This is a cool little application I found deep in my folder structure :D
No idea where I got it from, and no idea who is the author of it.
Uhm… this application is a simulation of The Matrix, like seen in the movie I suppose :D looks really cool. Runs only on Windows.
Download: matrix.exe
Code (Now I don’t know if this is the real code, but it looks like it isn’t…):
Imports System Module Module1 Sub Main(ByVal args As String()) Console.Title = "tH3 M7tr1x 3ff3<t" Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.DarkGreen Console.WindowLeft = InlineAssignHelper(Console.WindowTop, 0) Console.WindowHeight = InlineAssignHelper(Console.BufferHeight, Console.LargestWindowHeight) Console.WindowWidth = InlineAssignHelper(Console.BufferWidth, Console.LargestWindowWidth) #If readkey Then Console.WriteLine("H1T 7NY K3Y T0 C0NT1NU3 =/") Console.ReadKey() #End If Console.CursorVisible = False Dim width As Integer, height As Integer Dim y As Integer() Dim l As Integer() Initialize(width, height, y, l) Dim ms As Integer While True Dim t1 As DateTime = DateTime.Now MatrixStep(width, height, y, l) ms = 10 - CInt(DirectCast((DateTime.Now - t1), TimeSpan).TotalMilliseconds) If ms > 0 Then System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(ms) End If If Console.KeyAvailable Then If Console.ReadKey().Key = ConsoleKey.F5 Then Initialize(width, height, y, l) End If End If End While End Sub Dim thistime As Boolean = False Sub MatrixStep(ByVal width As Integer, ByVal height As Integer, ByVal y As Integer(), ByVal l As Integer()) Dim x As Integer thistime = Not thistime For x = 0 To width - 1 If x Mod 11 = 10 Then If Not thistime Then Continue For End If Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White Else Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.DarkGreen Console.SetCursorPosition(x, inBoxY(CInt(y(x) - 2 - (l(x) / 40 * 2)), height)) Console.Write® Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green End If Console.SetCursorPosition(x, y(x)) Console.Write® y(x) = inBoxY(y(x) + 1, height) Console.SetCursorPosition(x, inBoxY(y(x) - l(x), height)) Console.Write(" "c) Next End Sub Private Sub Initialize(ByRef width As Integer, ByRef height As Integer, ByRef y As Integer(), ByRef l As Integer()) Dim h1 As Integer Dim h2 As Integer = CInt((InlineAssignHelper(h1, CInt((InlineAssignHelper(height, Console.WindowHeight)) / 2))) / 2) width = Console.WindowWidth - 1 y = New Integer(width - 1) {} l = New Integer(width - 1) {} Dim x As Integer Console.Clear() For x = 0 To width - 1 y(x) = m_r.[Next](height) l(x) = m_r.[Next](h2 * (If((x Mod 11 <> 10), 2, 1)), h1 * (If((x Mod 11 <> 10), 2, 1))) Next End Sub Dim m_r As New Random() Private ReadOnly Property R() As Char Get Dim t As Integer = m_r.[Next](10) If t <= 2 Then Return CChar(("0"c & m_r.[Next](10))) ElseIf t <= 4 Then Return CChar(("a"c & m_r.[Next](27))) ElseIf t <= 6 Then Return CChar(("A"c & m_r.[Next](27))) Else Return CChar(CChar(CStr((m_r.[Next](32, 255))))) End If End Get End Property Public Function inBoxY(ByVal n As Integer, ByVal height As Integer) As Integer n = n Mod height If n < 0 Then Return n + height Else Return n End If End Function Private Function InlineAssignHelper(Of T)(ByRef target As T, ByVal value As T) As T target = value Return value End Function End Module