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August 6th, 2005

packbat: A bat wearing a big asexual-flag (black-gray-white-purple) backpack. (Half-Face)
Saturday, August 6th, 2005 01:49 pm
I was chatting with [livejournal.com profile] nanakikun about his Coded Arms fic, and the negative reaction to the l33t he used to represent data corruption. He asked how else he should represent signal noise. We got an idea. I was delegated to execute it.

A few hours later, the first draft of a ChipmunkBasic random line noise generator was born.

The source code. )

I have found that error rate percentages between 1 and 2 percent yield output that is readable, but clearly damaged. The ovumate metaphors in the variable names at the end are completely meaningless, of course.

And, just for fun, my Creative Commons license for those who wish to use this code:



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