Stupid Bot-Checking Is Stupid

Seil · 11-03-2010, 12:59 AM

So today I wanted to get free tokens for a Facebook app, but I had to sign up for some crummy survey service. So I thought "Why not? I'll just setup a dummy account somewhere." S I went to GMail, and tried to register, and guess what. The bot check thing sucks.

You know the thing I'm talking about - the "Type the word you see in this box." It's not rocket science, but come on! They never simply just show you the word. It's always some weird wavy thing with blocky font that makes you work for your account. I just want free tokens for my FB app, dammit! I don't wanna have to Holmes my way through your twisted, sadistic, Machiavellian email system!

You know who you are, you Google bastards. You and your ads and your search engines and your maps. You're slowly taking over the internet and we're just expected to sit here, hypnotized at the "simplistic" and "time saving" mechanics of your machinations.

Well, not I! I will not stand for this! I will rise off my couch, venture outside and take a walk! ...To an internet cafe. That's right! I will sit in relative comfort, waited on like the big, macho, incredibly handsome and rugged man I am, and with a large, fair-trade coffee and a fresh multigrain bagel, I will tear down your virtual castle, brick by brick and free the internets from your tyrannical reign! I will not rest, I will not sleep for an instant, I won't even get up to use the washroom, until I am given what's mine by right!

Forums everywhere will sound with cries of revolution! I will fashion myself an internet Che Guevara and fight against your oppressive regime! I will don the visage of Guy Fawkes and blow your tyranny off of the web! I will eat less that Mahatma Gandhi as I try to....

Ah screw it. Can we all just agree that these people need to write that damn word clearly?

bluestarultor · 11-03-2010, 01:06 AM

XDDD

The issue with writing the word clearly is if they do, then the bots can read it easier, too.

rpgdemon · 11-03-2010, 01:06 AM

That'd defeat the purpose, as the bot could then actually read the word.

If they write it messily, it's much harder to write something to interpret the image this way. Or, that's the idea, I think.

Edit: Now you ingrates, since I know you're online, ought to post in that spiffy thread about the background image, and go, "Man, that rpgdemon chum, he makes some spiffy tiled background."

bluestarultor · 11-03-2010, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by rpgdemon

That'd defeat the purpose, as the bot could then actually read the word.

If they write it messily, it's much harder to write something to interpret the image this way. Or, that's the idea, I think.

Edit: Now you ingrates, since I know you're online, ought to post in that spiffy thread about the background image, and go, "Man, that rpgdemon chum, he makes some spiffy tiled background."

I would, only I hate having a background image, so my opinion doesn't matter.

rpgdemon · 11-03-2010, 01:15 AM

But the image is spiffy, is it not? :P At the least, doesn't look tiled/jarring/noticeable. Still could use some tweaking, but it's a start.

Krylo · 11-03-2010, 01:31 AM

I haven't seen a threadjack this unabashedly hard since that time Lev threadjacked that thread about how someone couldn't sleep with his fire spinning stuff.

Doc ock rokc · 11-03-2010, 01:38 AM

that's why i love the Forums or websites that have "if your human type "Chicken" here"

synkr0nized · 11-03-2010, 01:38 AM

ITT: Seil doesn't understand captcha

Seil is an Internet bot.

KeienSlayer · 11-03-2010, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by synkr0nized

Seil is an Internet bot.

This makes so much sense.

Flarecobra · 11-03-2010, 09:05 AM

*Suddonly reminded of a Rooster Teeth short...*

Though they DO have an audio option for those who are having trouble normally...

11-03-2010, 12:59 AM	#1
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	Stupid Bot-Checking Is Stupid So today I wanted to get free tokens for a Facebook app, but I had to sign up for some crummy survey service. So I thought "Why not? I'll just setup a dummy account somewhere." S I went to GMail, and tried to register, and guess what. The bot check thing sucks. You know the thing I'm talking about - the "Type the word you see in this box." It's not rocket science, but come on! They never simply just show you the word. It's always some weird wavy thing with blocky font that makes you work for your account. I just want free tokens for my FB app, dammit! I don't wanna have to Holmes my way through your twisted, sadistic, Machiavellian email system! You know who you are, you Google bastards. You and your ads and your search engines and your maps. You're slowly taking over the internet and we're just expected to sit here, hypnotized at the "simplistic" and "time saving" mechanics of your machinations. Well, not I! I will not stand for this! I will rise off my couch, venture outside and take a walk! ...To an internet cafe. That's right! I will sit in relative comfort, waited on like the big, macho, incredibly handsome and rugged man I am, and with a large, fair-trade coffee and a fresh multigrain bagel, I will tear down your virtual castle, brick by brick and free the internets from your tyrannical reign! I will not rest, I will not sleep for an instant, I won't even get up to use the washroom, until I am given what's mine by right! Forums everywhere will sound with cries of revolution! I will fashion myself an internet Che Guevara and fight against your oppressive regime! I will don the visage of Guy Fawkes and blow your tyranny off of the web! I will eat less that Mahatma Gandhi as I try to.... Ah screw it. Can we all just agree that these people need to write that damn word clearly?

11-03-2010, 01:06 AM	#3
rpgdemon Not a Taco Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3,313	That'd defeat the purpose, as the bot could then actually read the word. If they write it messily, it's much harder to write something to interpret the image this way. Or, that's the idea, I think. Edit: Now you ingrates, since I know you're online, ought to post in that spiffy thread about the background image, and go, "Man, that rpgdemon chum, he makes some spiffy tiled background." __________________ I did a lot of posting on here as a teenager, and I was pretty awful. Even after I learned, grew up, and came to be on the right side of a lot of important issues, I was still angry, abrasive, and generally increased the amount of hate in the world, in pretty unacceptable ways. On the off chance that someone is taking a trip down memory lane looking through those old threads, I wanted to devote my signature to say directly to you, I'm sorry. Thank you for letting me be better, NPF.

11-03-2010, 01:15 AM	#5
rpgdemon Not a Taco Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3,313	But the image is spiffy, is it not? :P At the least, doesn't look tiled/jarring/noticeable. Still could use some tweaking, but it's a start. __________________ I did a lot of posting on here as a teenager, and I was pretty awful. Even after I learned, grew up, and came to be on the right side of a lot of important issues, I was still angry, abrasive, and generally increased the amount of hate in the world, in pretty unacceptable ways. On the off chance that someone is taking a trip down memory lane looking through those old threads, I wanted to devote my signature to say directly to you, I'm sorry. Thank you for letting me be better, NPF.

11-03-2010, 01:31 AM	#6
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	I haven't seen a threadjack this unabashedly hard since that time Lev threadjacked that thread about how someone couldn't sleep with his fire spinning stuff. __________________ I am very tired.

11-03-2010, 01:38 AM	#7
Doc ock rokc ...Really? Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: in Theory. Everything works here Posts: 3,961	that's why i love the Forums or websites that have "if your human type "Chicken" here" __________________ I have a Pesterchum its DangerousDoc I am ether fading out of Time, Space, or Reality...Or Simply my Typewriter is running out of ink

11-03-2010, 01:38 AM	#8
synkr0nized synk-ism Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: throughout the Wired Posts: 6,861	This is the logical conclusion. ITT: Seil doesn't understand captcha Seil is an Internet bot. __________________ Find love.

11-03-2010, 09:05 AM	#10
Flarecobra Burn. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Classified Posts: 11,017	Suddonly reminded of a Rooster Teeth short... Though they DO have an audio option for those who are having trouble normally... __________________ "Only the fool wishes to go into battle to beat someone for the satisfaction of beating someone." -A Thousand Sons Rules. Read them, know them, love them.