I go to the gym every day for 30-45 minutes and do a lot of weight lifting.. I played wii sports for 30 minutes and i was actually sweating a bit and felt sore the next day, the same way i would after a workout..
You're right, it's not. But the idea is that it's not a bot that's copying the image, it's random users accessing the image.
If it WAS just one machine accessing the image, then you can always catch that machine's IP and ban it. Your average user is not going to modify their HTTP headers to change the referral..
This would require a computer to be constantly copying the image for redisplay.. this would make it a lot easier to catch the IP of the machine doing the copying.. and ban it.
Locking the captcha to an ip address will cause problems for users who are accessing your site from services like AOL that cycle the user's ip address for every page request. every time i look at my logs and see an aol user, i see about 50 IPs for that one user.
"Microsoft announces iTunes will be disabled on all copies of Vista, because it's a security risk that users doesn't understand."
(wow, as I wrote that, I got a creepy feeling.. that statement makes me think of all the trash that's come out of whitehouse press releases by Tony Snow)
You hate the story, yet you chose to click on it and post a comment, then you say it's unfortunate that the story will get 800 replies? Guess what, it's now 799 away from it's goal because of you.
Funny how until about a decade ago, Science was welcomed and seen as the answer, then suddenly the Discovery Institute came up with Intelligent Design and suddenly the thought that science shouldn't be taught anymore comes up.
Does anyone remember what the dark ages were? Looks like we're about to have a relapse.
I'm actually surprised to see this on slashdot. "Web 2.0" is a useless buzzword that only gets used by marketters and other clueless internet users who think they're talking about something that actually exists. The web doesn't have versions, why is anyone refering to it as 2.0? The web undergoes evolution and there is no difinable differences between 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 so why is anyone using this ridiculous buzzwords?
Since the past has already happened, if you were going to send yourself the winning lotto numbers, you would have already won.
Ever see 12 Monkeys? The past isn't going to change because of time travel, rather, it's already happened *because* you changed the past in the future.:P
So 100% of the magnetic energy gets used? What about the energy waste of converting electricity to magnetic waves, then in the device from magnetic waves to electricity?
I'm certain the loss of energy from powering up via wire is a LOT less than this, which is almost gimmicky since you have to place the device on a platter to power up.. how much harder is it to place the device in some form of universal dock/station for powering up?
I agree, cookies are nice but most sites overdo it.
IMO, each site only really needs 1 cookie, if you're using more than your treating your client as a dump for data that should instead be stored on your server.
Doesn't anyone else think that this method means a massive waste of electricity during the conversion, not to mention the wasted energy not even using used by the target device?
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The US would lose simply because of it's dependence on imports of goods/materials.
If the world were to cut off it's supplies to the US, it's economy would die instantaneously.
Are you one of those people who breaks out the AK-47 when someone spells Spider-Man without the hyphen?
Maybe that's why ID http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software still only has 31 employees?
You trying to say it's too early for the government to reveal that we actually live in the matrix?
Achoo.
I'd say it's more like.. It's nothing to blow your nose at.
I go to the gym every day for 30-45 minutes and do a lot of weight lifting.. I played wii sports for 30 minutes and i was actually sweating a bit and felt sore the next day, the same way i would after a workout..
You're right, it's not. But the idea is that it's not a bot that's copying the image, it's random users accessing the image.
If it WAS just one machine accessing the image, then you can always catch that machine's IP and ban it. Your average user is not going to modify their HTTP headers to change the referral..
This would require a computer to be constantly copying the image for redisplay.. this would make it a lot easier to catch the IP of the machine doing the copying.. and ban it.
I'm going to have to disagree with this article..
This article assumes that nerds are somehow NOT used to making quick/small jerking motions with their wrists.. I mean.. common.
unbeatable? what's to stop you from putting hotlink protection on the captcha image?
Locking the captcha to an ip address will cause problems for users who are accessing your site from services like AOL that cycle the user's ip address for every page request. every time i look at my logs and see an aol user, i see about 50 IPs for that one user.
So, when I push the F8 button confirming that I agree.. is that actually a legally binding agreement? Any bets a court will say hell no.. ?
*next week*
"Microsoft announces iTunes will be disabled on all copies of Vista, because it's a security risk that users doesn't understand."
(wow, as I wrote that, I got a creepy feeling.. that statement makes me think of all the trash that's come out of whitehouse press releases by Tony Snow)
You hate the story, yet you chose to click on it and post a comment, then you say it's unfortunate that the story will get 800 replies? Guess what, it's now 799 away from it's goal because of you.
Funny how until about a decade ago, Science was welcomed and seen as the answer, then suddenly the Discovery Institute came up with Intelligent Design and suddenly the thought that science shouldn't be taught anymore comes up.
Does anyone remember what the dark ages were? Looks like we're about to have a relapse.
Sorry, I can't reach the light switch, my restraints are getting a bit in the way.
Gates isn't the richest man..
Arnold was never the strongest either..
I think it would be more of a case of Nerd vs. Meathead
How long has slashdot been around for, cause it sure seems like one of those "user contribution" type things.
How about BBS and web forums? Seems to me they were around when the web was first popularised..
I'm actually surprised to see this on slashdot. "Web 2.0" is a useless buzzword that only gets used by marketters and other clueless internet users who think they're talking about something that actually exists. The web doesn't have versions, why is anyone refering to it as 2.0? The web undergoes evolution and there is no difinable differences between 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 so why is anyone using this ridiculous buzzwords?
Since the past has already happened, if you were going to send yourself the winning lotto numbers, you would have already won.
:P
Ever see 12 Monkeys? The past isn't going to change because of time travel, rather, it's already happened *because* you changed the past in the future.
So 100% of the magnetic energy gets used? What about the energy waste of converting electricity to magnetic waves, then in the device from magnetic waves to electricity?
I'm certain the loss of energy from powering up via wire is a LOT less than this, which is almost gimmicky since you have to place the device on a platter to power up.. how much harder is it to place the device in some form of universal dock/station for powering up?
I agree, cookies are nice but most sites overdo it.
IMO, each site only really needs 1 cookie, if you're using more than your treating your client as a dump for data that should instead be stored on your server.
Headline should have read:
"FCC Meets to Over-Assert Itself Once Again"
Forget Safety, what about efficiency?
Doesn't anyone else think that this method means a massive waste of electricity during the conversion, not to mention the wasted energy not even using used by the target device?
Get yourself a hotmail account. You'll be shown where to get porn in a few hours.