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Author: Adam McCullough
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: its a pretty amusing joke... (code/geek humor)
Mutt is a CLI mail client. The majority of the man page is fairly straight
laced. The relevant section is below:

BUGS
       None.  Mutts have fleas, not bugs.


FLEAS
       Suspend/resume while editing a file with an external  edi­
       tor  does  not  work under SunOS 4.x if you use the curses
       lib in /usr/5lib.  It does work with the  S-Lang  library,
       however.


       Resizing  the  screen while using an external pager causes
       Mutt to go haywire on some systems.


       suspend/resume does not work under Ultrix.


       The help line for the index menu is  not  updated  if  you
       change  the bindings for one of the functions listed while
       Mutt is running.


       For a more up-to-date list of bugs,  errm,  fleas,  please
       visit   the  mutt  project's  bug  tracking  system  under
       http://bugs.guug.de/.  To report a  bug,  please  use  the
       flea(1) program.



On 7 February 2013 00:43, Derek Trotter <> wrote:

> I didn't know there was a man page for mutt. I'll have to look that
> up. Here's the man page for lsd.
>
> Article 76 of alt.drugs:
> Subject: LSD 4.3
> Summary: Better living thru Unix
> Message-ID: <> <>
> Date: 1 Feb 88 16:48:13 GMT
> Reply-To: (Gary L. Dryfoos)
> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>
> LSD(1)              UNIX Programmer's Manual               LSD(1)

>
>
>
> NAME
>      lsd - turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream

>
> SYNOPSIS
>      lsd [ -dsS ] brandname user ...

>
> DESCRIPTION
>      Disturbs the given users according to dosage, set, and setting.
>      If more than one user is specified, each will be affected by the
>      others, according to the arguments they give to lsd on their
>      own terminals or machines.  It is recommended that one of the users
>      in a group specify a dose of 0, and that at least one other user be
>      experienced in using lsd.

>
>      Brandname is usually a blotter pattern, but may be used to specify
>      a non-blotter form, such as "windowpane" or "pyramid."

>
>      There are a number of options, each of which can have a strange and
>      not completely predictable effect on the users:

>
>
>      -d   Dosage.  A dosage of 1 to 3 is recommended for first time
>           users, although strength varies with brandname and storage
>           conditions.

>
>      -s   Set.  Recommended values are "calm," "happy," and "groovy."
>           Sets like "angry," "frustrated," and "bummed" may cause file
>           system damage, and should be avoided.  For these sets, other
>           utilities are available (see "valium").

>
>      -S   Setting.  Recommended are "familiar," "interesting," and
>           "comfortable."  Hostile and challenging settings are reserved
>           for experienced users.

>
> FILES
>      /etc/trips is a log of system-wide use of lsd since booting.

>
> BUGS
>      When invoked with incorrect arguments, lsd will print out a random,
>      Unixy-sounding error message and remove this man page.  This policy
>      prevents misuse by undergraduates and fundamentalist Christians.

>
>      User state should return to normal in twelve hours or less after
>      invoking lsd.  With extreme parameters, however, this cannot always
>      be guaranteed.

>
>      The output device is assumed to be 80 columns wide.

>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I don't know where it came from originally, so Please Use Carefully!
> (Remember: Dosage, Set, and SETENV)
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> Gary L. Dryfoos    ARPA/Internet: 
>              UUCP/Usenet: ...ihnp4!mit-eddie!athena.mit.edu!dryfoo
>                    Phone: (617) 253-0184 / (617) 825-6115
>                 USPS: E40-318, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA  02139
> "So, you cannot resist, can you?  No, no one can!  When LeMott sings,
> they dance!  Ha-ha-ha!  They all dance!"

>
> ==============================================================================
>
>
>
>
> On 02/07/2013 12:07 AM, Adam McCullough wrote:
>
> A manpage for LSD? And I thought the mutt manpage was tongue in cheek.
>
> On 6 February 2013 22:51, Derek Trotter <> wrote:
>
>> Funny. It reminds me of fun with the unix c shell and the man page
>> for lsd.
>>
>>
>> On 02/06/2013 08:49 PM, Stephen wrote:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXEgk1Hdze0&feature=player_embedded
>>
>> --
>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
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