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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