Georg Brandl writes:
> By requesting a registration form over and over, and recording all
> questions. A human would then answer them, which is easily done for
> 50 questions (provided that they are *not* targeted at experienced
> Python programmers, which shouldn't be done).
We are not going
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:python-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen J.
> Turnbull
>
> ISTM you need one only question requiring human attention at a time,
> because once a spammer assigns a human (or inhuman of equivalent
> intelligence) to cracking you
> -Original Message-
> > ISTM you need one only question requiring human attention at a time,
> > because once a spammer assigns a human (or inhuman of equivalent
> > intelligence) to cracking you, you're toast.
>
> I can't believe this is still profitable. It's either lucrative or
> fulfi
Aaron Brady writes:
> > ISTM you need one only question requiring human attention at a time,
> > because once a spammer assigns a human (or inhuman of equivalent
> > intelligence) to cracking you, you're toast.
>
> I can't believe this is still profitable. It's either lucrative or
> fulfil
> -Original Message-
> From: Stephen J. Turnbull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 5:10 AM
> To: Aaron Brady
> Cc: 'Georg Brandl'; python-dev@python.org
> Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] Summary of Tracker Issues
>
> Aaron Brady writes:
>
> > > ISTM you need one only qu
Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> This question I could not answer, because I don't know what an orb is
An orb is a sphere.
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Kristján Valur Jónsson wrote:
>> -Original Message-
>>> ISTM you need one only question requiring human attention at a time,
>>> because once a spammer assigns a human (or inhuman of equivalent
>>> intelligence) to cracking you, you're toast.
>> I can't believe this is still profitable. It
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> Terry Reedy writes:
>
> > "Stephen J. Turnbull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > | The impression that many people (including python-dev regulars) have
> > | that there is a "policy" of "support" for both the current release
> >
Steve Holden wrote:
> In which case doesn't it make more sense to use the existing mechanism
> of PEP 356 (Release Schedule)? If something isn't listed in there (even
> without dates) then there are no current plans to release it, and that
> tells the reader everything they need to know.
>
> At
Nick Coghlan wrote:
> Steve Holden wrote:
>> In which case doesn't it make more sense to use the existing mechanism
>> of PEP 356 (Release Schedule)? If something isn't listed in there
>> (even without dates) then there are no current plans to release it,
>> and that tells the reader everything
Talin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Terry Reedy wrote:
> > My underlying point: seeing porno spam on the practice site gave me a bad
> > itch both because I detest spammers in general and because I would not want
> > visitors turned off to Python by something that is completely out of place
> >
> My underlying point: seeing porno spam on the practice site gave me a bad
> itch both because I detest spammers in general and because I would not want
> visitors turned off to Python by something that is completely out of place
> and potentially offensive to some. So I am willing to help us
On Wed, May 16, 2007, Josiah Carlson wrote:
>
> I'm not sure how effective the question/answer stuff is, but a bit of
> javascript seems to be a good idea.
Just for the record (and to few people's surprise, I'm sure), I am
entirely opposed to any use of JavaScript.
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On Thursday 17 May 2007, Aahz wrote:
> On Wed, May 16, 2007, Josiah Carlson wrote:
> > I'm not sure how effective the question/answer stuff is, but a
> > bit of javascript seems to be a good idea.
>
> Just for the record (and to few people's surprise, I'm sure), I
> am entirely opposed to any use o
>Typically spammers don't go through the effort to do a custom login
>script for each different site. Instead, they do a custom login script
>for each of the various software applications that support end-user
>comments. So for example, there's a script for WordPress, and one for
>PHPNuke, and
Andrew McNamara wrote:
>> Typically spammers don't go through the effort to do a custom login
>> script for each different site. Instead, they do a custom login script
>> for each of the various software applications that support end-user
>> comments. So for example, there's a script for WordPre
>> However - once you knock these out, there is still a steady stream of
>> what are clearly human generated spams. The mind boggles at the economics
>> or desperation that make this worthwhile.
>
>Actually, it doesn't cost that much, because typically the spammer can
>trick other humans into doin
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