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RE: Reverse captcha
@anonymous235 said:
True, but it still shows lack of knowledge on what a captcha actually does. Because if you're trying to do an anti-spam system based on that (there are many sites that use one) you just add "type XYZ here to continue", or an invisible field, some javascript checks, whatever. You don't need to dynamically generate letters and spaces because the whole point is that nobody is going to spend even 30 seconds coding a spam bot just for your site.
That depends so much on how popular your site is, though. For 97% of sites, that's probably true, but if you're Tor or Amazon or whoever, then yeah, something unique and variable that really is difficult for computers but easy for (most) humans is going to be valuable. (Although you'll probably still have spammers using distributed networks of porn viewers to crack them by proxy!)
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RE: Just right? What's that?
@stinerman said:
I've got a card that gives 5% back on "books". They classify Amazon.com as a book store, so everything I buy there is 5% off. Plus the 5% on gas and groceries makes it pretty killer.
What card gives 5% on groceries? Best I've been able to find without an annual fee that negates the savings is 3%.
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RE: UK government showing they are modern?
@Lorne Kates said:
Honourable mention: Does anyone know a non-spam site where I can download Netscape 7.2?
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RE: Need a car?
@LingsCars said:
<!--[if lte IE 7]>
<style>
div#troll{
margin-top:0px;
position:absolute;
z-index:99999;
left: 40%;
top: 200px;
}
</style>
<![endif]-->
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RE: Protecting the truly important stuff
@dhromed said:
@snoofle said:
the key to the men's room
You say this as if it's normal to lock down toilets.
Pretty common around here, especially in buildings shared by multiple companies, where the restrooms are in the hallway. I always assumed it had something to do with not letting men into the ladies' room and vice-versa, but upon reflection, I prefer morbius' hipster theory.
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RE: Do any of the WTFers every recognise their code here?
Sometimes I'm shocked that none of my code has ever shown up here.
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RE: Another Firefox usability issue
@dhromed said:
@sprained said:
I won't use FF without it any more.
I don't quite understand what usage pattern has you bump heads with the Switch To Tab feature so often that you desire an extension to disable it.
It pretty much never happens for me, I mean.
3 or 4 cases. Do you really want an enumeration?
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RE: Another Firefox usability issue
@joe.edwards said:
Wow, small world.
I don't think the feature is entirely without merit. It makes a lot of sense when juggling a lot of tabs in a single window. It does not, however, to me, make sense when the tab in question is in another window on another screen. At least it needs to call my attention over somehow, lest I not notice the change.
FWIW, there's an extension called "Switch to tab no more" that disables this "feature". I won't use FF without it any more.