1.\" $NetBSD: hals_end.6,v 1.1 2013/11/12 17:46:21 mbalmer Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2003 - 2013 Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch>. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products 15.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 16.\" 17.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 18.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 19.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 20.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 21.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 22.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 23.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 24.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 25.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 26.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 27.\" 28.Dd January 6, 2016 29.Dt HALS_END 6 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm hals_end 33.Nd Display HAL's last words on the console 34.Sh SYNOPSIS 35.Nm 36.Op Fl f 37.Sh DESCRIPTION 38.Nm 39displays the famous last words of the supercomputer HAL 9000 aboard the 40space-ship in Stanley Kubrick's movie "2001 - A Space Odissey". 41.Pp 42Options: 43.Bl -tag -width Ds 44.It Fl f 45Fast forward. 46Every movie can be played back with fast forward. 47This option will double the speed of the output. 48.El 49.Sh HISTORY 50.Nm 51first appeared in the book "Total Interaction" (ISBN 978-3-7643-7076-3) where 52its source code and output illustrates the article 53"Remembering the Future: Memory and Interaction" by Dr. Regine Halter. 54The source code was set in contrast to the graphical artwork "HAL's lifespace" 55by Catherine Walthard. 56"HAL's Lifespace" and "hals_end" were respectively designed and written for 57this article. 58.Sh AUTHORS 59.Nm 60was written by 61.An Marc Balmer Aq Mt marc@msys.ch . 62.Sh BUGS 63Unlike the real HAL, this program can be repeately run. 64There should be functionality in the program to destroy itself after one run. 65The rationale for not doing this right now is that the movie itself can be 66watched several times as well. 67