Eli meant to behave but there were way too many options.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Administrivia
Getting rid of the re-captcha has increased spam, but most of it is falling into the spam box so readers don't see it. Eli is going to be a sometimes thing for a few days, so things may be a bit rougher than usual. Persevere
One option at some web sites is to allow a new re-captcha if the current one is unintelligivle. Why were the re-captcha's getting more and more difficult to read? Were computers getting better than humans at reading them?
BillD well, this one let you refresh until you got a (barely) legible one. But yes, and for that reason Rabett Run isn't quite the place to make it a key topic, but it's a real issue.
Put another way, there has to be a statistical line drawn at some point. I wish I could get OCR as good as the spammers allegedly have.
UPDATE: The spambots got clever so the verification is back. Apologies
Some of the regulars here are having trouble telling the anonymice apart. Please add some distinguishing name to your comment such as Mickey, Minnie, Mighty, or Fred.
One option at some web sites is to allow a new re-captcha if the current one is unintelligivle. Why were the re-captcha's getting more and more difficult to read? Were computers getting better than humans at reading them?
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BillD well, this one let you refresh until you got a (barely) legible one. But yes, and for that reason Rabett Run isn't quite the place to make it a key topic, but it's a real issue.
ReplyDeletePut another way, there has to be a statistical line drawn at some point. I wish I could get OCR as good as the spammers allegedly have.
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