My second ever post on this wretched board.
This one has probably been done before, but I only joined today, so you bastards had better forgive me.

Again, for the competition.

From the Corporate Rebranding challenge. See all 804 entries (closed)

(CheeseMonger The Great, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:45, archived)

2001
Increment each letter by one...
H - I
A - B
L - M
Weird, eh? ;)
(benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:46, archived)

Spooky.

( mother inferior - now fully in compliance with the Trades Descriptions Act, being both a mother and inferior, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:47, archived)

not weird
that's how he came up with the name, misplacing each letter of IBM one place right in the alphabet.
( Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:48, archived)

.
Didn't IBM contribute to the film in some way or something?
(benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:50, archived)

Well you'd think that
but it was actually a coincidence. At least that's what Arthur C Clarke says in one of his books.

/geek
( Hexagonal Pensioner, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:55, archived)

Is that not where the name came from anyway?

(gimpy86, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:49, archived)

Anyone remember
the old VMS operating system (so to speak)?

When Microsoft stole their engineers they came up with Windows NT.

WNT...VMS...
(badger of doom, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 12:05, archived)

Woo!
Thats excellent!
( Stickman_ben, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:46, archived)

1) don't call it wretched
2) don't abuse your post as being a newbie and earning fluffiness
3) i don't understand it
( Naive Amoeba Hardly ever goes on this site anymore., Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:46, archived)

.
3) - it's the IBM logo, and HAL is the mad computer in 2001 : ASO.
(benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:47, archived)

4) ?????????
5) profit!
( spacefish is imaginary oh, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:48, archived)

UNDERPANTS
Gnomes :D
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:55, archived)

ah
ok
( Naive Amoeba Hardly ever goes on this site anymore., Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:51, archived)

1) call it wendy
2)abuse is bad, and can lead to being arrested (or going blind)
3)i do but i'm not telling
( mostly harmless John Leslie raped me on, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:48, archived)

Very nice.
But why is this board wretched?
( mother inferior - now fully in compliance with the Trades Descriptions Act, being both a mother and inferior, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:47, archived)

and if it is,
why bother joining?
(Slurpy The Frog, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:50, archived)

Indeed.
Can I have my tea back, please?
( mother inferior - now fully in compliance with the Trades Descriptions Act, being both a mother and inferior, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:54, archived)

For being a huge time sink
so I never get owt done.
(CheeseMonger The Great, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:50, archived)

that's one of the main attractions of the place
:)
( MrSanity still playing WoW more than is healthy, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:52, archived)

Well that's
made me laugh, so, like, woo and stuff!
(what_bus, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:47, archived)

hurrah!

( spacefish is imaginary oh, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 11:47, archived)