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! |