LART

LART
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   Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool.

   1. n. In the collective mythos of {scary devil monastery}, this is an
   essential item in the toolkit of every {BOFH}. The LART classic is a
   2x4 or other large billet of wood usable as a club, to be applied
   upside the head of spammers and other people who cause sysadmins more
   grief than just naturally goes with the job. Perennial debates rage on
   alt.sysadmin.recovery over what constitutes the truly effective LART;
   knobkerries, automatic weapons, flamethrowers, and tactical nukes all
   have their partisans. Compare {clue-by-four}.

   2. v. To use a LART. Some would add "in malice", but some sysadmins do
   prefer to gently lart their users as a first (and sometimes final)
   warning.

   3. interj. Calling for one's LART, much as a surgeon might call
   "Scalpel!".

   4. interj. [rare] Used in {flame}s as a rebuke. "LART! LART! LART!"
    

Luser Attitude Re-adjustment Tool
LART

   <jargon> (LART) Something large, heavy and painful, used to
   respond appropriately to particularly annoying {lusers}.

   The alt.sysadmin.recovery {FAQ} recommends the following
   LARTs.  A 2x4 works fine, but a real professional needs
   something a little more effective.  Unfortunately, this is a
   very personal thing, and no consensus has yet been reached on
   the group.  Everything from a simple, 7.65mm Walther (for the
   Bond fans only, it's not a very good gun) to a 155mm with
   depleted Uranium rounds has been suggested, some even going
   for exotic things like Thermite, nukes or flamethrowers.  For
   further info, look at the rec.guns home page.

   alt.sysadmin.recovery FAQ
   (http://ctrl-c.liu.se/~ingvar/asr/overview.html).

   (1998-12-09)