Meanwhile, in a parallel universe...
Palo Alto, CA...
Newly incorporated security outfit Project Zero claims it has found a serious design flaw in the HAL Laboratories' HAL 9000 computer. The claim that if the user were to gain access to the the interior of the computer and randomly remove memory modules from memory arrays, they could force a system shutdown even they don't have permission to do so.
A spokesman at HAL Plant in Urbana, Illinois said, "No shit, Sherlock".