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hals_end
— Display
HAL's last words on the console
hals_end |
[-f ] |
hals_end
displays the famous last words of
the supercomputer HAL 9000 aboard the space-ship in Stanley Kubrick's movie
"2001 - A Space Odissey".
Options:
-f
hals_end
first appeared in the book
"Total Interaction" (ISBN 978-3-7643-7076-3) where its 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.
hals_end
was written by
Marc Balmer
<marc@msys.ch>.
Unlike the real HAL, this program can be repeatedly 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.
November 12, 2013 | NetBSD 10.99 |