Tag archives: 2001
Open the Pod Doors Hal
In the 1968 sci-fi classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Hal is a conscious computer guiding a mission to the planet Jupiter who goes insane. He kills all the crew except Dave who is stranded outside the ship and asks Hal to open the pod doors to let him in. “Open the pod doors Hal.” Hal […]
Slamming Our Foot in the Pod Bay Door
It takes several minutes for astronaut Bowman to lose his patience. It’s a simple thing he’s asking – he just wants back in. “Hello, HAL, do you read me? Hello, HAL… do you read me? Do you read me, HAL?” Eschatology – scholarship which concerns itself with the End of Humankind – is by definition […]
