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Topic History of: Data Capture - annoying Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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steveimp
Heres a tip, use Notepad (or the equivalent on an Apple Mac or Linux, see I'm not prejudiced!) to type your message, and then copy and paste into the chat box here.
Denise
It's also the 1 and I, the g and 9, the 2 and z.
Once I got all three digits on top of each other.
I like the fact that we have the freedom not to register. This is why I don't register, because I don't have to. It might seem a bit silly, but it's one of the few places on the net where this freedom is preserved. If I registered, it would seem to diminish that somehow.
zooloo
Usually with these things it's the difference between O and 0 - that's an o and zero.
Try to avoid them by refreshing.
The capcha thing has to be unreadable to an extent to stop computers scanning the image and deciphering the characters.
Registration is a convenient alternative - I can say I've never received any spam from doing so
JK2006
The reason is to stop SPAM.
Without it we used to get hundreds of stupid spam posts a day which took ages to delete.
As Denise says, usually refreshing until you get one you can see works.
Then there is the "copy and save": trick.
Sorry, but it is needed.
And registering is a good idea.
Denise
I copy my posts too, because it's caught me out a few times. I understand what it's for, but I don't see why the digits have to be disguised, so I keep refreshing until I get some that are readable, then hope for the best.