TRC #233: Asexuality + Name That + Does HAL=IBM?

halA new episode of TRC is here! The show starts off with Darren responding to a listener request to examine asexuality. Pat then leads the second installment of his new game, “Name That.”  Adam closes out the show with some analysis of whether HAL 9000 from “2001: A Space Odyssey” was meant to represent IBM.

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Show Notes:

Asexuality
Asexuality.org
Asexuality Archive
Wikipedia

HAL = IBM?
Powet Robots: HAL from 2001 A Space Odyssey
Letters of Note: Does IBM know that HAL Is psychotic?
How Stanley Kubrick used HAL to depict IBM in 2001: A Space Odyssey

 

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1 Response to TRC #233: Asexuality + Name That + Does HAL=IBM?

  1. Matt says:

    Just an FYI, at the 18min mark it sounds like some audio meant to be left on the cutting room floor was accidentally layered under the main audio. It only goes for a few minutes, but it makes that few minutes near impossible to hear the actual discussion.

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