* Brad Knowles <b...@shub-internet.org>: > On Oct 22, 2012, at 5:40 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull <turnb...@sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> > wrote: > > > I'm dubious about the net value of CAPTCHAs. Personally, I generally > > take a CAPTCHA as a "NO TRESPASSING -- THIS MEANS YOU!" sign, and > > don't go back. > > CAPTCHAs are already at the point where advanced code can apply statistical > methods and solve them faster and better than many humans.
I recently got 30 new comments on my blog, all of which were spam. And of course I'm using a CAPTCHA there. So Brad's point is probably valid. -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...@charite.de Campus Benjamin Franklin http://www.charite.de Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT, Abt. Netzwerk fon: +49-30-450.570.155 ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
