Hal 9000 sorry dave12/27/2023 ![]() HAL: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that HAL: I feel much better now, I really do. If your media player isn't able to read the files, pleaseĭownload an update available at the software manufacturer's web site. Modern browsers and Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 operating systems I know it's a bit silly.All WAV files are compressed using WAV Layer-3 for fasterĭownload time. Dave: You working up your crew psychology report? HAL: Of course I am. For instance, the way all our preparations were kept under such tight security and the melodramatic touch of putting Dr.'s Hunter, Kimball, and Kaminsky aboard, already in hibernation after four months of separate training on their own. But particularly in view of some of the other things that have happened, I find them difficult to put out of my mind. I never gave these stories much credence. Rumors about something being dug up on the moon. HAL: Well, certainly no one could have been unaware of the very strange stories floating around before we left. HAL: You don't mind talking about it, do you Dave? Dave: No, not at all. That's rather a difficult question to answer. I'm sure you'll agree there's some truth in what I say. I know I've never completely freed myself of the suspicion that there are some extremely odd things about this mission. Perhaps I'm just projecting my own concern about it. Dave: How do you mean? HAL: Well, it's rather difficult to define. HAL: Well, forgive me for being so inquisitive but during the past few weeks, I've wondered whether you might be having some second thoughts about the mission. View Quote HAL: By the way, do you mind if I ask you a personal question? Dave: No, not at all. Dave: That's not what I mean.Well I'm not so sure what he'd think about it. Frank: No 9000 computer has ever fouled up before. Dave: You know, another thing just occurred to me.Well, as far as I know, no 9000 computer has ever been disconnected. ![]() Well that's far safer than allowing HAL to continue running things. And we'd have to work out the transfer procedures of continuing the mission under ground-based computer control. Dave: We would have to cut his higher-brain functions.without disturbing the purely automatic and regulatory systems. If he were proven to be malfunctioning, I wouldn't see how we would have any choice but disconnection. There isn't a single aspect of ship operations that's not under his control. Frank: I don't think we'd have any alternatives. Frank: What the hell can we do? Dave: Well, we wouldn't have too many alternatives. Frank: We would, wouldn't we? Dave: Hmm, hmm. View Quote Frank: Let's say we put the unit back and it doesn't fail, huh? That would pretty well wrap it up as far as HAL is concerned, wouldn't it? Dave: Well, we'd be in very serious trouble. Note: the bolded line is ranked #78 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema. Dave: HAL, I won't argue with you anymore! Open the doors! HAL: Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. HAL: Without your space helmet, Dave, you're going to find that rather difficult. I'll go in through the emergency airlock. Dave: Where the hell'd you get that idea, HAL? HAL: Dave, although you took thorough precautions in the pod against my hearing you, I could see your lips move. HAL: I know you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen. Dave: I don't know what you're talking about, HAL. Dave: What are you talking about, HAL? HAL: This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it. Dave: What's the problem? HAL: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do. HAL: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. View Quote Dave: Hello, HAL do you read me, HAL? HAL: Affirmative, Dave, I read you. I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do. My mission responsibilities range over the entire operation of the ship, so I am constantly occupied. I enjoy working with people - I have a stimulating relationship with Dr. BBC interviewer: HAL, despite your enormous intellect, are you ever frustrated by your dependence on people to carry out actions? HAL: Not in the slightest bit. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error. ![]() No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. Does this ever cause you any lack of confidence? HAL: Let me put it this way, Mr. You're the brain, and central nervous system of the ship, and your responsibilities include watching over the men in hibernation. BBC Interviewer: HAL, you have an enormous responsibility on this mission, in many ways perhaps the greatest responsibility of any single mission element. How's everything going? HAL: Good afternoon, Mr. View Quote BBC interviewer: Good afternoon, HAL.
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