OT: Re: Whatever became of "ORAC"

From: <Steve.Parker_at_lis.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 09:10:07 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.00361910.20010806085048@fatcity.com>

In the UK, "ORAC" was a computer of the cult TV series Blake's Seven.

"Orac was the most sophisticated artifical intelligence in the universe. It had an amazing array of technical abilities but it also had some problems."

Problems

It had a snappy voice and was often impatient with anyone unfortunate enough to ask it a question. It also showed little concern for the rest of the crew who it regarded with scorn. In short, Orac would much rather spend time contemplating the mysteries of the universe than spending time with mere mortals.

Sorry for the sideline !

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Do anyone know whatever became of ORAC. It was an attempt to build an open source web-based DBA tool in Perl but it doesn't look like much has happened. Here's a link.

http://www.tux.org/orac-dba/news.html

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