Chris, one of the totl crew, won his catagory in the 5th Obfuscated Perl Contest.
The code will only run in a linux terminal! It uses evil, evil escape codes.
Don't try and cut and paste the code - extra whitespace will kill it! Download it from here. Save it as timepiece then run it from a linux console by typing perl timepiece.
$;=$_;$/='0#](.+,a()$=(\}$+_c2$sdl[h*du,(1ri)b$2](n} /1)1tfz),}0(o{=4s)
1rs(2u;2(u",bw-2b $ hc7s"tlio,tx[{ls9r11$e(1(9]q($,$2)=)_5{4*s{[9$,lh$2
,_.(ia]7[11f=*2308t$$)]4,;d/{}83f,)s,65o@*ui),rt$bn;5(=_stf*0l[t(o$.o$r
srt.c!(i([$a]$n$2ql/d(l])t2,$.+{i)$_.$zm+n[6t(e1+26[$;)+]61_l*,*)],(41$
{/@20)/z1_0+=)(2,,4c*2)\5,h$4;$91r_,pa,)$[4r)$=_$6i}tc}!,n}[h$]$t 0rd)_
$';open(eval$/);$_=<0>;for($x=2;$x<666;$a.=++$x){s}{{.|.}};push@@,$&;$x
==5?$z=$a:++$}}for(++$/..substr($a,1885)){$p+=7;$;.=$@[$p%substr($a,$!,
3)+11]}eval$;
Frightening, ain't it? Can you see what it is yet?
Here's a clue; this code results in a string which is 'eval'd at the end. The contents of that eval is:
($d,$/)=(" "x1924,.10486);for($l..666){z(24,46,$_,\$d)}for(27,91,59,72)
{substr($d,$n++,1)=chr$_}$d.=chr(10);while(){$a=$d,@t=localtime;l(20,59
,$t[0])+l(21,42,$t[1])*l(18,35,5*$t[2]+$t[1]/12);print$a}sub z{substr($
{$_[3]},int(sin($_[2]*$/)*$_[$!])+(2*int(12-cos($_[2]*$/)*$_[$!]/2)+1)*
40+4,1)=chr($_[1])}sub l{$q=shift;for(0..$q){z($_,@_,\$a)}}
That code with indents, and some obfuscation removed, and sensible variable names becomes:
$default = " "x1924;
$PIBY30=.10486;
for(0..666){
plotchar(24,46,$_,\$default)
}
for(27,91,59,72){
substr($default,$n++,1)=chr$_
}
$default.=chr(10);
while(){
$buffer=$default;
@t=localtime;
my ($sec,$min,$hour, @crap) = @t;
drawhand(20,59,$sec);
drawhand(21,42,$min);
drawhand(18,35,5*$hour+$min/12);
print $buffer;
}
sub plotchar{
($dist,$char,$angle,$stringptr) = @_;
$x=int(sin($angle*$PIBY30)*$dist);
$y=(2*int(12-cos($angle*$PIBY30)*$dist/2)+1);
$pos = $x+$y*40+4;
substr(${$stringptr}, $pos, 1)=chr($char);
}
sub drawhand{
($length,$char,$angle)=@_;
for(0..$length){
plotchar($_,$char,$angle,\$buffer);
}
}
The actual result should look like this, an analog clock showing the current time.
...................
.... .....
... ...
... ..
.. ...
.. ..
.. ..
.. ..
.. ..
. .
. ######### .
. ######### .
. ;;#* .
. ;; ** .
. ;;;; ** .
.. ;;; * ..
.. ;;; ** ..
.. ;;; ** ..
.. ** ..
... *** ..
.. ..
... ...
..... .....
...................
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The sick part is that this page is a CGI script- that clock above should be showing correct GMT! |