Anti-spam Questions during registration

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I just registered on a forum and the anti-spam question was:

What does 2+2-1+4x2-10 equals?



I was like..

Was that really necessary?



Ever get any weird questions while registering at a forum?

 

[Rapunzel]

I just registered on a forum and the anti-spam question was:

What does 2+2-1+4x2-10 equals?



I was like..

Was that really necessary?



Ever get any weird questions while registering at a forum?

That sum could actually be read different ways to get different answers. So you still could get it wrong.



2+2=4 -1=3 +4=7 x2=14 -10=4

or

2+2=4 -1=3 + (4x2)=8 therefore 3+8=11 -10=1



Personally I hate those 'captcha' words, which are usually nonsensical, and which always take several attempts to get right. Grrr!

 

[Jazzy]

I would much rather be asked to solve a math question. I have a hard time with those 'captcha' words. Takes me several attempts to finally get it right.

 

[dannn]

I hate the reCaptcha words on YouTube, I can never read them, on here the words were fine but on YouTube they seem to be human proof to, unless I am a robot...

 

[The Dragon Master]

I hate it when the Captcha words give you the symbol for pi and letter's that arn't on the keyboard

 

[Evil Eye]

That's an interesting question.

That sum could actually be read different ways to get different answers. So you still could get it wrong.

But you have to multiply before you add up, it's a rule!

I hate it when the Captcha words give you the symbol for pi and letter's that arn't on the keyboard

Try typing in pi, if enough people do so it'll be the correct answer

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

That sum could actually be read different ways to get different answers. So you still could get it wrong.



2+2=4 -1=3 +4=7 x2=14 -10=4

or

2+2=4 -1=3 + (4x2)=8 therefore 3+8=11 -10=1



Personally I hate those 'captcha' words, which are usually nonsensical, and which always take several attempts to get right. Grrr!

The answer was 4.

 

[MrMetroid]

Yeah I hate captcha. It is hardly ever clear. Heck one time I got an upside down v and I thought it was an n

 

[Raven]

If I face a maths question on a forum registration, I will not join. I can't do maths and i haven't got a clue what the answer to the sum is.



I have easy ones on mine like What is the capital of ...

 

[Ashley]

I just registered on a forum and the anti-spam question was:

What does 2+2-1+4x2-10 equals?



I was like..

Was that really necessary?



Ever get any weird questions while registering at a forum?

I got that same question. I actually had to get out my cell phone and do the equation on the calculator feature, and even with the calculator, I still got it wrong! Thankfully I got a different question that actually made sense the second time around. And no, that wasn't necessary, because not only are you scaring away bots by doing this, but you're also scaring away potential actual users as well with pathetic questions like that.

 

[Masri]

Seriously... you had to use a calculator for that?



Our forum says Captain Obvious is the administrator of this forum. Who is the administrator of this forum?

Informing new users and wielding out bots!

 

[Ashley]

Seriously... you had to use a calculator for that?



Our forum says Captain Obvious is the administrator of this forum. Who is the administrator of this forum?

Informing new users and wielding out bots!

I have a learning disability, and math never was my best subject in school, so of course I had to use a calculator. For Captcha's overall, I prefer the simple one where you're just typing out letters correctly, well, the ReCaptcha or whatever that advanced one is called. Not the simple one, because from my understanding, bots have been able to crack the older one, which is why a lot of forums use the advanced one.

 

[Flurry]

Well I think if you had a simple Captcha. It'd make things easier for bots and the like to sign up. More difficult it is, the less of a chance that is.

 

[MrMetroid]

I just had one of those captcha which wanted me to do a pi symbol even though my keyboard can't do that O_O

 

[Jazzy]

I hate those captcha things with a passion. I just keep clicking on get a new one over and over until I get an easy one. The last forum I joined was a pleasure. They simply asked me to type in the name of the forum.

 

[DrLeftover]

I had a capacha (however that is spelled) the other day that had the Greek letter Omega in it.



I've never seen that on the keyboard and have no idea which font it would be in to type it.



It's bad enough when they've got the lines and swirls through them, and the dots over the letters and the lower case L that looks like a number one and so on, but now Non-English letters?



Next will be the backwards K from Russia or the German double S thing.



But now the robots can read and answer them, probably better than some people..... so.... what's next?

 

[Raven]

Seriously... you had to use a calculator for that?

I cant work it out without a calculator either. I hate maths questions on registration sections. I struggle with the simple sums you often see!

 

[Jazzy]

I had a capacha (however that is spelled) the other day that had the Greek letter Omega in it.



I've never seen that on the keyboard and have no idea which font it would be in to type it.

ASCII Codes for the Greek Alphabet (Writing Greek Letters in HTML): http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/greeklanguage/a/ASCIIGreek.htm

 

[Jazzy]

I find this site helpful for those foreign captcha codes: Windows - International Keyboard Codes: http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codeint.html

 

[Ashley]

I hate those captcha things with a passion. I just keep clicking on get a new one over and over until I get an easy one. The last forum I joined was a pleasure. They simply asked me to type in the name of the forum.

Sounds like what I do sometimes if I'm allowed to.



I don't think I've ever gotten a symbol that wasn't on my keyboard though. That would have me scratching my head and wondering if I did.