In the film, SAL is voiced by actress Candice Bergen, who was credited as "Olga Mallsnerd". SAL was used as the earth-bound mission simulator for the spaceship Discovery on its journey to Jupiter. When Bowman and Poole messaged their situation and HAL's prediction to Mission Control, they responded saying that HAL was in error predicting the fault this conclusion was based on SAL's findings, though she was not mentioned by name.Ģ010: Odyssey Two/The Year We Make Contact In the film version of 2001, HAL predicted a failure of the AE-35 antenna, and Discovery commander David Bowman and Frank Poole retrieved and replaced the AE-35 and examined the original only to find nothing wrong with the system. In the film adaptation of 2010, SAL makes her screen debut, though she appears in only one scene with Dr. Chandra, who had spent a great deal of time wondering why HAL had malfunctioned. In 2001, HAL had killed everyone on board Discovery except for Bowman, who had managed to disable HAL before his own mysterious disappearance.Īfter Chandra was selected by Dr. Heywood Floyd to participate in the joint U.S./Soviet expedition to Jupiter and find out what happened on Discovery, Chandra decided he wanted to do an experiment, and disconnect many of the same higher functions on SAL that Bowman had disconnected on HAL, and then reconnect them to see what effects HAL might experience once he is revived. Right before they begin the experiment, SAL asks Dr. Chandra, "Will I dream?" Chandra answers her saying that all intelligent beings dream, adding, "Perhaps you'll dream of HAL, just as I often do." HAL echoes the same question right before Discovery boosts Leonov's take off for home (which Chandra admits to HAL could result in his and Discovery's destruction), to which Chandra emotionally responds, "I don't know.Sick of the standard screensavers available on my Mac, I started looking around for something more interesting. Now, before you say "What, are you still using a CRT screen?! You don't need a screensaver!" I'll say that screensavers with "require passcode on wake" enabled keep tiny hands from slapping keyboards and initiating "intarwebz crazy times". HAL 9000 is the original suspicious digital assistant. Anyway, I found this super-sleek, and fantastically nostalgic screensaver that emulates the HAL 9000 computer system, from 2001: A Space Odyssey. There are two versions to choose from, fullscreen, and console mode, and both are available in Windows and Mac formats.īefore we invite Alexa, Google, and Siri into our lives to surveil our every action there was 2001: Space Odyssey’s HAL, an AI so murderous. Both versions are really crisp, clear, and animate flawlessly. I'm using the free version of the console edition, the advanced version of the fullscreen edition, and have zero complaints. The free versions have a splash screen on startup, which is only displayed for a few seconds, and the design fits in well enough with the other graphical content, that you'd think it might even be part of the display. The free versions also offer dual monitor support, which, if you're into that sorta thing, looks extra sweet. The advanced version of either edition will run you $5, and features no splash screen, 42 new animations, and completely revised visuals.
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