<p>I hate captchas and think they should be kicked off the internet. </p>
<p><!– s9ymdb:52 –><img width=”290″ height=”60″ style=”float: left; border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;” src=”http://zacgarrett.com/uploads/captcha.gif” alt=”" />To understand my hatred of these one will have to know the definition of a <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha”>captcha</a>. They are those little images that one has to type in to prove they are a human. Everyone knows them, but most do not have a name for them. </p>
<p>The issue with the captchas of today are that they are not easily read by humans. Most of the time I have to try to enter a captcha several times before being allowed onto a site. </p>
<p>The captcha was created to prevent automatic creation of accounts and spam. The issue is the real spammers will find a way around them. That means the content creators will have to make the captcha more difficult to read. The people who loses in the end is the end user.</p>
<p>We need to find a better way to prove that I am a human than the captcha. They just make end users mad.</p>
<p>For more information check out the <a href=”http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8246463980976635143″>Google TechTalk by Luis Von Ahn</a>.</p> <p><div class=’s9y_typeset s9y_typeset_center’ style=’text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 0px auto’><embed style=”width:600px; height:500px; ” id=”VideoPlayback” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” src=”http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-8246463980976635143&hl=en” flashvars=”&subtitle=off”> </embed></div></p>
