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[Sailor Steve]

What is with the 'String Verification' thing in the Search page? I saw it for the first time yesterday, and not only do I forget about it until it bites me, but half the time I can't read it anyway.

I'm confused.

[TLAM Strike]

Its to prevent bots from running searches and DNS the Subsim server. It looks funny so text recondition programs can't read it.

Forget what its called but it starts with a 'C'. :damn:

[Sailor Steve]

I know what is is, I just hate having to deal with it. :wah:

I also realize that I can reset the doodad until I get one I can read, so I guess I'm just gonna have to live with it.

[krashkart]

Its to prevent bots from running searches and DNS the Subsim server. It looks funny so text recondition programs can't read it.

Forget what its called but it starts with a 'C'. :damn:

A 'Captcha'?

[Dowly]

A 'Captcha'?

:yep:

[Jimbuna]

But when it fails it's called a c**t :DL

[krashkart]

But when it fails it's called a c**t :DL


:haha: Among some other names if I'm in a hurry. :DL

[robbo180265]

I hate the damn thing - always have , really have trouble reading it.

But if it's a necessary evil - then I'll just have to deal with it.

[Onkel Neal]

I hate it too :wah:

We still have 5 or 6 spammers a week, they have to be human.

[Takeda Shingen]

You mean it's........alive?

[Dowly]

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/funny-pictures-evil-genius-cat-is-excited-about-his-creation.jpg

[Jimbuna]

http://agentwill.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/its-alive.jpg

[mookiemookie]

http://memegenerator.net/glados/ImageMacro/1548372/glados-STILL-ALIVE.jpg

[Nisgeis]

I hate it too :wah:

We still have 5 or 6 spammers a week, they have to be human.

I have noticed recently that one or two posters will post two posts that are on topic and related to subsim, then the third will be a spam post, or they will carry on posting 'normally' but with a sig advertising fake handbags (or whatever). Now, the question is, are their posts copies of older posts, or are they human created new posts?

[kylania]

I'm finding the search feature to be incredibly difficult to use now. The catchawhatever images are virtually impossible for humans to read (I had to try 6 times to get one to accept it, meaning it was turning ME into a spammer) and the whole search process has now turned into more trouble than it's worth. This can only be a bad thing.

[Pioneer]

Neal,

I'm going to go along with the objections to string verification.

Suggestion: enlarge the image box. You get to keep the search verification, we get to keep our eyesight and personal dignity by getting the correct "code" on the first try.

[aergistal]

Retrieve the search results from the database with AJAX. It's unlikely that bots have JavaScript interpreters implemented.