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From: liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Re: Chinese downloads overloading my website
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:00:08 +0000
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Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:

> On 3/15/2024 3:41 AM, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
> > Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
> > 
> >> On 3/14/2024 9:26 AM, Peter wrote:
> >>>
> >>>    Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> 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."


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