HAL was long before Bungie, and I had to look up Melissa since I didn't actually pay much attention to ilovebees... Bungie has always been good at that kind of thing, though, and at naming things in general (...which is yet another of their obvious homages to Iain M. Banks-- have you read any of his Culture books? You should!). And, well, if you mean The Computer from Paranoia, then it is, of course, my MOST FAVORITE EVER. Only a traitor would ever consider anything else, and so I felt that since my loyalties are not in question it would waste the Computer's valuable time to even include it in such a list, since obviously it would be on top of any such list ever made. In fact, I probably should have entitled this list "Favorite crazed AIs besides Friend Computer," and I apologize for the oversight. And what do I mean by "crazed?" I mean, of course, that I am CRAZY about them! Of course!
CONGRATULATIONS, CITIZEN! YOU HAVE PASSED THE SINGLE-ELIMINATION BONUS SECRET LOYALTY TEST ROUND! YOU WIN:
- A LIFETIME* SUPPLY OF CRUNCHEETYM ALGAE CHIPS! - A 5,000-CREDIT GIFT CARD TO "UNCLE AL-G'S PRE-OWNED VAT OIL EMPORIUM"! - PROMOTION TO RED CLEARANCE!
"Bill sings to Sarah. Sarah sings to Bill. Perhaps they will do other dangerous things together." ... "Love is strange. but so are typewriters."
--RACTER
(I have really no idea what these threads have been about, but since this is the bit of a computer-written poem I still remember from college, it seemed like the right place to share it.)
Oh, I've been talking about artificial intelligences from video games who lead the player around for various reasons having them do various things and who shift around between ally, enemy, narrator, and so on as the plot of the game requires.
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Date: 2007-10-14 02:34 am (UTC)Re: *sniff*
Date: 2007-10-14 02:40 am (UTC)I am STILL the person who broke the story of Halo being released for the Mac and PC FIRST! Yeah!
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Date: 2007-10-14 03:35 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-14 03:43 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-14 05:56 am (UTC)Does Melissa fit into this anywhere? How about Friend Computer? HAL?
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Date: 2007-10-14 06:54 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-14 03:46 pm (UTC)- A LIFETIME* SUPPLY OF CRUNCHEETYM ALGAE CHIPS!
- A 5,000-CREDIT GIFT CARD TO "UNCLE AL-G'S PRE-OWNED VAT OIL EMPORIUM"!
- PROMOTION TO RED CLEARANCE!
* = OR UNTIL NEXT FOURDAY, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST
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Date: 2007-10-14 06:21 am (UTC)Sarah sings to Bill.
Perhaps they will do other dangerous things together."
...
"Love is strange.
but so are typewriters."
--RACTER
(I have really no idea what these threads have been about, but since this is the bit of a computer-written poem I still remember from college, it seemed like the right place to share it.)
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Date: 2007-10-14 06:32 am (UTC)"Love is strange, but so are typewriters" is my favorite phrase of the day. Thanks. 8)
the footnotes:
Date: 2007-10-14 06:38 am (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHODAN
http://marathon.bungie.org/story/durandal.html#12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_(video_game)