Reorganise menus

The sections have been modified a fair amount. The Entries menu has been
extended to have: Fixing entries, Updating author info, Thanks for the
help. The first two were moved from FAQ and the last one from About.
The rationale for these, in order: entries and authors have to do with
entries and most of the help involves entries. It also has to do with
website but in 'about' it does not seem the right place, unless maybe it
is renamed to 'Credits' or something (I am not suggesting this one way
or the other). This one is debatable but that was the rationale.

The Status menu has been extended to have: Markdown guidelines and
Security policy. The rationale is that the markdown guidelines are part
of contest guidelines and the security policy is about the status of the
entries and how if there are any security problems they will not be
addressed (instead of about the IOCCC).

The FAQ was extended to have: Compiling entries, Running entries, How to
help. The reason to not have compiling and running entries under Entries
is because this is 'how to' and also the menu was too long. How to help
seems like a good idea under FAQ too (was in About).

About was extended to have the new 'about.html' page (from about.md).
This is a rare case where a new file is useful as it fits under 'About'.
The menu now is: Home page, About the IOCCC, The Judges, Contact us. I
was pondering the 'About [the IOCCC]' at the top and also naming it
'About us' but it seemed like a link to index.html was necessary and as
for 'about us' it seemed less clear as to whether it was about the
judges or the contest itself. The FAQ has been updated slightly for
this.

After further inspection the bin/index.html and the inc/index.html links
were removed from the about section.

With these changes, renaming an item or slight reordering
notwithstanding, I believe that #2006 is probably in good shape.
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# About the International Obfuscated C Code Contest (IOCCC)
The IOCCC stands for the International Obfuscated C Code Contest.
The IOCCC is a C programming contest.
The goals of the IOCCC are:
* To write the most Obscure/Obfuscated C program within the rules.
* To show the importance of programming style, in an ironic way.
* To stress C compilers with unusual code.
* To illustrate some of the subtleties of the C language.
* To provide a safe forum for poor C code. :-)
* To have fun with C!
See the
FAQ on "[start of the IOCCC](faq.html#ioccc_start)"
and the
FAQ on "[history of the IOCCC website](faq.html#website_history)"
for more information the background of the IOCCC.
See the
FAQ on "[entering the IOCCC](faq.html#submit)"
for information on how to enter and submit to the IOCCC.
If you are still confused, consider the nature of
the [IOCCC Rules](next/rules.html) and of the [IOCCC
Guidelines](next/guidelines.html). You will see a dose of the technical,
mixed with "nerd humor" (or humour if you prefer 🤓).
If after all that you are still confused, sorry (tm Canada 😉).
Consider this: While the IOCCC often attempts to be presentable,
it is under no obligation to be wholly understandable. One might
say that to truly understand the IOCCC is problematic. And if
someone did manage to fully understand the IOCCC, then perhaps
this **modified** quote from the [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy)
may apply:
> "There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers
exactly what the IOCCC is for and why it is here, it will
instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre
and inexplicable.
>
> There is another theory which states that this has
[already happened](faq.html#great_fork_merge)." 😜
Share and enjoy! ☺️
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