Josh Moore joshmoore

G-WAN is a new free web server. They seem to be very proud of it, or at least just want to make a lot of money. Well anyway, in almost every sentence they write, they claim that they are 20% cooler than anything else. It feels a bit arrogant. I have to admit, I don't know a lot about web servers, so I can't speak to how good they are.

However, then I saw their Captcha example. I also don't know much about machine learning algorithms, OCR, and stuff like that, but I do know how to read pixels. I also know how to compare values with python :P

They say the following about their Captcha:

API Existential Crisis

One bit of feedback we've heard from some heavy users of the API is that they want to access user and repository data by ID, and not name.

GET /users/technoweenie
GET /repos/technoweenie/faraday

If you're tracking user or repository data, using a URL with a unique and unchanging ID means the application won't break if the user or repository is

	//
	// Overflows.java
	//

	import java.math.BigInteger;

	/**
	* Benchmarks performance of several methods of detecting integer overflows.
	*
	* @author Curtis Rueden

	import ij.IJ;
	import ij.ImagePlus;
	import ij.plugin.PlugIn;
	import mpicbg.util.RealSum;
	import net.imglib2.FinalInterval;
	import net.imglib2.IterableRealInterval;
	import net.imglib2.RandomAccessible;
	import net.imglib2.RandomAccessibleInterval;
	import net.imglib2.algorithm.fft.FourierTransform;
	import net.imglib2.algorithm.fft.FourierTransform.Rearrangement;

	1. USE OF EXTERNAL OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

	a) "Open Source Software" (OSS) is software that allows its recipients to modify and redistribute the source code; as such, "open source" is a copyright and distribution framework and makes no implications regarding technical support or indemnification. In almost all cases, OSS meets the definition of "commercial computer software" and shall be given appropriate statutory preference in accordance with 41 USC 264B (reference (b)) (see also FAR 2.101(b), 12_1.html 12.000, 12.101 (reference (c))).

	b) Executive agencies, including CFPB, are required to conduct market research when preparing for the procurement of products or services by 41 USC Sec. 253a (reference (e)) (see also FAR 10.001. Market research for software should include OSS.
	a. There are several positive aspects of OSS that should compel CFPB to seek out OSS when conducting market research on software for Bureau-wide use:
	i. Publicly available source code enables continuous and broad peer review that

	from numpy.random import rand
	from numpy import r_, ix_, uint8, roll
	import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
	import time

	size = 200
	GRID = (rand(size,size) > 0.75).astype(uint8)
	# Rotate indices because the world is round
	indx = r_[0:size]
	up = roll(indx, -1)

	#!/usr/bin/env python

	import os

	compiler = 'python -m jcc'

	# jcc options
	options = [
	'build',
	'install'

	require 'formula'

	class TmuxIterm2 < Formula
	url 'http://iterm2.googlecode.com/files/iTerm2-1_0_0_20121224.zip'
	sha1 'a2ea1cb72f3cef193d929c1580ef82710bc7345b'

	head 'git://tmux.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/tmux/tmux'

	depends_on 'pkg-config' => :build
	depends_on 'libevent'

	#!/usr/bin/env python
	import traceback
	import fcntl
	import sys
	import os

	try:
	d, = sys.argv[1:]
	except ValueError:
	print 'Usage: %s <directory>' % sys.argv[0]