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smoking clover
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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n. [ITS] A display hack originally due to Bill Gosper. Many convergent lines
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are drawn on a color monitor in such a way that every pixel struck has its
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color incremented. The lines all have one endpoint in the middle of the
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screen; the other endpoints are spaced one pixel apart around the perimeter
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of a large square. The color map is then repeatedly rotated. This results in
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a striking, rainbow-hued, shimmering four-leaf clover. Gosper joked about
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keeping it hidden from the FDA (the U.S.'s Food and Drug Administration)
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lest its hallucinogenic properties cause it to be banned.
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