Can we use animated GIF for a profile picture?

[lawrence-lugar]

• That isn't a "little red siren thing".
• It is HAL9000.
• The most advanced AI computer ever built.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) movie,
I personally found this movie to be rather boring or average...I'm surprised it's rated 8.3 on IMDB.
I must be missing the magic that other people who voted it up see that I don't.
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