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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
52it's 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