The obfuscated blinking border

This is the obfuscated piece of Javascript code that implements the red border and loads Google Analytics on the Segmentation Fault site :

     77   <script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[
     78   var theLoadSequenceToRunAfterTheDocumentHasBeenLoaded = function() {
     79
     80     // The blinking border
     81     //
     82     (function(t){// (C) 2009 vjt <segmentation-fault@core-dumped.info>
     83       var $=function(_){return(document.getElementById(_));};var ee =[
     84       $('n'),$('s'),$('w'),$('e')],e,_=true;setInterval(function(){for
     85       (var i=ee.length;i&&(e=ee[--i]) ;_) {e.className=e.className?'':
     86       'b';}},t*08); /* .oOo.oOo.oOo. ^^^^^ -*** * *** *** *******- **/
     87     })((4 + 8 + 15 + 16 + 23 + 42) * Math.PI / Math.E + 42/*166.81*/);
     88
     89     // Google analytics
     90     //
     91     try{var pt=_gat._getTracker("UA-1123581-3"); pt._trackPageview();}
     92     catch($aMarvellousErrorThatWontBeDisplayedOnTheUserBrowserAtAll){}
     93
     94   }// end of theLoadSequenceToRunAfterTheDocumentHasBeenLoaded routine
     95   //]]></script>

To me, it looks like a contrived melody, or complicated poetry. It’s evil engineering, I know. But when I was writing it, I felt exactly the same I did while writing verses with rhymes. _why’s words are absolutely pertinent here: “until programmers stop acting like obfuscation is morally hazardous, they’re not artists, just kids who don’t want their food to touch.”.

You can view the code with syntax hilighting on github, or with the “View source” function of your browser while you’re on the segfault site. :)