Frank
206 posts
Feb 14, 2012
4:32 AM
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Thank God it works on the second try...It's sorta like a gambling casino - the excitement of winning after getting screwed keeps you comin back for more punishment...hahahahahahahahahahahaha
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dougharps
160 posts
Feb 14, 2012
8:18 AM
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Just posted 3 posts. First time, took 3 tries. Second, 2 tries. Last, one try. I doubt this is a real pattern, but it was odd.
I have taken to copying all my text from a post before entering a captcha. I lost a couple posts last week.
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nacoran
5230 posts
Feb 14, 2012
11:00 AM
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My guess is the server is automatically refreshing the Captcha answers but not the Captchas. The longer you sit with a post open before you post the answer it the more likely it seems to come back broken. If it refreshes ever X minutes you are much more likely to get it refreshing on you the first time, and less likely on the second time and almost sure to get it the third time. Another possibility is instead of time it's based on the puzzle being solved. If it's serving one Captcha up on every page that's opened until someone solves it then posting time might affect it. Someone else answers it and it updates?
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timeistight
332 posts
Feb 14, 2012
11:04 AM
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So, it's a race?
Last Edited by on Feb 14, 2012 11:04 AM
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MrVerylongusername
2210 posts
Feb 14, 2012
11:13 AM
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test
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MrVerylongusername
2211 posts
Feb 14, 2012
11:16 AM
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Hmmm... Interesting theory Nate. My last - deliberately brief - post went through first time. The length of time it takes to poset does seem to be linked somehow. I'm gonna keep this window open a little longer.
*waiting*
*waiting*
*waiting*
*waiting*
OK bored now... POST!
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MrVerylongusername
2212 posts
Feb 14, 2012
11:17 AM
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Needs longer than 3 minutes then!
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Honkin On Bobo
933 posts
Feb 14, 2012
11:26 AM
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Seems like a pretty good theory, i never thought about it before, but a captcha code sits there from the time you log in.....so under your theory nate..if you lurk without logging, then log, post a brief message and type code you sould be good to go...but... if you log, lurk and then post captcha's gonna get ya?
hmmmmmm
and all so that we don't have to be bombarded with penis enlargement techiques or knockoff gucci handbags
edit: logged, lurked, posted, zapped by captcha.... 2nd time all good
chalk one up for nate, Chief Troublshooter CCC (Center for Captcha Control)
Last Edited by on Feb 14, 2012 11:56 AM
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nacoran
5232 posts
Feb 14, 2012
1:51 PM
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It seems to catch me just about every time. I tend to look down the list of threads for something interesting. I'll open up several threads at once and then read them one by one. If that's what is happening my browsing style is just about the worst possible technique to get Captchas right with.
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timeistight
333 posts
Feb 14, 2012
4:23 PM
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"If that's what is happening my browsing style is just about the worst possible technique to get Captchas right with."
This Captcha, not Captchas in general. I refuse to believe they're all as badly designed as this one.
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Tuckster
965 posts
Feb 14, 2012
4:36 PM
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It's the Rise of the Machines. A code to foil my brother computers? I'll show you.......
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Frank
216 posts
Feb 14, 2012
6:20 PM
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Could be worse, I just heard on the news that a fellow was driving down the highway and slammed into the back of a salt truck and then a tractor trailer slammed into his car, that's a problem...
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nacoran
5235 posts
Feb 14, 2012
11:13 PM
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I once had to testify in front of a grand jury for a drunk driving case where a guy plowed into a motorcycle that was sitting at a stoplight, driving it into the back of a truck that was also stopped at the light. What was really crazy was the guy had to switch lanes to do it. If he'd stayed in his lane he would have blown through the red light and probably not hit anything. He would have still been in some trouble though. There was an off-duty cop getting set to cross the intersection the other direction.
The motorcyclist survived. He was wearing the full leather riding suit, but he had a broken back. He was lucky he wasn't paralyzed.
The drunk was actually someone I kind of new, a waiter at the local Denny's. He was the only waiter I ever completely stiffed on a tip, and that was before the accident. Wow was he a jackass.
Anyway, back to our regularly schedule Captcha test.
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hvyj
2146 posts
Feb 15, 2012
1:20 AM
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I don't understand why we're doing this. I assume Adam is paying the people who run the website. Why can't they be required to clean up their mess and either fix the CAPTCHAS or eliminate them. Why are we screwing around doing their job?
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Honkin On Bobo
936 posts
Feb 15, 2012
1:56 PM
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Your theory's looking better and better nate.
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Greg Heumann
1486 posts
Feb 18, 2012
11:16 PM
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My last two posts tonight have both failed the first captcha entry and they weren't particularly hard to read so I know I was right. Let's see if it happens on this one....
edit: nope.
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7LimitJI
615 posts
Feb 19, 2012
7:23 AM
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Have to enter twice at least 85% of the time PITA !
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timeistight
359 posts
Feb 20, 2012
10:54 AM
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"It seems to catch me just about every time. I tend to look down the list of threads for something interesting. I'll open up several threads at once and then read them one by one. If that's what is happening my browsing style is just about the worst possible technique to get Captchas right with."
So what's the recommendation? Don't waste time reading threads or carefully crafting a message?
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Aussiesucker
1025 posts
Feb 20, 2012
8:28 PM
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It's a pain in the arse. Works only on 2nd attempt! Sometimes.
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Greyowlphotoart
1010 posts
Apr 04, 2012
2:48 AM
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Yes, this does seem to be a time out issue problem.
One way round it would be to compose your post in Word or similar, then copy and paste that into your post and enter the captcha and it will work.
Alternatively if you've been typing your post for more than a few minutes, then assume it's not going to work 1st time and type any single character in the captcha box hit post message and then enter the new captcha properly.
As stated before, it doesn't matter if you use upper or lower case letters.
Of course there are occasions when the captcha system does not work at all or the code is not visible....
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nacoran
5492 posts
Apr 04, 2012
9:26 AM
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Have you noticed it's not as bad as it used to be? They lengthened the time before it times out a little a couple months ago. Oddly, since yesterday, I've been getting two code boxes.
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192 posts
Apr 04, 2012
9:53 AM
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