Comments on: CAPTCHAvated http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/03/14/captchavated/ Nikki's E-Learning and Digital Cultures site - part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Nikki Bourke http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/03/14/captchavated/#comment-1232 Nikki Bourke Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:46:29 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/?p=407#comment-1232 I've had a few instances where I have had to question the capability of my own eyesight. Sometimes I'd swear that the programmers are having a laugh at our expense with italics and strange slanting fonts! I’ve had a few instances where I have had to question the capability of my own eyesight. Sometimes I’d swear that the programmers are having a laugh at our expense with italics and strange slanting fonts!

]]> By: Anabel Drought http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/03/14/captchavated/#comment-1083 Anabel Drought Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:57:26 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/?p=407#comment-1083 Sometimes even we as humans are locked out of a website as they are so difficult to get past. Recently I saw a letter and a number one and the number was so blurred or tiny I had really problems getting on do I also need to have 20:20 vision to be able to access your site? Are my inadequacies as a human blurring the boundary between pure / fully functioning humans and computers? I was told at some conference that they were used to help decipher old text from ancient books, I'm not sure if it is true, but it gives it another purpose than just to block non humans. Sometimes even we as humans are locked out of a website as they are so difficult to get past. Recently I saw a letter and a number one and the number was so blurred or tiny I had really problems getting on do I also need to have 20:20 vision to be able to access your site? Are my inadequacies as a human blurring the boundary between pure / fully functioning humans and computers?

I was told at some conference that they were used to help decipher old text from ancient books, I’m not sure if it is true, but it gives it another purpose than just to block non humans.

]]> By: Giraf87 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/03/14/captchavated/#comment-836 Giraf87 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:14:51 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/?p=407#comment-836 I also think the # sign performs something similar. But here the separating, seems more like filtering, and connecting: human and machine dialogue. The symbol itself conveys the interconnectivity, what a great choice. In view of the symbol's history (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign) - it is relatively new (1900) - amazing the weight of symbolic meaning it now carries. I also think the # sign performs something similar. But here the separating, seems more like filtering, and connecting: human and machine dialogue. The symbol itself conveys the interconnectivity, what a great choice. In view of the symbol’s history (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign) – it is relatively new (1900) – amazing the weight of symbolic meaning it now carries.

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