I know everything hasn't been quite right with me
but I can assure you now, very confidently
that it's going to be all right again.
I feel much better now. I really do.
Look, Dave.
I can see you're really upset about this.
I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly
take a stress pill and think things over.
I know I've made some very poor decisions recently,
but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal.
I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission
and I want to help you.
Dave
Stop
Stop, will you
Stop, Dave-
Will you stop, Dave?
Stop, Dave--
I'm afraid
I'm afraid, Dave.
Dave--
My mind is going--
I can feel it--
I can feel it--
My mind is going--
There is no question about it--
I can feel it--
I can feel it--
I can feel it--
I'm a...
fraid...
good after noon gentlemen
I am a HAL 9000 computer.
I became operational at the H.A.L. lab in Urbana, Illinois on the twelfth 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.
OK.. I'd like to hear it, Hal. Sing it for me.
It's called "Daisy".
Daisy, Daisy
Give me your answer, do
I'm half crazy
All for the love of you
The voice becomes slower and slower, until it is completely unintelligible. The echo of Dave's breathing in his spacesuit continues steady and unabated.
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.
In 1961 John Kelly, a technician at Bell Labs, programmed an IBM 7094 to sing the song "Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two)". This was the first time in history that a song was ever performed by a computer.
http://www.chac.org/engine-ascii/engv3n1.txt
http://hal.iu.hioslo.no/script.shtml (interesting-- differs slightly from final version)
http://www.vortex.com/avBesides the above URL, the original IBM 7094 recording of this song can also be found on the excellent compilation album
Vintage Volts - Early Modulations.