From d0b9581ad3b673bec44a6694cbff6f2a39aa5d89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mbalmer Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 17:46:20 +0000 Subject: hals_end(6) outputs the last words of the supercomputer HAL 9000 aboard the spaceship in Stanley Kubrick's famous film "2001 - A Space Odissey". The source code and output of this program were used to illustrate an article in the book "Total Interaction". How this looks in print can be at http://www.netbsd.org/~mbalmer/hals_end.jpg. --- hals_end/hals_end.6 | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+) create mode 100644 hals_end/hals_end.6 (limited to 'hals_end/hals_end.6') diff --git a/hals_end/hals_end.6 b/hals_end/hals_end.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4ead8ff9 --- /dev/null +++ b/hals_end/hals_end.6 @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: hals_end.6,v 1.1 2013/11/12 17:46:21 mbalmer Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 - 2013 Marc Balmer . +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd November 12, 2013 +.Dt HALS_END 6 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm hals_end +.Nd Display HAL's last words on the console +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm hals_end +.Op Fl f +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +displays the famous last words of the supercomputer HAL 9000 aboard the +space-ship in Stanley Kubrick's movie "2001 - A Space Odissey". +.Pp +Options: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl f +Fast forward. +Every movie can be played back with fast forward. +This option will double the speed of the output. +.El +.Sh BUGS +Unlike the real HAL, this program can be repeately run. +There should be functionality in the program to destroy itself after one run. +The rationale for not doing this right now is that the movie itself can be +watched several times as well. +.Sh HISTORY +.Nm +first appeared in the book "Total Interaction" (ISBN 978-3-7643-7076-3) where +it's source code and output illustrates the article +"Remembering the Future: Memory and Interaction" by Dr. Regine Halter. +The source code was set in contrast to the graphical artwork "HAL's lifespace" +by Catherine Walthard. +"HAL's Lifespace" and "hals_end" were respectively designed and written for +this article. +.Sh AUTHORS +.Nm +was written by +.An Marc Balmer Aq Mt marc@msys.ch . -- cgit v1.2.3-56-ge451