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# "Bill Gates" Award: # "Bill Gates" Award:
Chris Mills Chris Mills
Pagine Corporation Pagine Corporation
1961-A Concourse Drive 1961-A Concourse Drive
San Jose, CA 95131 San Jose, CA 95131
USA USA
## To build: ## To build:
make all ```sh
make all
```
NOTE: this entry requires `X11/Xlib.h` header file and the X11 library to NOTE: this entry requires `X11/Xlib.h` header file and the X11 library to
compile. macOS users running Mountain Lion and later will need to download and compile. macOS users running Mountain Lion and later will need to download and
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## To run: ## To run:
DISPLAY="your_X_server_display" ```sh
export DISPLAY DISPLAY="your_X_server_display"
./cmills [speed] # must be run on an X11 server export DISPLAY
./cmills [speed] # must be run on an X11 server
```
where: where:
speed update speed from 1 to 9 (default is 9) `speed` is update speed from 1 to 9 (default is 9).
## Judges' comments: ## Judges' comments:
@@ -31,19 +35,19 @@ From the San Jose Mercury News (May 15, 1993 page 20A "West Hackers
trounce East in computer quiz game"): trounce East in computer quiz game"):
"Since 1984, a contest has been held on Usenet for the most > "Since 1984, a contest has been held on Usenet for the most
unreadable, creative, bizarre but working C program", Gates > unreadable, creative, bizarre but working C program", Gates
said. "What is the name of this contest?" > said. "What is the name of this contest?"
>
"Windows," shot back Gassee, naming Microsoft's premier product > "Windows," shot back Gassee, naming Microsoft's premier product
- a product over which Apple sued Microsoft five years ago. Not > - a product over which Apple sued Microsoft five years ago. Not
the right answer - it's "The Obfuscated C Contest [sic]" - but > the right answer - it's "The Obfuscated C Contest [sic]" - but
it brought down the house of Apple partisans... > it brought down the house of Apple partisans...
[The expression on Bill Gates' face was a sight to behold, as reported [The expression on Bill Gates' face was a sight to behold, as reported
to us by several who were there]. to us by several who were there].
You must set $DISPLAY in your environment or the program will You must set `$DISPLAY` in your environment or the program will
dump core. This is not a bug as the author documented it as dump core. This is not a bug as the author documented it as
a feature. :-) a feature. :-)