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smoking clover: n. [ITS] A display hack 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
cause it to be banned.
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