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When I read the headline I immediately thought of When HARLIE Was One[1] and of the Great Machine[2] from Babylon 5.

Apparently some people at HP are also Sci-Fi fans.

Edit: BTW I think it was Henry Spencer who, long ago, quipped something like "it's not a supercomputer unless it costs a billion dollars". Looks like they're actually budgeting for half of that so with inevitable cost overruns they might get there.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Harlie_Was_One [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Machine



Is it actually named after the machine on Epsilon 3, or is it just a coincidence? There's a B-Film called The Machine as well.




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