Life on the Road – Trucking News Blog

There is simply no other way to describe it. Are “they” kidding? This is a “Captcha.” That stands for: Competely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computer and Humans Apart. It is evil. According to Wikipedia: “It is a type of challenge-response test used in computing to ensure that the response is not generated by a computer. I don’t really don’t care. It’s all “mumbo-jumbo.” When this appears on my laptop screen, I get really ticked. The “Captcha” you see here appeared when I tried to get into my e-mail. I don’t know why it came up. I entered the correct password. In the past, I used to have to look closer – maybe take off my reading glasses – and try to figure out what the letters were. My success rate was about 65%. I sometimes would actually have to turn my laptop around or upside down to read the letters. I looked like a nut spinning my computer above my head.  This time, I said no way. I’m putting my foot down – actually my finger – I’m just not going to comply. Can you figure out what these letters are? I can’t. I hit the back arrow and re-entered my password and got in without having to deal with the “Captcha.” I say no more “Captcha’s.” How say you? If you want to read more about this “evil” go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA