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    Wink Funny sign up authentication xD

    Hi all,

    I just signed up and found this amusing so thought i'd share it.

    I finished the registration form, including the CAPTCHA then went to post in a thread and was greeted with:

    Thank's for registering...
    But how do we know you're really human?
    It looks like you haven't verified your email address yet. We require all members to activate their account by clicking a unique link in an email we send to them. If you have not received an email, please check any spam folder you may have then request a new email if you still cannot find it.

    CAPTCHA actually stands for:

    "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart"

    CAPTCHA is designed to be the most effective way of telling Automated Bots and Humans apart.

    It made me giggle.

    Peace,
    bjinx

    (I'm not trying to troll or tell anyone how to run their site i swear! Just increasing the lols hopefully )

  2. #2
    umm.. can someone tell me whats going on here?

    i dont quite understand

  3. #3
    Are you saying what it stands for is funny? It's not a joke, that's what it actually stands for.

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    Hey I got a chuckle out of it, so what if that's what it really stands for it's still amusing.

  5. #5
    Quote Originally Posted by Riokou View Post
    Are you saying what it stands for is funny? It's not a joke, that's what it actually stands for.
    I'm just pointing out the email verification to prove I'm human after I've just passed a CAPTCHA verifying that I'm human.


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    Noice. That's funny.

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    Some bots are pretty good at CAPTCHAs

    They aren't usually smart enough to actually go check their email though!

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