THINK(1)                                              THINK(1)


NAME

    think  -  you  don't have to think, the computer can think
    for you


SYNOPSIS

    think [ -detach ]


DESCRIPTION

    Think simulates a thinking brain.

    This can be useful if someone is not wanting to  think  at
    invocation  time  or  if  someone is needing some thinking
    about something.  It can  also  be  helpful  if  someone's
    brain is not working correctly at invocation time.

    When  invoked,  think will go ahead and look at all of the
    commands and keystrokes that a user has  made  during  the
    current login session.  Think will then look at what files
    the user has.  From this and what level the user is listed
    at  in the file /usr/lib/think, think will figure out what
    the user was trying to do when think was invoked.


DEVICES

    The process that think uses to  help  a  user  is  greatly
    aided  if  the user is wearing a brain interface bus (bib)
    device.  A bib device is normally worn on the head, and if
    being  used,  then  think  will  try to see what was going
    through the users head at the time of  invocation.   After
    think  does  this,  it  will  send electric signals to the
    users  brain,  causing  the  user  to  type  in   whatever
    keystrokes  are  necessary  to  accomplish  the  task that
    he/she doesn't want to think about.


OPTIONS

    -detach
           also known as "Must mother do all of your  thinking
           for  you?"-mode.   This options causes think to run
           in the background as  a  daemon  that  watches  for
           users who look like they may need assistance.  When
           a user is  found  to  be  exercising  cluelessness,
           think  will lock up their keyboard and will proceed
           to  execute  what  seems  to  be  the  most  likely
           sequence  of commands that the user had intended to
           execute.   This  flag  may  only  be  used  by  the
           super-user.


FILES

    /dev/brain
           bib device special file.

    /usr/lib/think
           file  to indicate various user abilities.  The for-
           mat of this file is a username on  each  line  fol-
           lowed  by  some  whitspace  and then a number.  The
           higher the number for a given user, the more likely
           think is to assume that that user knows what he/she
           is doing.  Unfortunately, what  think  considers  a
           large number will vary with usage.


BUGS

    If a user is using a bib device and actually lacks a brain
    of their own, then there is a high risk  that  think  will
    take over their (non-existent) minds.  This has the upshot
    that someone other than the user will  have  to  stop  the
    program.  (Perhaps this is a feature.)

    It  may  illegal  in some areas to force users to wear bib
    devices.


AUTHOR

    This   man   page   was   written    by    John    Guthrie
    <guthrie@math.upenn.edu> with suggestions from Kevin Whyte
    <kwhyte@math.upenn.edu> for the alt.sysadmin.recovery  man
    page collection.