Yahoo developers on LSD, wheeee.
November 7, 2005 – 8:56 AM| We've all seen these verification requests to type in the letters/numbers displayed in a graphic, when you're filling out a form. This is a valid and good idea. It prevents spambots, which are scum that deserve to have their testicles ripped off. However, while signing up for a Flickr account, I was required to decode the following heiroglyphics. See if you know what these letters/numbers? are supposed to be: |
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| Not surprisingly, my best guess was WRONG. They presented me with a second chance, and I didn't know if I should be surprised or unsurprised that this one was even more inscrutable than the first. |
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After my third failure, they finally presented me with capitalized block letters … I was never so happy to have something dumbed down.