This would slow down the spammers
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:35 am
When trying to post a message on someone else's blog I got this challenge:
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This would slow down the spammers
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Re: This would slow down the spammers
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:38 am
It would slow me down too - how to you enter "pi"?
Re: This would slow down the spammers
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:40 pm
It appears to be a test of intelligence. Perhaps SandJ is looking for us to answer the question he could not? 
Re: This would slow down the spammers
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 3:18 pm
OK. In a ReCAPTCHA, only one of the two words is an actual CAPTCHA. The other is being tested to see if humans give a consistent response (in which case it will be used as a CAPTCHA in future). If one is incomprehensible or not Latin script, writing some random word should work – like “x stoUpI”.CommonSenseOTB wrote:It appears to be a test of intelligence. Perhaps SandJ is looking for us to answer the question he could not? :P
Re: This would slow down the spammers
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:59 pm
Ah-ha! I've seen nonsense before and just kept hitting refresh until something I could read popped up! Now I understand what's going on.Ahruman wrote:OK. In a ReCAPTCHA, only one of the two words is an actual CAPTCHA. The other is being tested to see if humans give a consistent response (in which case it will be used as a CAPTCHA in future). If one is incomprehensible or not Latin script, writing some random word should work – like “x stoUpI”.CommonSenseOTB wrote:It appears to be a test of intelligence. Perhaps SandJ is looking for us to answer the question he could not?