> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:python- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen J. > Turnbull > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 3:10 AM > To: python-dev@python.org > Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] Summary of Tracker Issues > > O.R.Senthil Kumaran writes: > > > :-) My idea was, a human got to answer it unscrambled as 'fourth' as > he > > "understands" what the question is and gives the proper answer. > > > Agreed, there could be confusion at first. > > password, or they say WTF!! In that case we could lose all the bug > reports they were ever going to write.
That's bad. > If we're going to do CAPTCHA, what we're looking for is something that > any 4 year old does automatically, but machines can't do at all. > Visual recognition used to be one, but isn't any more. The CAPTCHA > literature claims that segmentation still is (dividing complex images > into letters), but that's nontrivial for humans, too, and I think that > machines will eventually catch up. (Ie, within a handful of months.) Complex backgrounds used? Colorful foreground on a interior decorating background. Also gradient foreground, gradient background. > I think it would be better to do content. URLs come to mind; without > something clickable, most commercial spam would be hamstrung. But > few bug reports and patches need to contain URLs, except for > specialized local ones pointing to related issues. > > For example, how about requiring user interaction to display any post > containing an URL, until an admin approves it? Or you could provide a > preview containing the first two non-empty lines not containing an > URL. This *would* be inconvenient for large attachments and other > data where the reporter prefers to provide an URL rather than the > literal data, but OTOH only people who indicate they really want to > see spam would see it. ;-) Block spam or hide? Maybe a reader is what you want. "Posting a URL requires heavier spam-proofing. Click here to authenticate yourself." Takes you to ours- the PL question. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
