Yesterday I helped a friend start a Facebook account. The CAPTCHA was, “the haitian.” Today I left a comment on a friend’s blog. The CAPTCHA was “volest,” a familiar-sounding combination of “volume” and “molest.”
The Wikipedia entry on CAPTCHA was fascinating (turns out it’s an acronym for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart), but it didn’t answer my primary CAPTCHA question: Who the hell creates these things?
Is it a computer? Is it some guy? If it’s a guy, how does he get the job? Presumably he’s got to submit some sample CAPTCHAs for review.
Rick's future career: CAPTCHA writer?
Well, if the guy who hires the CAPTCHA creators is reading this blog entry—hi there!—I’d like to show him some of my work:
condipple
flartubart
for seasonality
sargeritis
ongoing catharsis
finderpoof
langdonomy
geriatric backlash
That’s just off the top of my head. I can do better.
If the price is right…
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