Comments on: Now with CAPTCHAs! http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:39:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: tim http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2271 tim Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:09:55 +0000 http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2271 Appropos of your new implementation of captchas, the WSJ has an <a href="http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114903737427467003-BFXQeLeq3RdZ5Icuyb8gkda47DA_20070530.html?mod=blogs">article about them</a>. Appropos of your new implementation of captchas, the WSJ has an article about them.

]]> By: Steve http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2270 Steve Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:47:44 +0000 http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2270 Kim: Now you know how I feel when I read... er, skim... your <a href="http://kbshee.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">knitting blog</a>! Sylke: Yes, that is exactly why I finally made the jump to CAPTCHAs. <a href="http://akismet.com/" rel="nofollow">Akismet</a> is fantastic at what it does, but you still have to purge all the spam on a regular basis. So far -- knock-on-wood, fingers crossed, pinch of salt over the shoulder -- I've had, I think, just a single spam comment get posted (and most likely this was simply done by a real person willing to type in the CAPTCHA). So, the initial results are promising.... Kim: Now you know how I feel when I read… er, skim… your knitting blog!

Sylke: Yes, that is exactly why I finally made the jump to CAPTCHAs. Akismet is fantastic at what it does, but you still have to purge all the spam on a regular basis. So far — knock-on-wood, fingers crossed, pinch of salt over the shoulder — I’ve had, I think, just a single spam comment get posted (and most likely this was simply done by a real person willing to type in the CAPTCHA). So, the initial results are promising….

]]> By: kim http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2269 kim Wed, 31 May 2006 21:38:42 +0000 http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2269 Um, could you translate that last comment into English por favor? Um, could you translate that last comment into English por favor?

]]> By: Steve http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2268 Steve Wed, 31 May 2006 13:24:13 +0000 http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2268 I've further modified the AuthImage code and configuration file to support randomizing over several different font colors. (I've updated the sample CAPTCHAs in the post accordingly.) I’ve further modified the AuthImage code and configuration file to support randomizing over several different font colors. (I’ve updated the sample CAPTCHAs in the post accordingly.)

]]> By: Sylke http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2267 Sylke Tue, 30 May 2006 16:35:19 +0000 http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2267 Aha, another item that I might implement too; I'm soooo fed up with deleting spam, even if it's caught by Akismet first. See, there are people who are interested after all :)) Aha, another item that I might implement too; I’m soooo fed up with deleting spam, even if it’s caught by Akismet first.
See, there are people who are interested after all :))

]]> By: Tim http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2266 Tim Mon, 29 May 2006 04:39:51 +0000 http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2266 Dude, You are in so much trouble. You are on your own. Dude,

You are in so much trouble. You are on your own.

]]> By: kim http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2265 kim Mon, 29 May 2006 04:35:00 +0000 http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2265 My word was 'yech'. 'Nuf said. My word was ‘yech’.

‘Nuf said.

]]> By: Steve http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2263 Steve Sun, 28 May 2006 22:39:37 +0000 http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2263 Clearly, one of the advantages to hosting your blog with one of the blog services on the web (e.g., blogger.com) is that you get nice features like CAPTCHAs and spam filtering for free and with virtually no effort on your part! Clearly, one of the advantages to hosting your blog with one of the blog services on the web (e.g., blogger.com) is that you get nice features like CAPTCHAs and spam filtering for free and with virtually no effort on your part!

]]> By: Betty C http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2261 Betty C Sun, 28 May 2006 17:52:26 +0000 http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2261 I think this is pretty interesting! I didn't know these had a name, to me they were just codes. Nice background on them too... I think this is pretty interesting! I didn’t know these had a name, to me they were just codes. Nice background on them too…

]]> By: Steve http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2260 Steve Sun, 28 May 2006 16:47:21 +0000 http://hackstadt.com/blog/2006/05/28/now-with-captchas/#comment-2260 Testing out our new CAPTCHAs! Testing out our new CAPTCHAs!

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