fir3vip3r
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Registered: 14th Jun 06
Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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is it just me or some just stupidly hard.
try and register on forums and cant even read the code it gives me.
great way for a site to lose members.
doing my head in
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P1CK4D
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Around Essex Somewhere
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Its just you. Ebay always asks this and im fine with it. Well done for being stupid
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fir3vip3r
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Registered: 14th Jun 06
Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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least i dont have a broken car
xx
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P1CK4D
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Around Essex Somewhere
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quote: Originally posted by fir3vip3r
least i dont have a broken car
xx
Just a mash up face
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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FLOL!
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BluKoo
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Registered: 8th Apr 02
Location: Stonehaven (Scotland)
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I've noticed this too.
I've never actually failed to do it, but some of them do take some working out.
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Gareth F
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Registered: 16th Jan 08
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^ ive had to squint at some and refresh one as it was screwed up
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xa0s
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Registered: 4th Mar 08
Location: Dartford, Kent Car: Turbo'd Fabia vRS
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I hate them. A few failed attempts even though I was 100% sure it'd work before I hit enter. Some are IMPOSSIBLE to read and if you disagree then you simply haven't seen bad ones. It took me like 15 attempts the other day.
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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If you ever become admin of your own forums you will understand why confirmation codes are needed.
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xa0s
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Registered: 4th Mar 08
Location: Dartford, Kent Car: Turbo'd Fabia vRS
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I'm fully aware why they're needed...
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K2 GTi
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Registered: 21st Oct 04
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Yeah some a impossible to read..... just have to keep refreshing so I can actually read them
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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quote: Originally posted by xa0s
I'm fully aware why they're needed...
My post was aimed at fir3vip3r BTW.
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willay
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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well worth it, stops the spam bots, if you can't read it then you probably need medical attention.
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fir3vip3r
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Registered: 14th Jun 06
Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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i know why they are there, just some are unreadable.
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willay
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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bots are getting very smart so we need to outsmart them to keep them away I'm afraid!
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K2 GTi
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Registered: 21st Oct 04
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how can bots read whats on a screen?
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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The wonders of technology.
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willay
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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I can't remember the exact technology, its the same you use for image2text conversion. They also have the ability to sign up, sign in, post shit and all sorts.
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willay
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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OCR!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_character_recognition
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fir3vip3r
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Registered: 14th Jun 06
Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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but surely the points defeated if you make it so complicated you cant even fucking read the thing?
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willay
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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theres normally a refresh option to get a different code, I've probably come around one or two in my lifetime which i couldnt read. they arent that bad.
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K2 GTi
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Registered: 21st Oct 04
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some of them are though seriously.
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fir3vip3r
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Registered: 14th Jun 06
Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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quote: Originally posted by willay
theres normally a refresh option to get a different code, I've probably come around one or two in my lifetime which i couldnt read. they arent that bad.
i know.
ive never had problems before, then went on a website last night and was just silly couldnt distinguish what were words and letters and what were just lines etc as background.
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willay
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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maybe its just a bad implementation, I know on here we have to authorize every registration and that can be hard to spot the bad guys at the best of times.
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