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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>smoking clover</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="smoke-test.html" title="smoke test"/><link rel="next" href="smoot.html" title="smoot"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">smoking clover</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="smoke-test.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="smoot.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="smoking-clover"/><dt xmlns="" id="smoking-clover"><b>smoking clover</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [ITS] A <a href="../D/display-hack.html"><i class="glossterm">display hack</i></a> originally due to Bill
Gosper. Many convergent lines are drawn on a color monitor in such a way
that every pixel struck has its color incremented. The lines all have one
endpoint in the middle of the screen; the other endpoints are spaced one
pixel apart around the perimeter of a large square. The color map is then
repeatedly rotated. This results in a striking, rainbow-hued, shimmering
four-leaf clover. Gosper joked about keeping it hidden from the FDA (the
U.S.'s Food and Drug Administration) lest its hallucinogenic properties
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