Quoting Jan Steinman, from the post of Sun, 29 May:
On 29 May 2005, at 10:51, FxParlant wrote:
Why not geographic questions too ? :-o)
Seriously! I think bot writers would figure out math questions pretty quickly -- just pipe it to bc(1), for instance.
I think simple questions about current events would both be fair to blind people, AND discriminate against those who don't keep up with things -- two desirable features! :-)
Hey, this actually beats the plan I was putting together, infanticide in order to raise the average netizen age once more to where it was 12-15 years ago :)
much better than the silly captcha... but now themath-dyslexic people will hate you, and there are more of those than blind people, I think :)
How about "Are you a bot? yes/no", but it's a trick question, you see? Anyone answering he's not a bot is obviously a bot trying to hide its identity and you filter them out. case closed.