gistfile1.txt

require 'watir-webdriver'

puts "Please enter a user"
user = gets
user.chomp!

profile = Selenium::WebDriver::Firefox::Profile.new
#profile.proxy = Selenium::WebDriver::Proxy.new :http => '127.0.0.1:8118'

b = Watir::Browser.new :firefox, :profile => profile
b.goto 'reddit.com'

while !b.a(:href => "http://www.reddit.com/user/" + user + "/").present?
  b.text_field(:name => 'user').set user
  b.text_field(:name => 'passwd').set ('a'..'z').to_a.shuffle![0..7].join("")
  b.button(:type => 'submit').click
  Watir::Wait.until { b.div(:class => 'status error').present? || b.a(:href => "http://www.reddit.com/user/" + user + "/").present? }
end

puts 'Success!'