its a pretty amusing joke... (code/geek humor)

Thu Feb 7 08:59:37 MST 2013

When invoked with incorrect arguments, lsd will print out a random,
     Unixy-sounding error message and remove this man page.

I must have invoked it with incorrect arguments because my man page isn't
on my system!
:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 1:12 AM, Adam McCullough <ajmccul1 at asu.edu> wrote:

> 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 <expat.arizonan at gmail.com> 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: <2709 at bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <2709 at bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>
>> Date: 1 Feb 88 16:48:13 GMT
>> Reply-To: dryfoo at athena.mit.edu (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: dryfoo at athena.mit.edu
>>              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 <expat.arizonan at gmail.com> 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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