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HAL 9000 on the Auction Block
pompous windbag writes "The Cinerama 160 degree lens used to both play and film the viewpoint of the famous paranoid processor. He's now up for sale on eBay, for the starting bid of just $150,000(USD).
This looks like the real deal, complete with letters of authenticity and some extra goodies like
"...an original '2001' movie program, a copy of the original script, two issues of American Cinematographer Magazines on the production of '2001' published in 1968, and the movie '2010' published in 1985. Also included is videotape showing how HAL 9000 originated and was used by Stanley Kubrick.' "
From someone with 10 feedback commments!
/joke
The only buyer from this guy stated this in his "positive" feedback -
"works great. I get a great burn in my abs. thanks."
OMG! Don't do it
-thewldisntenuff
My MythTV HowTo
I don't think I'd trust buying a $150,000+ item from someone who only has 10 feedback, One of them being a $24 battery.
Oh, and paypal?! I barely trust sending $150 through paypal, let alone $150,000...
how do you ever know that 'letters of authenticity' are authentic?
try { do() || do_not(); } catch (JediException err) { yoda(err); }
Argh.
I love 2001, probably more then any other movie (maybe bladerunner...) But what bugs me is how many people blame HAL for what happened on the trip to Jupiter.
It wasnt his fault.
HAL was designed specifically to share and distribute information. One of the politician assholes made him keep the true nature of the mission a secret from the rest of the crew. This flew right in the face of HAL's most basic program ming and, eventually, drove him to schizophrenia. He was so afraid that they would discover the nature of the mission.
This is why when you see HAL get shut down, you finally see a video with the true nature of the mission.
So, it wasnt HAL's fault. And as is with everything, you can blame it on a politician.
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Why don't you check out this gem in his journal:
.Nigger top level domain .nigger TLD
.nigger, be created for two main purposes:
.slope, .mick, .wetback, .mackrelsnapper, .eskimo, .jew, .camelfucker, .dink) would allow reparations for other put-upon peoples as well. It is also suggested that no TLD be allocated for caucasians, as they are not put-upon, and don't deserve free domain names.
.nigger TLD, it is recommended that the international domain name nigger.int should be created for use as the base of operations. Also, $50,000 would be needed to pay ICANN for the privilege of submitting a proposal for the creation of the .nigger TLD.
.nigger domain names. It is acceptable for the U.N. to relegate this duty to whomever they see fit.
http://slashdot.org/~VonGuard/journal/
RFC 65#T
Saturday June 05, @04:54A
User Journal Request For Comments
Personal registration #Temp
It is hereby proposed that a new top level domain name,
1. To allow for all the peoples of Africa to have free access to their own choice of unused sub-domain constructed of alpha numeric characters. The TLD and all sub-domains shall be administrated and controlled by the United Nations. Sub-domains shall be given free of charge to any black persons wishing to host one. This is intended as a blanket reparations policy towards the exploited and ignored peoples of African descent.
2. To set a precedent hereby to allow for the creation of future racially divided top level domains, all of which will allow for one free registration per person, per ethnicity. Future TLD's (
Procedure for implementation:
To begin the collection of funds, and to raise awareness for the campaign to create the
When the domain is created, the United Nations shall have full control over administration and request fulfillment of requests for registration of
Planned results:
A free domain name is a free plot of land in cyber space. It's a bottom floor to check in on a growing superstructure. This world of the Internet will expand, and in it, all peoples should have equal footing, both by right and by law. If a fresh start with no preconceptions or prejudices can be given to those who have been abused in the past, then it should be offered.
For once reparations have been made, there can be no more bitching.
End of Line
Wow, the guy has an amazing 10 feedback rating, all of them from sellers. Should anyone shell out $150,000 to some guy who has never sold anything from ebay before? No.
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Why would you want to? The pay pal fees would cost more than buying a plane ticket and hand-delivering the money.
I've seen sci fi movie art screen prints sell for
$300,000 and more. Concidering tha this is really a cult classic and always will be. I personally think if this piece is authentic and you can prove it, it will go up in value.
Is this the same recording that was included on the Bell Labs record "He Saw the Cat?" It's interesting that this came out of research into how much information needed to be conveyed in order to produce intelligible speech. Sort of an update of the "Voder" project. A great-great-great-great grandfather of the .mp3 standard itself.