Most Freepers think FR is written in Perl, but rumor has it that it is written in BASIC.
I can’t divulge where this code segment came from, but here is the relevant code block:
5030 REM Sidebar Code
5031 IF DAY=($RANDOM_DATE) AND ($WEATHER_CONDITIONS_IN_ANTARCTICA = TRUE) THEN GOTO 5034
5032 PRINT $SIDEBAR
5034 REM Skip Sidebar
5035 ...
:-)
I get it! Antarctica has ceased to exist, therefore, no side bar. Who will reanimate Antarctica for the good of FR?
Oops! Maybe I read the code wrong. Perhaps we need to kill Antarctica.