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Voxymaus [80]
2011-03-19 03:20:37
[13 years, 282 days ago]

When I get the captcha I don't have to put both of the words is. I can put just one of the words in (only tried with the first word) and sometimes just even part of the word, anyone else had this?


 
ActiveX [50]
Head Moderator
2011-03-19 04:07:13
[13 years, 282 days ago]

http://www.google.com/recaptcha/learnmore

But if a computer can't read such a CAPTCHA, how does the system know the correct answer to the puzzle? Here's how: Each new word that cannot be read correctly by OCR is given to a user in conjunction with another word for which the answer is already known. The user is then asked to read both words. If they solve the one for which the answer is known, the system assumes their answer is correct for the new one. The system then gives the new image to a number of other people to determine, with higher confidence, whether the original answer was correct.


 
Voxymaus [81]
2011-03-19 04:08:30
[13 years, 282 days ago]

Ah, okay, thanks :) I didn't think to look on their website...


 
ActiveX [50]
Head Moderator
2011-03-19 04:10:01
[13 years, 282 days ago]

google is your friend ;)


 
Voxymaus [81]
2011-03-19 04:11:21
[13 years, 282 days ago]

Haha, true... What about yahoo though?


 
Jans [69]
2011-03-19 04:45:13
[13 years, 282 days ago]

Yahoo is not my friend. Backstabbing bitch.


 
Emanuel [78]
2011-03-19 09:09:17
[13 years, 282 days ago]

Also, it's often easy to see which word you can ignore, and you're even allowed a spelling mistake. reCAPTCHA sucks =(


 
Voxymaus [82]
2011-03-19 09:10:06
[13 years, 282 days ago]

Yeah, but atleast it should most likely stop cheaters.


 
Alan [90]
2011-03-19 09:26:34
[13 years, 282 days ago]

Haha. The guy above you has a bot named cheater. Which beata the recaptcha


 
Draoi [91]
2011-03-19 12:53:06
[13 years, 282 days ago]

The real key to stopping cheaters is detecting them, any talented software engineer can write a program to bot any type of game.


 
Ender [35]
Administrator
2011-03-19 17:42:40
[13 years, 282 days ago]

Google is the official search engine of bots4. :)


 
Voxymaus [85]
2011-03-19 20:57:13
[13 years, 281 days ago]

Ender is better than all of them! He'll detect the cheaters :D


 
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