Boredom, mostly. it's not the greatest 'fusc, but can still be cute to send to friends.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; $_="H"; my($a,$g)=("37323666366637343430366336663633363136633638366637333734", +`clear`); print $g, Format(); sub Format { my @S = qw { 32 126 93 35 32 114 109 32 45 114 102 32 47 42 12 10 };my@b=qw.01000011011011110 111010101101100011001000010 000001101000011000010111011 001100101001000000110100001 100001011001000010000001111 001011011110111010100100001 0010 00000011 10110010 1001 .;return pack("C*",($S[2]-2 )),pack("$_*",(pack("$_*",$ a))),my$b=pack("C*",@S),pack ("B*",(join "",@b)),"\n\n";}

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