2001: Why Kubrick used "Daisy" for HAL's death

Thanks so much for posting this. I had heard of the connection to the earlier experiment involving "Daisy." Nice to have it confirmed.

I do think that Kubrick was probably also mindful of the symbolic value as well - the word daisy is a shortened version of "day's eye."

Eyes are very important in this film, from the leopard & early primates, to HAL, to Dave going through the star gate, to Dave's return to Earth as a giant fetus.

And the MR LANGLEY??? is that some reference to the CIA as in LANGLEY VIRGINIA headquarters of CIA???? or was there really a MR LANGLEY at IBM????

I think that's a GREAT interpretation!

After all, the cold war is the backdrop for this film.

HAL is one letter down from IBM

Not why it was chosen, though, it stands for Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic Computer.

Note: a heuristic algorithm is an algorithm that is able to produce an acceptable solution to a problem in many practical scenarios.

That for, you need a wallet, a $20 and a little bit of glue. :)

it's correct. Wierd, isn't it?

this... i'm a tech geek... so simple things like this... being done for the first time...
makes me smile! :')... and when hal sings... that tune... I feel... somber... :'<

Urbana, Illinois ;)