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You only have the type one word correct, and they make sure one word is readable so with some practice you can easily recognise which word is the key-word.
by verroq 14y ago
You only have the type one word correct, and they make sure one word is readable so with some practice you can easily recognise which word is the key-word.
- ohgodthecat3 14y agoHe isn't speaking of reCAPTCHA but google's nearly impossible to read captchas that take way too much time to decipher. If you'd like to see it you can usually get it by putting in a bad password to a gmail account too many times (though I don't know if that has other consequences). Edit: Here is an image example http://www.techian.com/wp-content/uploads/captcha.png http://www.techian.com/wp-content/uploads/captcha.png
- simonbrown 14y agoStrange they don't use reCAPTCHA for this.
- verroq 14y agoOh those, yeah they are very hard to decipher.
- sp332 14y agoI wonder what they do for non-Latin locales?
- conradfr 14y agoAfter reading that previously on HN, I tried and sadly had to type both word.
- btilly 14y agoWith practice and decent eyes. Once your eyes go downhill, it is amazing how much changes. Most software developers are under 40 and therefore have little to no appreciation for what happens to people's eyes after they are past 40.
- dkersten 14y agoFor me, the key word is usually the unreadable one. I've never had success typing only the readable one.