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Captcha is a PITA? Why not outlaw bots?



 
 
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Old June 15th 12, 11:28 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Grinder
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Default Captcha is a PITA? Why not outlaw bots?

On 6/15/2012 4:58 PM, John Doe wrote:
Captcha is comin atcha. Totally irritating IMO. Still, I like to
use speech recognition to enunciate the letters, just for the
challenge of the thing.

They are a pain in the rear, No? So why not eliminate the need by
making bots illegal, do something to discourage bot users instead
of just punishing normal users?


http://www.amazon.com/Pomegranate-He.../dp/B0052OOT3S

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Old June 16th 12, 02:27 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,free.UseNet
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Default Captcha is a PITA? Why not outlaw bots?

What does vaginal ointment have anything to do with stopping bots
from making Internet access difficult for the rest of us?

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On 6/15/2012 4:58 PM, John Doe wrote:
Captcha is comin atcha. Totally irritating IMO. Still, I like to
use speech recognition to enunciate the letters, just for the
challenge of the thing.

They are a pain in the rear, No? So why not eliminate the need by
making bots illegal, do something to discourage bot users instead
of just punishing normal users?


http://www.amazon.com/Pomegranate-He.../dp/B0052OOT3S



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Old June 18th 12, 01:12 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Mark[_23_]
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Default Captcha is a PITA? Why not outlaw bots?

On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:27:22 +0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

What does vaginal ointment have anything to do with stopping bots
from making Internet access difficult for the rest of us?


Maybe it stops top-posting?
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