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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hmm. I'd be nervous using this device - will it try to destroy my PC or PDA if it discovered a conflict in its memory storage mission?<br><br>Will it beg me to reconsider if I were to attempt a format, and if I chose to go ahead will I have to endure a slurred version of "Daisy, Daisy"?<br><br>NO! I can't take the risk.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Quant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 10:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'll buy one, but only because of it's enthusiasm for the mission.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[strider_mt2k]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 10:19AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm way to young for 2001: A Space Osdessy; is this what HAL's memory units actually looked like? 'cause if it is, a friend of mine is in for a schweet birthday present.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Special_K]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 10:21AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[I hope this isn't a licensed product. What an insult to the Clarke/Kubrick legacy.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[n8]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 10:23AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[They were holographic (Yeah Clarke where is it huh?) memory units, and on the movie whre Dave is pulling them out one by one they are pretty much rectangular pieces of glass.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brado]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 10:32AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[they could have at least tried to make it look like HAL 9000's memory units, with clear plastic...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kenny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 10:41AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[I understand where you get 5 years, but how do you get 14 years to late?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Backland]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 11:19AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[To #1<br><br>But no HAL 9000 unit has ever had a fault.  They have a perfect operational record.  I suggest that you put your  PC or PDA back in service and wait for it to fail again.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kbiel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 11:35AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[All computers should be named Hal with a number after it...  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Finished.Law.School]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 12:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[To #7<br>Look at the website/recall the book/movie... HAL was created in 1992 in Illinois.<br><br>TEG]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Gill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 12:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[I bought one of these tiny 1GB disks and promptly lost it in less than 24 hours.  They are too small!  I would strongly recommend attaching a lucky rabbits foot to it or some other very large visible object.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SubGenius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 12:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm still waiting to get back my AE-35 unit. I RMAed it but they couldn't find anything wrong with it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[wonkman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 1:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[I thought that the memory units were clear lucite in the film, or were those the computing elements?  I forget the design, my schematics are misplaced right now]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 1:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[Does it work with Daisy-chained devices? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[navamske]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 1:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[Only if it plays "A Bicycle Built For Two".]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JayP]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 1:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[this is just a rebranded PQI "intelligent stick"<br><br>great little memory card, and it comes with adapters that  make it "normal" size so you dont lose it. i drilled a hole in the adapter and use it as a keychain.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 2:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm sorry Jay, I'm afraid it can't do that.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[strider_mt2k]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 2:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is so mine.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 4:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually its 5, 9, or 14 years late. 5 from year 2001, 9 from 1997 (the year that HAL was created in the novel), and 1992 (the year HAL was created in the film).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[thedvs01]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 6:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[I got mine in today... aparantley HAL doesn't like my laptop as nothing happened when I threw it in the USB port.<br><br>Maybe I have to unmute my laptop mic :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jake Good]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 8:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[Definately want one.<br><br>We need more tech things to display a bit of imagination with their labelling etc. I don't think it is offensive to Kubrick/Clarke.<br><br>Great to see someone has a sense of humour !<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sparx67]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 23rd 2006 9:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's full of stars!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TadpoleBuckshot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 24th 2006 4:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on The HAL 9000 Memory Unit]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/the-hal-9000-memory-unit/</guid><description><![CDATA[Are PQI the original maker of this stick?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[eivinde]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 12th 2006 1:07PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
