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title: HAL and IBM
date: "2001-07-25T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1733
description: 'I highlight the classic HAL and IBM connection in 2001: A Space Odyssey while pointing to a clever genetic pun found in the title of the film Gattaca, which references DNA base sequences.'
keywords: ['2001: a space odyssey', hal 9000, ibm, gattaca, film trivia, dna]
---

If you thought [HAL and IBM](http://www.triviastic.com/items/1766.html) in **2001: A Space Odyssey** was clever, you should read this [article](http://www.sigmaxi.org/amsci/issues/Comsci98/compsci9801.html) to learn out about [the pun](http://www.geneticengineering.org/movies/gattaca.html) in [Gattaca](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0119177).