in reply to TMTOWTDI the new year!

my first publicly-posted perl obfuscation.
#!/usr/bin/perl -l print bulldozer_(" _ _ | two _ __ ___ _ __| |_ __ ___ ___ _ __ | | _____ | | '_ \ / _ \ '__| | '_ ` _ \ / _ \| '_ \| |/ / __| | thousand | |_) | __/ | | | | | | | | (_) | | | | <\__ \ | | .__/ \___|_| |_|_| |_| |_|\___/|_| |_|_|\_\___/ | two |_| ") ;sub#marine) bulldozer_{ #"=. $_ = length shift; $_ --+$_ --+$_ --+$_ --+$_ --+$_ --+$_ }#_bulldozer
Update: spoiler

A string (the 2002 banner) constructed with figlet and vi is passed to a function named bulldozer_, which takes the length of it and repeatedly adds that number to itself while decrementing it by 1 each time. The result of this construct is passed back to the original print statement.