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March 3, 2012

An Important Message

You know things have been pretty calm this past week or so, so I thought I'd take a break from talking about myself and do something I'm substantially better at: talking about all of you.  Well perhaps that isn't completely accurate, but this is about something that's at least slightly relevant to or directed at most of you.  I'm talking about something that many of encounter on a regular basis: Captha codes.  You know those strings of letters that you have to type in to put your comment on someone else's blog?  They're designed to keep computer programs from posting in places where they aren't supposed to, and in general I suppose that's a good thing, although I turned my captha's off in October, and never once has a program posted here.  You know, a while ago I didn't even mind, but lately they've been getting on my nerves.  Here, let me provide some examples:

(mundona)
This is about as bad as they used to get, which is why I didn't really mind.



(redit)                                                  (stole)

Sometimes they even came out looking like real words, every now and then they would even be words relevant to the comment that I had just made.  I always found these coincidences pretty amusing.



(cooties)                                          (dablog)

And I mean come on, how could you not laugh at a few of them.








(slain. t(r or i)v(I think that's an e followed by a v, maybe)I(not i, I, evidently there's a diffrence now))

But evidently they got tired of being laughed at, and google edited the captha's to prevent human posting as well.


(astere(t or i)(d or l) souls,(" or '', yes there is a diffrence))

It's very irritating trying to figure out what goes on in those blotches.





(usuldo What)

Eventually the codes were later re-edited to allow humans to post again, though still not as easily or entertainingly as before.  "What" indeed, this is actually on of the easier ones.


So yeah, sorry if I got a little whiny there, but it really is easy to turn those things off (just go to "Settings", then "Comments", go down to "Show word verification for comments", and select "No," it's quite simple), and it makes commenting around far less frustrating.  That's all I have for this post, but I really don't want to leave it at this.  I know, how about a song with a tangently relevant title and completely unrelated lyrics?  No, I don't particularly care that it doesn't fit the theme of the whole post, I like the song.



See you around
Cage

12 comments:

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  2. I've had several names show up in my captchas, including yours and David's. Imagine my surprise..

    Oh, and about that removed comment? It still counts, I just figured I'd keep it on one blog post. ;)

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    1. Oh that was one of the main reasons I never put this up before, some of the captchas can be quite serendipitious. Though when I have to invest actual time in figuring out what they say, that's where I draw the line.

      Oh and thanks for that other comment, it gave me an idea about some things I hadn't considered before. I'll be sure to adress that directly in a bit. You know, perheapes we should get in touch, I always like to chat to the intresting people one on one when the situation presents itself.

      See you around
      -Caged

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  3. I was WONDERING how to turn off those captchas... Thank you very kindly for the tip, Mr. Cage.
    I fall just short of glomping you for it.

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    1. I'm not huge on physical contact, though I'm not extremly sure how that'd work over the internet anyways. How about we settle for a high five and a "glad I could help"?

      See you around
      -Free

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    2. It would work the same way said high five would work, of course: nonsensically.
      (I'm not big on the touchy-feely stuff either, hence the falling short.)

      Guess we'll just settle on yours then.

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  4. Oh good I can post here without having to worry about that shit. I was fine with that first lot of words, but these new ones? Geebus. You gotta fucking work for it now. Thank god my eyesight is still 20/20. FUCK. Some of those things are just ridiculous.

    Also, yay, now I don't have to voice this complaint myself in a blog post. You did it for me again. XD

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    1. You were planning a post on this? What am I saying, of course you were. You know, there's being on the same wavelength, and then there's whatever the heck goes on between us. I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable answer to how we keep almost making the same post, but it still thorws my off just a bit. Oh well, as long as you aren't having weird dreams about me I suppose it's a step in the right direction.

      Note to the casual reader: please don't take this comment out of context.

      See you around
      -Cage

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    2. Too late, Mr. Cage, the shippers have already thought about it...

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    3. I figured I'd regret that one. Oh well, let it be known that my preferance is women, and no ships ouside of that catagorey will be considered for cannonical validity.

      See you around
      -Cage

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    4. Ah internet, endlessly entertaining you are...

      Probably wouldn't have been a full length post, but I've been dying to complain about it, so it would have inevitably occurred, I'm sure. XD

      And no, no more dreams dearest... not yet anyways. XD

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