lart

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lart - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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)
  

lart - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  LART
   //
  
     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 flames as a rebuke. "LART! LART! LART!"