On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 07:51:12PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
Brad writes:
I'm running 17 from experimental.
I just upgraded to 17: still works. I did have to allow scripts from
Google to get the CAPTCHA to appear.
But not google analytics I presume, hopefully.
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On 20 Dec 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 18:26 +0100, Klistvud wrote:
Dne, 20. 12. 2012 01:47:33 je Ralf Mardorf napisal(a):
Perhaps I'm a computer and I only guess that I'm human.
Captchas seem to be based on the wrong assumption that humans can
recognize shapes
AC writes:
Captchas can be thought of as an attempt to perform the Turing test.
Experience suggests that either computers can pass it and/or humans
fail.
Computers fail about 9 times out of ten. Unfortunately 10% success is
good enough for the spammers while humans often give up after two
Brad writes:
I'm running 17 from experimental.
I wrote:
I just upgraded to 17: still works. I did have to allow scripts from
Google to get the CAPTCHA to appear.
Chris writes:
But not google analytics I presume, hopefully.
I just temporarily allowed all of Google (which I normally block).
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 8:52 AM, John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com wrote:
Brad writes:
I'm running 17 from experimental.
I wrote:
I just upgraded to 17: still works. I did have to allow scripts from
Google to get the CAPTCHA to appear.
Chris writes:
But not google analytics I presume,
John Hasler wrote:
AC writes:
Captchas can be thought of as an attempt to perform the Turing test.
Experience suggests that either computers can pass it and/or humans
fail.
Computers fail about 9 times out of ten. Unfortunately 10% success is
good enough for the spammers while humans often
On 20 Dec 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 19:12 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
Ralf writes:
In real life [captchas are] most of the times are completely
unreadable for me.
I often find them insoluble as well.
:D
For people using braille they for sure much more fun
On 20/12/12 02:17, Frank McCormick wrote:
On 19/12/12 07:47 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 18:00 -0500, Brad Alexander wrote:
Anyone know what would make captcha not work?
In my case the browsers are able to display it, but I'm often unable to
decrypt it.
I've got no issue to
John Hasler wrote:
Ralf writes:
In real life [captchas are] most of the times are completely
unreadable for me.
I often find them insoluble as well.
requesting new ones all the time in the hope of encountering one that is
deciferable...
Hugo
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second many artists and scientists are dyslexic, since we are well
trained to reinvent the wheel each day = to invent/create new things.
The first, the perceptual disorder is a PITA.
So it's hard for me to distinguish e.g. an a and a d or a 6 and a
b for some captchas.
Now I suspect it's not my
Not OT, could it be that the OP needs to enable Java for the browser?
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Ralf writes:
And as already mentioned before, people using braille are completely
lost.
Some sites offer audio captchas as an alternative.
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On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 10:09 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
Ralf writes:
And as already mentioned before, people using braille are completely
lost.
Some sites offer audio captchas as an alternative.
Yes, a blind penpal some minutes ago did inform me about that, he also
has written that Dyndns
Dne, 20. 12. 2012 01:47:33 je Ralf Mardorf napisal(a):
Perhaps I'm a computer and I only guess that I'm human.
Captchas seem to be based on the wrong assumption that humans can
recognize shapes whereas automata supposedly can't. Judging from the
reactions on this list, I should perhaps
On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 18:26 +0100, Klistvud wrote:
Dne, 20. 12. 2012 01:47:33 je Ralf Mardorf napisal(a):
Perhaps I'm a computer and I only guess that I'm human.
Captchas seem to be based on the wrong assumption that humans can
recognize shapes whereas automata supposedly can't. Judging
On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 02:40:31 +0100
Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@rocketmail.com wrote:
On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 19:12 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
Ralf writes:
In real life [captchas are] most of the times are completely
unreadable for me.
I often find them insoluble as well.
:D
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Ralf Mardorf
ralf.mard...@rocketmail.com wrote:
Not OT, could it be that the OP needs to enable Java for the browser?
Agree that it is not OT.
However, do captchas require java? I don't have java enabled on
iceweasel (only skypebuttons.so and libflashplayer.so
On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 15:47 -0500, Brad Alexander wrote:
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Ralf Mardorf
ralf.mard...@rocketmail.com wrote:
Not OT, could it be that the OP needs to enable Java for the browser?
Agree that it is not OT.
However, do captchas require java? I don't have java
?
Agree that it is not OT.
However, do captchas require java? I don't have java enabled on
iceweasel (only skypebuttons.so and libflashplayer.so). But by the
same token, I don't have it installed on midori either, that I can
tell. about:plugins is blank, and preferences - extensions doesn't
list
, could it be that the OP needs to enable Java for the browser?
Agree that it is not OT.
However, do captchas require java? I don't have java enabled on
iceweasel (only skypebuttons.so and libflashplayer.so). But by the
same token, I don't have it installed on midori either, that I can
Brad Alexander writes:
I also ran into this problem recently on badgerandblade.com, and had
to register using midori, because iceweasel would not display the
captcha.
Works here with Iceweasel 10.0.11 on Sid.
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On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Ralf Mardorf
ralf.mard...@rocketmail.com wrote:
Is Flash Player installed?
It is.On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 7:21 PM, John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com wrote:
Brad Alexander writes:
I also ran into this problem recently on badgerandblade.com, and had
to register
On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 18:21 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
Brad Alexander writes:
badgerandblade.com
Works here with Iceweasel 10.0.11 on Sid.
They use reCAPTCHA. I googled, it needs JAVAscript, but not flash.
Perhaps cookies have to be allowed?
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On Fri, 2012-12-21 at 02:15 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 18:21 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
Brad Alexander writes:
badgerandblade.com
Works here with Iceweasel 10.0.11 on Sid.
They use reCAPTCHA. I googled, it needs JAVAscript, but not flash.
Perhaps cookies have
Brad writes:
I'm running 17 from experimental.
I just upgraded to 17: still works. I did have to allow scripts from
Google to get the CAPTCHA to appear.
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I'm having an issue with seeing captchas. On my home system (sid), I
can't see them in iceweasel, but on my work laptop, I can't see them
on either iceweasel or midori. I thought it might be adblock, but when
I checked the page, the captcha site (google, iirc) wasn't blocked.
Anyone know what
Le 20.12.2012 00:00, Brad Alexander a écrit :
I'm having an issue with seeing captchas. On my home system (sid), I
can't see them in iceweasel, but on my work laptop, I can't see them
on either iceweasel or midori. I thought it might be adblock, but
when
I checked the page, the captcha site
On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 18:00 -0500, Brad Alexander wrote:
Anyone know what would make captcha not work?
In my case the browsers are able to display it, but I'm often unable to
decrypt it.
I've got no issue to read the examples in the German Wiki, I'm also able
to solve the arithmetic problem
Ralf writes:
In real life [captchas are] most of the times are completely
unreadable for me.
I often find them insoluble as well.
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On 19/12/12 07:47 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 18:00 -0500, Brad Alexander wrote:
Anyone know what would make captcha not work?
In my case the browsers are able to display it, but I'm often unable to
decrypt it.
I've got no issue to read the examples in the German Wiki, I'm
On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 19:12 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
Ralf writes:
In real life [captchas are] most of the times are completely
unreadable for me.
I often find them insoluble as well.
:D
For people using braille they for sure much more fun, than they are
already for you and me :D
On 19/12/12 07:47 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 18:00 -0500, Brad Alexander wrote:
Anyone know what would make captcha not work?
In my case the browsers are able to display it, but I'm often unable to
decrypt it.
I've got no issue to read the examples in the German Wiki, I'm
On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 20:17 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote:
Biggest PITA on the internet.except for spam.
I agree, HTML mails that make intense usage of exotic fonts are seldom,
but OTOH there are nice scripts, I e.g. can't open my telephone bill
with a click and the right-click to
. Chambers that sue completely clueless users
6. Completely clueless users
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To of the Biggest PITA on the internet - Was: Re: OT: Captchas?
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Top of the Biggest PITA on the internet - Was: Re: OT: Captchas?
and this additionally is OT on a technical support mailing list
On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 18:48 -0600, John W Foster wrote:
I am trying to get captchas to working on my Mediawiki installation,
to use in conjunction with a guestbook. The author of the Mediawiki
extension, which is written in php, says that the reason that the
'capchas' do not work is a problem
I am trying to get captchas to working on my Mediawiki installation,
to use in conjunction with a guestbook. The author of the Mediawiki
extension, which is written in php, says that the reason that the
'capchas' do not work is a problem with certain distros installation
of php and certain
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