HAL 9000 legitimized this video in context for me.

>> ^Fusionaut:
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Now we know why HAL sang it!
http://www.videosift.com/video/HAL-Sings-Daisy-as-he-Dies


OK, my geek pride is a bit wounded by the implication that 'we' didn't already know this.

That was really one of the cool things about that scene, the way Hal's brain digresses back to his first programming. But before this I'd only read about Daisy being the first synthesized voice program. Awesome to finally hear it.

Thank you, Fusionaut!

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Now we know why HAL sang it!

http://www.videosift.com/video/HAL-Sings-Daisy-as-he-Dies

Tags for this video have been changed from '2001, kubrick, clarke, hal 9000, daisy' to '2001, kubrick, clarke, hal 9000, daisy, daisy, give me ur answer do' - edited by calvados

It's like when Dave kills HAL-9000 in 2001. You can't help but feel a little bit sad. Clever writing on Bioware's part.

Siftbot looks like a mix of
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/2193378/2/istockphoto_2193378_little_girl.jpg
and
http://willdo.philadelphiaweekly.com/archives/030706puppy.jpg
with a dash of homicidal tendencies (think HAL-9000).

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke which was developed concurrently with Stanley Kubrick's film version. The story is based in part on various short stories by Clarke, most notably "The Sentinel" (1951). Kubrick collaborated with Clarke, and together they first concurrently produced the novel version that was released after the film.

The HAL 9000 computer symbolizes the progress of technology. It represents many apprehensions about technology. First, HAL is an artificial intelligence – it can mimic all of the thought processes of the human brain with greater speed and reliability. Second, its inner workings are not completely understood – even by the people who created it. HAL is an extraordinarily potent technology that cannot be fully controlled. When HAL begins to deviate from the way in which it has been programmed, this is an illustration of the apprehension many people held that our own technological development will someday come back to haunt us in surprising and unanticipated ways.

Obviously one of my favorite movies.

Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do
I'm half crazy all for the love of you
It won't be a stylish marriage
I can't afford a carriage
But you'll look sweet upon the seat
Of a bicycle built for two