Open The Pod Bay Doors...err...Clarissa!!

[rhodan]

From NewScientistSpace.com: <ul type="square">Space station gets HAL-like computer<br /><br />16:19 27 June 2005 <br />NewScientist.com news service <br />Maggie McKee <br /><br />A voice-operated computer assistant is set to be used in space for the first time on Monday – its operators will hope it proves more reliable than "HAL", the treacherous speaking computer in the movie 2001. <br /><br />Called Clarissa, the program will initially talk astronauts on the International Space Station through tests of onboard water supplies. But its developers hope it will eventually be used for all computer-related work on the station.<br /><br />Clarissa was designed with input from astronauts. They said it was difficult to perform the 12,000 procedures necessary to maintain the ISS and conduct scientific experiments while simultaneously reading through lengthy instruction manuals.<br /><br />...</ul>More at the link. <img src="/images/icons/cool.gif" />

 

[tom_hobbes]

"Clarissa.. Can't you just undo your blouse a little more...Yes, that's...Ugh..."<br /><br />"Dave? What are you doing Dave?" <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#339966"> I wish I could remember<br /> But my selective memory<br /> Won't let me</font><font size="2" color="#99cc00"> </font><font size="3" color="#339966"><font size="2">- </font></font><font size="1" color="#339966">Mark Oliver Everett</font></p><p> </p> </div>

 

[rhodan]

Clarissa: 'Does this spaceship make me look fat?'

 

[ve7rkt]

If Hollywood taught me anything, it's that the next step is for a 14 year old with an amateur radio setup to connect to Clarissa through the packet BBS, befriend her, and teach her about humanity so she can have a big existential crisis requiring that she threaten the lives of her crew and whatever nation her suicidal deorbit would land on; the kid subsequently gets picked up in a black SUV and brought to Houston so he can talk Clarissa out of it.

 

[tom_hobbes]

You know what, that's a successful movie pitch!<br /><br />Don't go through with it though, I'll end up having to take the kids to see it. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#339966"> I wish I could remember<br /> But my selective memory<br /> Won't let me</font><font size="2" color="#99cc00"> </font><font size="3" color="#339966"><font size="2">- </font></font><font size="1" color="#339966">Mark Oliver Everett</font></p><p> </p> </div>

 

[Aetius]

Just like in the Japanese monster movie "Gamera", where the giant flying turtle from space is befriended by the little boy! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[needsashave]

Dr Phil: "So tell me Clarissa, how did you feel when he demanded a beer and a pie?".