I was on Facebook earlier today when I came across the profile of an old friend.
I clicked on the "Add as Friend" button. Following standard procedure, I clicked on "Send Request" to confirm that I really wanted to add that person.
Then the CAPTCHA popped up.
This one said, homosexuality enrico.
Oh, the phrases these programs generate... really makes me wonder if it's actually a computer coming up with this junk.
I also learned what CAPTCHA stands for. Technical as it sounds, its one of the most basic phrases one could possibly contrive:
Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart = CAPTCHA
Fascinating, these simple things... aren't they?
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