CAPTCHAS

You might not know the word captcha, but if you're a regular internet user, you'll know what they are. They are those little pictures of text that you have to type in to prove you are human.

Their scientific name is 'reverse Turing test' - i.e. a computer asks a question to prove that that answerer is not a robot. Simple right? Makes sense? It stops computer hackers setting up auto-bots and sweeping the internet and downloading everything in sight.

Recently, I've noticed that some of these captchas are getting a little obscure. These below are real captchas that I've seen and saved. They are frankly ridiculous:


Come on! How am I supposed to enter this?



Japanese? Chinese? All the keyboards in the world have a Roman alphabet on them as well as the native language. So why have captchas in Japanese?


Just simply illegible.


Hahahahahahahahahaha!


Anyone who can type in that first symbol wins a cyber-coconut. What is it? A steering wheel?



tuTues esse.......................................eh?



WTF?



So I need a Russian and a Japanese keyboard?


Looks like someone squashed a bug.


Sorry, Russian, Japanese and Greek?


Apparently I need to type with a scientific calculator.




Just fack off.




Really?




"Honey, will you get my upside-down keyboard please?"


All of the above are real captchas I downloaded in half an hour. Incidentally, most captchas have a small 'reload' button next to them, so can can scroll through and see for yourself.