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Jan 18

The ‘CAPTCHA’

by catnipoflife

The nasty ‘CAPTCHA’. . .

How many times have you been annoyed by the ‘CAPTCHA’ only to be trapped in its clutches over and over again as you attempt to simply leave someone a comment? First, you may receive “the CAPTCHA code does not match.” Second attempt might reveal “the CAPTCHA solution is incorrect.” Then, yet another attempt could come back with “the CAPTCHA wasn’t entered correctly” followed by yet another that simply states “the CAPTCHA is wrong.”

Computer_KillAre you screaming yet? Pulling out your hair? Pounding on the keyboard? Spitting out a few expletives? When all else fails, you lay your head on the keyboard expecting to look back up at the monitor and see the message ‘gotcha‘ – do not pass go – do not collect $200!

On most occasions a CAPTCHA is no more than a fuzzy, jumbled-up mess of letters and numbers with no apparent meaning whatsoever other than to test if I am indeed a robot. But, one this morning really got me: 10a handhrs! Was it trying to tell me something robotically speaking. Was there a message needing to be decoded? Had I already been at the mercy of the computer for 10 hours? Nah! It was only 8 A.M.

Why the term ‘CAPTCHA’ anyway? Does sound a lot like ‘gotcha’ so maybe there is a connection. Let’s analyze it and see what wee ‘meaning’ might be lurking in its prank-fulness.

Did you know it is actually an acronym? It stands for…

Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart

Has our world become so technologically oriented that we must prove beyond any shadow of doubt that each of us is not a robot? Is life becoming so controlled that decisions must be confirmed via distorted images before moving on? Are we completely at the mercy of spambots? Heaven forbid!

Captcha

This CAPTCHA of “smwm” obscures its message from computer interpretation by twisting the letters and adding a background color gradient.

Check out the CAPTCHA Madness Infographic…

How much of the Internet hates CAPTCHA?  How many are out there on the Internet anyway?

 Why do they exist?

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CAPTCHA Madness Infographic: CAPTCHAs, the twisted and distorted text challenges, aka the scourge of the internet, are everywhere. And the madness is growing!

Ever heard of Assira? It has been around for awhile (since 2007) but can’t say I have encountered it like the CAPTCHA. Sounds much more interesting that the nasty ‘CAPTCHA’ anyway!

ASIRRA

(Animal Species Image Recognition for Restricting Access)
                               

Asirra is a human interactive proof that asks users to identify photos of cats and dogs. It’s powered by over three million photos from our unique partnership with Petfinder.com. Protect your web site with Asirra � free!

 Please select all the cat photos:

What in the world is coming next?

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Jan 16

Inspiration: Butterflies or Dragons?

by catnipoflife

[NOTE: This is my second article written at the request of Aditya Samitinjay. Aditya is a student of Medicine and lives in India. He features great articles, Living Healthy – The Right Way, life changing stories and lots of inspiration on his blogsite. This article hot off the press and can be read at Being Chirpy! and Storylane.] 

ButterflyDragon

Life is drama personified with episodes of both butterflies and dragons with a few butterfly dragons being tossed into the mix along the way.

Butterflies or Dragons?

Here is a teaser. . .

What are your triggers for inspiration…things that are seen or that which is unseen? Emotions through experience or feelings from the gut? Touchables or untouchables? Mirrored images or broken glass? Butterflies or dragons?

It is early morning. With eyes barely open, you stretch and yawn, afterward rubbing the sleepy matter crusted in the corner of each eye. Toes wiggle trying to ease foot cramps, legs ache from being in the same position too long, shoulders still feel tired from the weights not being lifted from the day before. Your feet hardly hit the floor when thoughts awaken your senses flitting and fluttering through the corridors of your mind. They dance angelically, yet fervently, much like the atala butterflies seeking the sweet, sweet nectar from summer’s enticing florets or greet you with a horrid headache as a result of fighting dragons all through the night.

With the day just beginning, what triggered those thoughts exactly, so early with daylight scarcely visible? Hey, you are hardly awake! You haven’t even had the tiniest hint of caffeine to jolt your brain cells into action or set your eyesight on what the day even looks like.

Want to read more? You will need to go to Being Chirpy! or Storylane in order to read the entire article. . .

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