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The Acid Tests were a series of parties held by author Ken Kesey primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area during the mid-1960s, centered on the use of and advocacy for the psychedelic drug LSD, commonly known as "acid". LSD was not made illegal in California until October 6, 1966, under Governor Ronald Reagan's administration.
An acid test is a qualitative chemical or metallurgical assay utilizing acid. Historically, it often involved the use of a robust acid to distinguish gold from base metals . Figuratively, the term represents any definitive test for attributes, such as gauging a person's character or evaluating a product's performance.
Example of a failed Acid1 test Easter egg in Internet Explorer 5 for Mac. Acid1, originally called the Box Acid Test, is a test page for web browsers.It was developed in October 1998 and was important in establishing baseline interoperability between early web browsers, especially for the Cascading Style Sheets 1.0 specification.
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Acid test is a qualitative chemical or metallurgical assay which uses acid, or figuratively a definitive test for some attribute, e.g. of a person's character, or of the performance of a product. Acid test or acid tests may also refer to:
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a 1968 nonfiction book by Tom Wolfe [2] written in the New Journalism literary style. By 1970, this style began to be referred to as Gonzo journalism , a term coined for the work of Hunter S. Thompson.