67 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
67 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: hals_end.6,v 1.3 2014/10/18 06:42:31 snj Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2003 - 2013 Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch>.
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.Dd November 12, 2013
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.Dt HALS_END 6
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm hals_end
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.Nd Display HAL's last words on the console
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm hals_end
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.Op Fl f
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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displays the famous last words of the supercomputer HAL 9000 aboard the
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space-ship in Stanley Kubrick's movie "2001 - A Space Odissey".
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.Pp
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Options:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl f
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Fast forward.
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Every movie can be played back with fast forward.
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This option will double the speed of the output.
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.El
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.Sh HISTORY
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.Nm
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first appeared in the book "Total Interaction" (ISBN 978-3-7643-7076-3) where
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its source code and output illustrates the article
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"Remembering the Future: Memory and Interaction" by Dr. Regine Halter.
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The source code was set in contrast to the graphical artwork "HAL's lifespace"
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by Catherine Walthard.
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"HAL's Lifespace" and "hals_end" were respectively designed and written for
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this article.
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.Nm
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was written by
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.An Marc Balmer Aq Mt marc@msys.ch .
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.Sh BUGS
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Unlike the real HAL, this program can be repeatedly run.
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There should be functionality in the program to destroy itself after one run.
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The rationale for not doing this right now is that the movie itself can be
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watched several times as well.
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