tloonya
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Post by tloonya on Apr 4, 2011 16:30:57 GMT -5
You've got to be kidding me...
I failed to login and got message:
Due to your failed login attempt, please verify you are human by following the instructions in the below graphic:
liitle bird told me.
What kind of joke is it?
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Baby Fawkes
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Post by Baby Fawkes on Apr 4, 2011 17:08:45 GMT -5
That's just a standard capture that is used on a lot of websites to try to stop spam bots attempting to guess user accounts and passwords by brute force. I often have to question it myself though as sometimes the letters are so masked that I even manage to get them wrong!  |
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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on Apr 4, 2011 17:13:23 GMT -5
...so, are you human? ;D
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Baby Fawkes
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Post by Baby Fawkes on Apr 4, 2011 17:17:37 GMT -5
0x49, 0x20, 0x74, 0x68, 0x69, 0x6E, 0x6B, 0x20, 0x73, 0x6F, 0x2C, 0x20, 0x62, 0x75, 0x74, 0x20, 0x73, 0x6F, 0x6D, 0x65, 0x74, 0x69, 0x6D, 0x65, 0x73, 0x20, 0x49, 0x20, 0x67, 0x65, 0x74, 0x20, 0x63, 0x6F, 0x6E, 0x66, 0x75, 0x73, 0x65, 0x64, 0x20, 0x3A, 0x29  |
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ejd86
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Post by ejd86 on Apr 4, 2011 18:47:06 GMT -5
People can crash the server by running log-in scripts.
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Baby Fawkes
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Post by Baby Fawkes on Apr 4, 2011 20:45:01 GMT -5
Correct, there is the letters A-F in hex, but the common format of writing a hexidecimal number if to precede the value with 0x in order to denote the base of the number so that's all the 0x on the front of each number means I'm only 1D by hex and it definitely makes you feel younger! |
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Post by robbase on Apr 4, 2011 20:49:41 GMT -5
are you sure you are not the bear that attacks the server every now and then?
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april47
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Post by april47 on Apr 4, 2011 21:35:56 GMT -5
I can't read some of those little codes in the boxes. An rn looks like an m, etc. I end up trying several times and give up sometimes. I thought I was a human but I guess not.
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tloonya
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Post by tloonya on Apr 5, 2011 14:02:27 GMT -5
Is this possible...everrrrr...that animal would try to login to myt account anywhere and will fail and NOW server wants to 'make sure' it's human who typed wrong login info?
How STUPID is it really?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2011 14:13:25 GMT -5
loony, some of us still suspect you are an alien. Just sayin.
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tloonya
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Post by tloonya on Apr 5, 2011 14:16:16 GMT -5
So it makes you 'talking to the aliens' group? Now go be proud of yourselves! ;D
Actually Bloomy I was an alien. And I even had an alien number given to me by INS (immigration services)...Then I have decided to become a citizen...so I am not an alien anymore. End of story!
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