HAL’s Birthday
Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you’d like to hear it I can sing it for you.
— HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey)
HAL, I have your birthday present here. Just open the pod bay doors and I’ll give it to you.
I suggest we not actually boot HAL until Service Pack 3 is released…