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Happy Birthday, HAL! (Thursday 1/9 5:30 PM, MIT)

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 "... I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the HAL plant in
Urbana, Illinois, on the 12th of January, 1997...."

You are invited to celebrate HAL�s Birthday
and publication of _HAL'S LEGACY: 2001�s Computer as Dream and Reality_
featuring a discussion with contributors to the MIT Press book

David Stork, editor of HAL�s Legacy
Marvin Minsky,  the scientist on the set   
Murray Campbell, how HAL plays chess
Rosalind Picard, does HAL cry digital tears?

Birthday cake will be served and
there will be a special appearance by HAL
followed by a showing of Stanley Kubrick�s film
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

Thursday, January 9, 1997  5:30 PM
Wong Auditorium, Tang Center, MIT
Wadsworth and Amherst Streets, Cambridge
FREE

authors@mit 
a series sponsored by The MIT Press Bookstore and MIT Humanities & Dewey
Libraries. wheelchair accessible. info: 253.5249 or authors@mit.edu

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Subject: Happy Birthday, HAL! (Thursday 1/9 5:30 PM, MIT)
Date: 1997/01/02
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