Re: Question About Blocking Email Addresses in Forms

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On Fri, January 18, 2008 9:31 am, Richard Heyes wrote:
>> Or even a simple text CAPTCHA "What is 16 divided by 4?".
>
> Careful though, I made a class which converted numbers to text
> (TextualNumbers IIRC) and it got broken.

Almost any CAPTCHA can be broken if somebody wants it badly enough.

Some are easier than others, of course.

But you get rid of a LOT of bottom-feeders with a CAPTCHA.

CAPTCHA has serious usability drawbacks, however.

I would suggest NOT going for something really hard for a human to use
-- I believe that it won't make THAT much difference to the number of
junk eliminated.

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Some people have a "gift" link here.
Know what I want?
I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist.
http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch
Yeah, I get a buck. So?

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