For Sale Image security code @ Snapnames (cheapsnaps)

[diederik]

Am I the only one with problems reading those stupid letters & numbers ? Some characters are freaking hard to read :dead:

 

[clemzonguy]

I don't think it would be hard to create a program to read the numbers from an image file.

 

[mole]

Have you tried glasses?

 

[diederik]

Originally posted by mole
Have you tried glasses?

heehe... I thought someone was gonna say that...
but seriously, some characters look like an o or 0 , or like 1 or I. I hate refreshing that stupid page 3 times before I can check it...

Maybe I should stop drinking ?

 

[Luc]

lol.

i'll work on fixing the letters, but i don't think i used any ZEROS
when making the screwy characters, so always assume an "o"
for something that looks like a 0.

if you can see the letters, then you're not that drunk. glasses
might help though :-D

 

[Luc]

just an update for those of you guys using domainsnaps.com
and snaps.com.

both of those services are showing invalid snap results.
cheapsnaps.com is the only one (out of those 2) currently
getting live data from the snapnames servers.

ex:
sex.com

---> domainsnaps.com: snap available
---> snaps.com: snap available

---> snapnames.com: snap unavailable
---> cheapsnaps.com: snap unavailable

if you order a snap within the next 72 hours (or longer) from
any of the two non-working snap resellers, make SURE you
check to see if the snap was added to your account.

happy hunting!
LL

 

[Steen]

Originally posted by clemzonguy
I don't think it would be hard to create a program to read the numbers from an image file.

There are programs/scripts that can see those images?

Since when?

I thought the point was to stop scripting..
It aint stored in teh HTML is it?

 

[radioz]

So when is Sex.COM actually dropping?? hahaha - that is a wishful snap! AND, will they get it if it does?! hahaha #2! AND, YES, those 0s and Os and 1s and Is are painful at SnapNames, at least!

 

[clemzonguy]

I thought the point was to stop scripting..

For the lay person yes. While voice recognition has it's flaws so does image recognition technology. Anything a human can do a computer can be programmed to do or will be able to do soon. Question is how smart is the programmer.....

 

[Steen]

Originally posted by clemzonguy


For the lay person yes. While voice recognition has it's flaws so does image recognition technology. Anything a human can do a computer can be programmed to do or will be able to do soon. Question is how smart is the programmer.....

Guess I am a "lay" person.


Please tell me how this is possible, I do not believe there is anyway a script can figure out what to enter into that box.

 

[ddent]

Same way as OCR technology works...

 

[Steen]

hey Daniel?

Why arent you on AIM you got the day off?


BTW, How does OCR Tech work?

Thanks.

 

[Deleted member 4749]

Originally posted by clemzonguy
I don't think it would be hard to create a program to read the numbers from an image file.

The program will not be time-efficient.
Consider how many operations the script should perform to check one domain.

 

[Steen]

So are you guys saying someone develops a script that keeps on entering randon letters into the box?

That would take a few years for it to complete a drop list..

 

[cyphix]

Yeah, I tried to complete that code once & got it wrong twice on the same one lol.. refreshed & got it right lol

 

[Luc]

Originally posted by Coordinator Inc


The program will not be time-efficient.
Consider how many operations the script should perform to check one domain.

Exactly. OCR software usually takes forever to convert graphics
to text.

Now if you consider letters being rotated in random directions,
junk dots in the background and strange fonts, it'll be hard for
even the best OCR program to understand that. heck, even diederik
couldn't do it, and he's plain old human (i think ) .

i suppose it would be most efficient to train a monkey to do
this, but it'll cost you a lot of bananas.

LL

 

[mole]

Originally posted by DomainRetriever
i suppose it would be most efficient to train a monkey to do
this, but it'll cost you a lot of bananas.

LOL!!!