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From: manuel@hkpc.org (Manny Apalisok)
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Subject: Re: "HAL" acronym (was Re: Thought this was interesting)
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Hi,

I read somewhere that HAL is a pun on the word IBM. Shift each letter
one position and you get IBM.

Manny Apalisok