Obfuscated Code Contest : Prize - 50GB FTP Account

[Mackie]

Alrighty folks. I have a 1TB web server and it's not getting used. So I've come up with a little contest to give away a piece of it. Since clean efficient code it staple of this site, I figure we should mix it up a little. The point is write the most confusing unsightly code possible, that still runs and does something useful. For a better definition just check Wikipedia. I will be the sole judge for this competition, because I really don't feel like coordinating anything. The code will be in Ruby. And no larger than 15KB.

If you don't like something about this contest, I don't care. It's my 50GB and I can do with it what I please.

Due Date: March 1st, 2008 (duh)

Post submissions in this topic. No one is going to take your code.

Let the games begin!

Quote:

Prize:
50,000MB FTP Account
50TB Bandwidth

[Tony]

Mackie @ Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:29 am wrote:

And no larger than 15KB.

do you realize how many characters that is?

[Mackie]

Ahhh, sorry typo. 150KB...

[zylum]

I think 5KB is more than enough considering it's in ruby.. I personally would go for 1KB.

[Mackie]

Oh man, I completely forgot.

Bonus Points for inefficiency!

[BigBear]

Due to the fact that I am fairly new it would be too hard. Too bad it's only in Ruby.

Nice setup though!

[Tony]

zylum @ Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:20 am wrote:

I personally would go for 1KB.

I second zylum on this one.

[ericfourfour]

Just some clarifications:

1 Character = 1 Byte

Base 10:
1 KB = 10^3 Bytes
1 MB = 10^6 Bytes
etc.

Base 2:
1 KiB = 2^10 Bytes
1 MiB = 2^20 Bytes
etc.

[Mackie]

Fine! If everyone is going to be so picky about it. No Size Limit. Also the prize FTP is going up to 60GB. Just because I'm in a good mood.

[[Gandalf]]

Haha, everyone is pushing to change the contest in one direction, and then Mackie changes it in the other.

Anyway, I'm going to go ahead and attempt a default win:

code:

puts "EYE WIHN"

[Tony]

Gandalf @ Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:04 pm wrote:

Anyway, I'm going to go ahead and attempt a default win

lets get this party started

code:

puts "#{gets.strip} wins!"

[Mackie]

Tony's wining! Also big mistake on my part, I spelled obfuscated wrong... Just wanted to let everyone know before someone comes in and points it out making it look like an idiot.

So I've got no problems if a Moderator wants to change that.

[Clayton]

Tony @ Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:15 pm wrote:

Gandalf @ Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:04 pm wrote:

Anyway, I'm going to go ahead and attempt a default win

lets get this party started

code:

puts "#{gets.strip} wins!"

Indeed:

Ruby:

puts "#{gets.strip!} wins!"

[Mackie]

ALright, seeing as there is such a small amount of interest in the contest. I guess I'll open it up a little bit.

New deadline is March 20th. I realize now that limiting it to Ruby was a mistake. Sooo....

Any language allowed!

[Sane]

Here's my entry. It may or may not be final. IE, I might revise it some time before the deadline if someone raises the bar higher.

[b]Edit[b]: Some of the ASCII characters such as overscores didn't encode properly in my post. Oh well.

code:

#include                                <stdio.h> #include                               <stdlib.h> #include                                 <time.h> #define V                                     '=' #define I                                 '='+'=' #define ZZZ                                   int #define W                                   while #define C()                         system("cls") ZZZ X[0X763]={0},XX[0X763]={0};ZZZ XXXX,XXXXX;XXX (){for(XXXX=1;XXXX<0X763;XXXX++){XXXXX=X[XXXX%I*( XXXX/V)-'>']+X[XXXX%I*(XXXX/V)-V]+X[XXXX%V-'<'+V* (XXXX/V)]+X[XXXX%V-1+/*??*/V*(XXXX/V)]+X[XXXX%V+1 +V*(XXXX/V)]+X[XXXX%V/*  */+'<'+V*(XXXX/V)]+ X [ XXXX%I*(XXXX/V)+V]+ X/*__*/[XXXX%I*(XXXX/V)+'>']; XX[XXXX%I*(XXXX/V)]=X[XXXX%I*(XXXX/V)]&&XXXXX<2?0 :X[XXXX%I*(XXXX/V)]&&XXXXX>3/*??*/?0:!X[XXXX%I* ( XXXX/V)]&&XXXXX==3?1:X[XXXX%/*  */I*(XXXX/V)]  ;} memcpy(X,XX,sizeof(X));for (/*__*/XXXX=1 ; XXXX < 0X763;XXXX++){putchar(X[XXXX%I*(XXXX/V)]?'#':' ') ;XXXXX=(!(XXXX/*??*/%/*??*/V/*??*/))?putchar(10): 0;}sleep(0X190/*  */)/*  */;/*  */C();}main( ) {; ;{}; X[0X3A2]=/*__*/X/*__*/[/*__*/0X3A3]=X[0X3A4] =X[0X3A7]=X[0X3A8]=X[0X3E2]=X[0X421]=1;W(X)XXX(); ///////////////////////////////////////////////// char CC[]=  "Conway's Game Of Life"            ;} /////////////////////////////////////////////////