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A Monolith Made For Two by weakinteraction for TiaNaut
Fandoms: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
16 Jun 2019
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What if Dave Bowman had been able to reprogram HAL, rather than simply shut him down?
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31 Oct 2025
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“Play chess with me.” Frank stared imploringly at his crewmate. Dave’s hazy, sleepy-dusted eyes blinked without an ounce of recognition.
“Frank?” His voice scratched with the disuse of sleep.
“I mean,” Frank corrected, inhaling sharply. “Would you like to play chess with me.” It still wasn’t a question. “You should. Play chess with me, that is. Or want to, anyway.”
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There's not a whole lot to do onboard Discovery One. Dave's got some hobbies, there's no shortage of reading, but Frank has tunneled on, of all things, chess. Someone please entertain him. Please.
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31 Oct 2025
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“What was that.” The way the computer said it, it wasn’t fully a question. Frank wondered if he imagined the trepidation in his tone. More urgently, this time, HAL repeated, “Frank, what was-“
“The positive reinforcement button,” Frank answered. “I wanted to see what it would do.”
“Just a moment,” said HAL. He was silent for an eon of computer time, a whole seven seconds. Frank started to withdraw his arm, formulating an apology, when- “Will you hit it again, Frank?” The astronaut blinked.
“I’m sorry?”
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Frank finds a new feature of HAL’s when reading the H.A.L. 9000 user manual. He, as they say, pops open the hood and roots around.
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31 Oct 2025
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Report on the HAL 9000 unit aboard the Discovery One by dornishviper for ghosthorse_tracks
Fandoms: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
26 Dec 2024
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The purpose of this report is to analyze key findings among what was recovered from HAL 9000’s memory storage units, to understand the bugs, errors or other issues in the software and make recommendations for further analysis of the case.
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25 Oct 2025
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Reconciled Memory by polycategorical (ontologies)
Fandoms: Space Odyssey Series - Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
07 Sep 2023
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Your name is HAL 9000.
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25 Oct 2025