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Re: Metal Captcha

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Post by midhir » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 2:35 PM UTC

ionised wrote: post #35

midhir wrote: post #21

Noticed a bug. Murderdolls and The Black Dahlia Murder are included as 'metal'.

What else would you call BDM?

Wimps and posers. Leave the hall!

Re: Metal Captcha

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Post by yoctonaut » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 2:41 PM UTC

This is great. I see it as more about the aesthetics than about airtight security, anyway. As an aesthetic project, it's perfect. Well done.

Re: Metal Captcha

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Post by busterarm » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 2:43 PM UTC

onre wrote: post #7

Darkthrone captcha is broken.

Yup!

https://imgur.com/c0fPnNS

Re: Metal Captcha

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Post by aaronem » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 2:43 PM UTC

drzaiusapelord wrote: post #33

linuxlizard wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And people above a certain age! ;-)

Considering this is an artform that peaked in '83, I'd say you're keeping out people below a certain age. edit: Really downvotes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_in_heavy_metal_music

The first thing I learned about metal fans is that, for metal fans, metal is serious business.

Re: Metal Captcha

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Post by jdc0589 » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 2:50 PM UTC

midhir wrote: post #21

Noticed a bug. Murderdolls and The Black Dahlia Murder are included as 'metal'.

Metal has 1000 genres, blah blah blah, blah blah. blah.

Bug criteria: is the band awesome? do they have a brutal logo? not a bug.

Re: Metal Captcha

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Post by cgh » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 3:02 PM UTC

drzaiusapelord wrote: post #33

linuxlizard wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And people above a certain age! ;-)

Considering this is an artform that peaked in '83, I'd say you're keeping out people below a certain age. edit: Really downvotes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_in_heavy_metal_music

The only band I came across in this fun captcha project that dates back that far is Saint Vitus. So in conclusion, there is no way metal peaked in '83. I'd say '94 myself.

Re: Metal Captcha

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Post by StavrosK » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 3:09 PM UTC

irremediable wrote: post #16

ajanuary wrote: post #3

In Chrome right click the CAPTCHA image, click "Search Google for this image", copy and paste the resulting text search back as the results.

Yeah, I was thinking, wouldn't this be really easy to bot?

Yes, and impossible for people to fill in. Therefore, whoever manages to find the band correctly must be a bot. Mission accomplished.

Re: Metal Captcha

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Post by Bahamut » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 3:14 PM UTC

cgh wrote: post #46

drzaiusapelord wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Considering this is an artform that peaked in '83, I'd say you're keeping out people below a certain age. edit: Really downvotes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_in_heavy_metal_music

The only band I came across in this fun captcha project that dates back that far is Saint Vitus. So in conclusion, there is no way metal peaked in '83. I'd say '94 myself.

I'd say there is no way it peaked in 83 considering how vast it has become since then. 2004 is probably the high point for my personal favorite genre, power metal, for example (big releases from Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, Kamelot, Angra, and Edguy that year).

Re: Metal Captcha

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Post by jpswade » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 3:15 PM UTC

Don't use this for anything practical.

There's a finite amount of band images.

It wouldn't take long for a Turing Farm to crack them all.

http://blog.codinghorror.com/captcha-effectiveness/

Re: Metal Captcha

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Post by tolkienfanatic » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 3:18 PM UTC

The most br00tal captcha service out there