I finally got the SCode MT plugin to display the secirity code today. Woo-hoo!
SCode uses a Captcha scheme - a mechanism where human intervention is required to decode a computer-unreadable string of text. Our problem with the plugin implementation up to this point: It turns out we were stumbling over some carriage returns that windows text editors conveniently insert into text files. (Textpad to the rescue!)
Unfortunately, the backend code that checks the code seems to be failing. D'oh! Probbaly someting inane. I'll work on it another day. Until then, enjoy the pretty string of useless characters!
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Posted by John DeNardo at Monday October 25, 2004 at 11:04 PM
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How did you figure out the carriage return thing?
Posted by peter on Tuesday October 26, 2004 at 12:30 AM at 12:30 AM
By accident...trolling the web (we had the comments wrong as well, btw)
Posted by John on Tuesday October 26, 2004 at 7:50 AM at 7:50 AM
Just a little tidbit of information, I have been seeing that with of the codes they spill off the box that is being used. I have been able to identify all the numbers, but maybe we should widen the space.
Posted by Tim on Thursday October 28, 2004 at 2:15 PM at 2:15 PM
Yep. It needs some tweaking.
Ultimately, we really just need to bite the bullet and upgrade MT.
Posted by John on Thursday October 28, 2004 at 2:16 PM at 2:16 PM
Um... I just noticed some spam and now the question is how did that happen???
Posted by Tim on Tuesday November 02, 2004 at 9:09 PM at 9:09 PM
because the code doesn't really work, it's like those cameras you see at stores where it's plastic or not connected...
Posted by peter on Tuesday November 02, 2004 at 9:33 PM at 9:33 PM