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What did the numbers at the end mean?

posted 12 years ago by TiffJobs
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989 7 000 X

601?

-Tiff

[–] jdreck 12 years ago

I think the 9897000x is the magnification or size of andromeda and the 601 was explained in the movie as computer overload

[–] TiffJobs 12 years ago

Thanks!!!

-Tiff

[–] drunkdaddy69 12 years ago

and its a comma , not a 7. the comma looked like a little 7 (old school digital #'s)

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[–] shepherd-26 8 years ago

Hmmm. 601 = computer overload

601 x 2 = 1202

1202 (and 1201) = Apollo Guidance Computer overload codes as Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969, two years before this movie was made.

[–] kerryedavis 8 years ago

Yes, that's one of the trivia items listed for the movie.

[–] kerryedavis 8 years ago

Oh, and by the way: H A L are each one letter off from I B M!!!