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/http://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Bell]]>Nov 6th 2009 10:21AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/http://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/Nov 6th 2009 10:22PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/http://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/Nov 6th 2009 10:24AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/http://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/Nov 6th 2009 10:42AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/http://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/Nov 6th 2009 10:53AMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/http://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/Nov 6th 2009 10:21PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/http://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/Nov 6th 2009 4:46PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/http://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/
Earlier in the voyage of the Discovery, one of the astronauts plays a game of chess with HAL. He makes a move and HAL says, "I think you missed it..." and gives a series of moves that ends in him checkmating the astronaut. The astronaut gives the moves a quick once-over and concedes the game to HAL.

But the astronaut could have made a different move than HAL showed him and gotten a draw. HAL scammed him. Foreshadowing that HAL would later kill him, and showing that HAL was losing it.

C'mon, I can't be the only one who gets this?
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