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HALS_END(6)			  Games	Manual			   HALS_END(6)

NAME
       hals_end	-- Display HAL's last words on the console

SYNOPSIS
       hals_end	[-f]

DESCRIPTION
       hals_end	 displays  the famous last words of the	supercomputer HAL 9000
       aboard the space-ship in	Stanley	Kubrick's movie	"2001 -	A Space	 Odis-
       sey".

       Options:

       -f      Fast  forward.	Every  movie can be played back	with fast for-
	       ward.  This option will double the speed	of the output.

HISTORY
       hals_end	 first	appeared  in  the  book	 "Total	  Interaction"	 (ISBN
       978-3-7643-7076-3) where	its source code	and output illustrates the ar-
       ticle  "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.

AUTHORS
       hals_end	was written by Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch>.

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.

FreeBSD	Ports 14.quarterly	January	6, 2016			   HALS_END(6)

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