Is it just me or does anybody else have problems deciphering the strange words that one needs to prove that a human is requesting information or wanting to buy on line? When this strange practice first started we were told that it was to stop robots and a single short word or a simple 2+2= addition was sufficient to prove the applicant was human.

Now, absurdly complicated hieroglyphics are displayed that humans (well this human anyway) can’t read or faithfully repeat, resulting in multiple attempts to get it right and as a result it causes me to log off any website with silly demands before I can buy a product.

Are the robots getting a better education now or am I entering my twilight years demonstrating a basic inability to copy an alien language into the space provided. Can any of you computer types tell me why this hurdle is necessary in order to conduct a basic level of business with most on-line companies? It’s easier to do an international online money transfer from Lloyds bank in UK than it is to fill these confounded boxes full of gobbledegook.

Funny that this post should crop up right now.

Only ten minutes ago I was trying to access a page on the internet and had to reload the letters no less than six times before a readable combination came up.

verwell put i may say

Aaaaaw Woodbug you have plenty of company!

I too struggle immensley with capatcha codes due to my poor eyesight...sometimes, I refresh for a new code repeatedly and still leave without bothering, as I just can't decipher the codes.

BUT, in todays age they are more "vital" than just necessary. Some would say a double edged sword.

Maybe in the next century there will be capatcha codes introduced for blind bats :)