The latest version (0.0.3) of the flatulent gem (gem install flatulent) has introduced a host of fine features. From the README:
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HISTORY
0.0.3:
- following are now all equivalent when posting (thanks botp)
0==o==O==Q (zero, oh's, and queue)
l==l (one and el)
2==z==Z (two and z's)
5==s==S (5 and s's)
- random horizontal and vertical displacement of each char
- vastly improved background noise based on figlet char shapes
- inputs are case sensitive (thanks john joyce, chris carter)
- expanded rails examples
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Get flatulent at https://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby or http://rubyforge.org/projects/codeforpeople.
You can see flatulent ajax at http://fortytwo.merseine.nu:3000/flatulent/ajax.
Finally, here are a few shots of the latest output:
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