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fir3vip3r
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Registered: 14th Jun 06
Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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25th Feb 09 at 19:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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
P1CK4D
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Around Essex Somewhere
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25th Feb 09 at 19:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Its just you. Ebay always asks this and im fine with it. Well done for being stupid
fir3vip3r
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25th Feb 09 at 19:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
least i dont have a broken car

xx
P1CK4D
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Location: Around Essex Somewhere
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25th Feb 09 at 19:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by fir3vip3r
least i dont have a broken car

xx


Just a mash up face
Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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25th Feb 09 at 19:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
FLOL!
BluKoo
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Registered: 8th Apr 02
Location: Stonehaven (Scotland)
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25th Feb 09 at 19:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've noticed this too.

I've never actually failed to do it, but some of them do take some working out.
Gareth F
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Registered: 16th Jan 08
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25th Feb 09 at 19:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
^ ive had to squint at some and refresh one as it was screwed up
xa0s
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Registered: 4th Mar 08
Location: Dartford, Kent Car: Turbo'd Fabia vRS
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26th Feb 09 at 05:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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.
Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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26th Feb 09 at 10:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If you ever become admin of your own forums you will understand why confirmation codes are needed.
xa0s
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Registered: 4th Mar 08
Location: Dartford, Kent Car: Turbo'd Fabia vRS
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26th Feb 09 at 10:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'm fully aware why they're needed...
K2 GTi
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Registered: 21st Oct 04
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26th Feb 09 at 10:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah some a impossible to read..... just have to keep refreshing so I can actually read them
Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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26th Feb 09 at 11:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by xa0s
I'm fully aware why they're needed...


My post was aimed at fir3vip3r BTW.
willay
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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26th Feb 09 at 12:01   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well worth it, stops the spam bots, if you can't read it then you probably need medical attention.
fir3vip3r
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Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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26th Feb 09 at 12:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i know why they are there, just some are unreadable.
willay
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26th Feb 09 at 12:10   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
bots are getting very smart so we need to outsmart them to keep them away I'm afraid!
K2 GTi
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Registered: 21st Oct 04
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26th Feb 09 at 12:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
how can bots read whats on a screen?
John
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26th Feb 09 at 12:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The wonders of technology.
willay
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26th Feb 09 at 13:02   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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.
willay
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26th Feb 09 at 13:03   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
OCR!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_character_recognition
fir3vip3r
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Registered: 14th Jun 06
Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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26th Feb 09 at 13:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
but surely the points defeated if you make it so complicated you cant even fucking read the thing?
willay
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26th Feb 09 at 13:18   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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.
K2 GTi
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26th Feb 09 at 13:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
some of them are though seriously.
fir3vip3r
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Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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26th Feb 09 at 13:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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.
willay
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26th Feb 09 at 13:22   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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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