Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Chinese downloads overloading my website Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:08:10 +0100 Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <7qujui58fjds1isls4ohpcnp5d7dt20ggk@4ax.com> <6lekuihu1heui4th3ogtnqk9ph8msobmj3@4ax.com> <1qqgixd.hm4kvnqct6mN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> <1qqgpf8.n9edm71ec3nmmN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net G6/cGv3QcRgY3vPwBI9FhgdLHYEYJ8gYs4J1+2BBYORd0o59TY X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:/oVx9i9Csr9rwpTsYp1M5e9wEZo= sha256:QxrlB/hD+1Bc9gMuqBpoLnI1PYb41o3UyVAY+NFX7ys= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <1qqgpf8.n9edm71ec3nmmN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> Bytes: 2998 On 2024-03-15 14:00, Liz Tuddenham wrote: > Don Y wrote: > >> On 3/15/2024 3:41 AM, Liz Tuddenham wrote: >>> Don Y wrote: >>> >>>> On 3/14/2024 9:26 AM, Peter wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Don Y wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> (Without having seen them...) Can you create a PNG of a group >>>>>> of them arranged in a matrix. Then, a map that allows clicking >>>>>> on any *part* of the composite image to provide a more detailed >>>>>> "popup" to inspect? >>>>>> >>>>>> I.e., each individual image is a trip back to the server to >>>>>> fetch that image. A single composite could reduce that to >>>>>> one fetch with other actions conditional on whether or not >>>>>> the user wants "more/finer detail" >>>>> >>>>> All of this "graphical captcha" stuff is easy to hack if somebody is >>>>> out to trash *your* site. >>>> >>>> If you are *targeted*, then all bets are off. At the end of the >>>> day, your adversary could put a REAL HUMAN to the task of hammering >>>> away at it. >>> >>> You could always have a question which involved correcting the English >>> grammar of a sentence, but that might eliminate far more of your >>> visitors than you intended. >> >> Require visitors to insert correct punctuation: >> >> John had had had had had had had a better effect > > "He helped his Uncle Jack off a horse." Those things would kill most people for which English is a second language. -- Cheers, Carlos.