Re: ASCII Captcha

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On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 00:25 -0400, Eric Gorr wrote:
> On Aug 30, 2008, at 12:19 AM, Robert Cummings wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 00:05 -0400, Eric Gorr wrote:
> >> Oh, here's an interesting story:
> >>
> >> http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/breaking-google-captchas-for-3-a-day/
> >
> > This was written by a journalist, not a technology expert. Even the
> > person to which he was talking needed to clarify the meaning of  
> > "crack".
> >> From the article:
> >
> >    "If by cracked, you are saying that a machine can solve the
> >     captcha as easily as a human being, I’m confident that is
> >     not the case,"
> >
> > Interestingly the word crack only appears in the article in two  
> > places.
> > In the above quote and in the following excerpt:
> >
> >    Another piece of evidence that sheds light on the mystery
> >    was uncovered by Websense, one of the security firms that
> >    suggested that spammers are having at least some success
> >    using bots to crack Google’s captchas.
> >
> > I really don't see how this story supports your arguments in the least
> > and as such I will not be answering anymore of your drivel. You appear
> > to have nothing of usefulness to add to the conversation.
> 
> I didn't think it would take very long for you to begin the fear the  
> intervention of the moderators. I sure the rest of the list will  
> appreciate your silence as well. But since I doubt you are telling the  
> truth and have the habit of quoting everything I write back to the list:
> 
> Please, would all of the other readers of this mailing list write to php-webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> and ask them to shut Robert Cummings down? Thank you.

I'm sorry list *lol* But this one made me laugh so hard I had to share
this last one with you. I'm gonna be grinning for days *giggle*.

Cheers,
Rob.
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