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Re: Baghdad Bob by crenz (Priest) on Apr 25, 2003 at 08:30 UTC
Hmm... did you happen to use Acme::EyeDrops?	[reply]
Re: Re: Baghdad Bob by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Apr 26, 2003 at 02:13 UTC
Yes, source program follows. `use Acme::EyeDrops qw(sightly); my $src = <<'GROK'; warn+( "Britain is not worth an old shoe!", "There are no American infidels in Baghdad!", "We have them surrounded in their tanks!", "I speak better English than this villain Bush!")[rand(4)],$/ GROK $src =~ tr/\n//d; print sightly( { Shape => 'mss', Regex => 1, Compact => 1, BorderGap => 1, BorderWidthLeft => 3, BorderWidthRight => 3, BorderWidthTop => 2, BorderWidthBottom => 8, SourceString => $src } );` [download] The 'mss' shape is not yet in the Acme::EyeDrops distribution; I will add it to the next release.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Baghdad Bob by adamcrussell (Hermit) on Apr 25, 2003 at 17:59 UTC
Very nice!! If I may ask....... How long did this take? Did you have any particular inspiration(other than the man himself? :) Not to reveal any spoilers too early but can you elaborate on how one designs such a beautifully obfuscated work?!?!	[reply]
Re: Re: Baghdad Bob by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Apr 26, 2003 at 02:16 UTC
About one hour. Most of that time was spent creating the mss shape by sticky-taping a piece of plastic onto the screen with a tracing of this photo on it, then using vi to create the shape. I have experimented with JavE but have yet to find a tool that produces a better result than the time-honoured sticky-tape the plastic to the screen technique. If anyone knows of a cool tool, please let me know. As for inspiration, mainly the man himself, who I find absolutely fascinating for some reason.	[reply]