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display hack
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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n. A program with the same approximate purpose as a kaleidoscope: to make
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pretty pictures. Famous display hacks include munching squares , smoking
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clover , the BSD Unix rain (6) program, worms (6) on miscellaneous Unixes,
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and the X kaleid (1) program. Display hacks can also be implemented by
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creating text files containing numerous escape sequences for interpretation
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by a video terminal; one notable example displayed, on any VT100, a
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Christmas tree with twinkling lights and a toy train circling its base. The
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hack value of a display hack is proportional to the esthetic value of the
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images times the cleverness of the algorithm divided by the size of the
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code. Syn. psychedelicware.
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