No day is complete without messing with Google. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [email protected]
"You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue." - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:59 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Google Search Issues? Too much time on your hands, eh? On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> I had never heard of google putting captchas on searches before. > > I ran afoul of Google's anti-abuse system once, several years back, > and didn't even get a CAPTCHA. I was basically told -- to borrow a > phrase from our friends in the UK -- to bugger off for a while. > > I was doing some "interesting" searches to try and determine what > Google would accept as a search query. Didn't get very far -- as soon > as I saw that, I decided it wasn't worth it and gave up. It cleared > itself in maybe 15 minutes. Thankfully. I might have got in trouble > with the boss otherwise. :) > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
