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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>LART</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../L.html" title="L"/><link rel="previous" href="languages-of-choice.html" title="languages of choice"/><link rel="next" href="larval-stage.html" title="larval stage"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">LART</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="languages-of-choice.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">L</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="larval-stage.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="LART"/><dt xmlns="" id="LART"><b>LART</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">//</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool. </p></dd><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">n.</span> In the collective mythos
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of <a href="../S/scary-devil-monastery.html"><i class="glossterm">scary devil monastery</i></a>, this is an essential item
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in the toolkit of every <a href="../B/BOFH.html"><i class="glossterm">BOFH</i></a>. The LART classic is a
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2x4 or other large billet of wood usable as a club, to be applied upside
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the head of spammers and other people who cause sysadmins more grief than
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just naturally goes with the job. Perennial debates rage on <tt class="systemitem">alt.sysadmin.recovery</tt> over what constitutes
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the truly effective LART; knobkerries, automatic weapons,
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flamethrowers, and tactical nukes all have their partisans. Compare
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<a href="../C/clue-by-four.html"><i class="glossterm">clue-by-four</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">v.</span> To use a LART. Some would
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add “<span class="quote">in malice</span>”, but some sysadmins do prefer to gently lart
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their users as a first (and sometimes final) warning. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. interj. Calling for one's LART, much as a surgeon might call
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“<span class="quote">Scalpel!</span>”. </p></dd><dd><p> 4. interj. [rare] Used in <a href="../F/flame.html"><i class="glossterm">flame</i></a>s as a
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rebuke. “<span class="quote">LART! LART! LART!</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="languages-of-choice.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../L.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="larval-stage.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">languages of choice </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> larval stage</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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