Plaids Woven by Ants Screen Saver

A common pattern created by the Ants screen saver is plaids. A plaid occurs when several ants all having both angles set to 0 have different initial vectors. The program is written so that when the ant gets to the edge of the screen, it is displaced by the absolute value of its vector. For an ant travelling horizontally across the screen, this results in the entire screen being painted one row at a time. Here are some sample plaids:

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