Posted by Ben C on 07/10/07 14:59

On 2007-07-10, Jukka K. Korpela <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> wrote:
> Scripsit Bergamot:
>
>> I like this one that was developed as a WordPress plugin, but you
>> should be able to adapt it for more general use.
>> http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/plugins/math-comment-spam-protection/
>
> Compared with the usual discrimination of the blind and nauseating trouble
> to other people, that method discriminates against arithmetically challenged
> people and causes nauseating trouble to other people. Why should I do some
> math exercise just to prove myself human?

In any case a math exercise is a particularly bad test for
distinguishing between a human and a bot. A script could easily be
written to parse the sum, calculate the answer and submit it.

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