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mrburrito wrote:

ScienceOlympian wrote:Couldn't we put Captcha to eliminate Spambots?

What is Captcha? It sounds cool.

Captchas are such a great idea that we've already had verification tests like them for years.

Cedavis6 wrote:

mrburrito wrote:

ScienceOlympian wrote:Couldn't we put Captcha to eliminate Spambots?

What is Captcha? It sounds cool.

Oh, thanks, I hate those things.

I think more remarkable than the ability of computers to beat CAPTCHA is the number of emails I used to get from people trying to register who couldn't beat it.

zyzzyva98 wrote:

Crazy Puny Man wrote:Speaking of PMing, what would happen if you PM'd a spambot...?

Nothing.

Not even if I cussed at 'em?

If they respond that means they're becoming sentient, at which point you will find me hiding in chat to escape the damage they will undeniably wreak on the forums.

Also, what's with the users that are too old to be in S.O. but on their profile they say they're in Division B or C? Like this one: http://scioly.org/phpBB3/memberlist.php ... le&u=20870

Crazy Puny Man wrote:Also, what's with the users that are too old to be in S.O. but on their profile they say they're in Division B or C? Like this one: http://scioly.org/phpBB3/memberlist.php ... le&u=20870

Two possibilities:
1. They could be a coach for that division.
2. They are spambots. (This is more likely.)
EDIT: 3. They could be older users who haven't been on the site in ages.

Cedavis6 wrote:

Crazy Puny Man wrote:Also, what's with the users that are too old to be in S.O. but on their profile they say they're in Division B or C? Like this one: http://scioly.org/phpBB3/memberlist.php ... le&u=20870

Two possibilities:
1. They could be a coach for that division.
2. They are spambots. (This is more likely.)
EDIT: 3. They could be older users who haven't been on the site in ages.

This guy is probably a spambot. He joined today, 25 yrs old, in Division B...and links to violin/string instrument online stores in his sig.