Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.056 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.89; '*S*': 0.00; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; '-tkc': 0.16; '8-bit': 0.16; 'from:addr:python.list': 0.16; 'from:addr:tim.thechases.com': 0.16; 'from:name:tim chase': 0.16; 'station.': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'cc:2**1': 0.23; 'options': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'tried': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'words': 0.29; "i'm": 0.30; 'charset :us-ascii': 0.36; 'audio': 0.38; 'visual': 0.39; 'radio': 0.60; 'more': 0.64; 'default': 0.69; 'received:50.22': 0.84; 'employ': 0.93 Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:01:28 -0500 From: Tim Chase To: Chris Kaynor Subject: Re: Captcha identify In-Reply-To: References: <8c2e4bc2-4f46-4a68-83ed-469fe171de3a@googlegroups.com> <2320baf0-e097-4d67-97c1-dd37ca79fffb@googlegroups.com> <376a239c-77e8-4e0e-9300-847dfa8a8547@googlegroups.com> <53EB4E68.8050405@harvee.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Importance: low X-Priority: 4 (Low) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - boston.accountservergroup.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - python.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tim.thechases.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: boston.accountservergroup.com: authenticated_id: tim@thechases.com Cc: "python-list@python.org" X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 13 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1407960184 news.xs4all.nl 2950 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:46089 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:76234 On 2014-08-13 12:24, Chris Kaynor wrote: > Many of the better captchas also include options for an audio cue in > addition to the default visual one. Have you actually tried to use the audio cue? They're atrocious. I got more intelligible words out of my old 8-bit SoundBlaster or a de-tuned radio station. I'm all for just ditching them (and avoiding sites that employ them). -tkc