Although you’d miss out on a fun screenshot, you can always click on the cycling arrows button (just next to “Type the two words”) to get a new image.
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 at 15:04
Shaun
Ctrl+Shift+U215C = ⅜
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 at 15:36
jegHegy
43⅜ manlier
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 at 16:19
Arne
I bet you could enter ‘foo manlier’ and pass the captcha, as recaptcha presents you two words of which only one is known to the database ( IIRC ).
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 at 16:33
zerwas
It wouldn’t matter what you would have typed in for 43⅜ because only one of the strings is being checked (in this case manlier). That’s how reCAPTCHA works.
Did you see the refresh button to the right? (It’s even with “Type the two words”.) You can use it to change the words listed, and it’s used for exactly this situation.
It took me a while to work out compose keys on Unix, but now that I have I think it is one of the killer features that I always miss on Windows. Another is an always-on-top button.
Anyway, here’s how it works (by default).
Shift-Altgr is the compose key. You press is, then release and then press a mnemonic key combination, e.g.
Shift-Altgr, ^, e = ê
Shift-Altgr, 3, 8 = ⅜
Shift-Altgr, “, o = ö
Shift-Altgr, >, > = »
However Altgr-Shift is more like the shift key - you have to hold it down with another button to get any effect, e.g.
It would probably be a good move to make Altgr-Shift act like Shift-Altgr, or to make the ‘right click’ key the compose key. It is pretty awesome anyway though.
Ah, by the way, - you’re missed on a OpenMicroBlogging-compatible mublog. E.g. http://identi.ca/
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There is an refresh button if you can’t complete one.
You could have just hit the refresh button for a new image
Jack
I think there are three solutions to this one:
43⅜ manlier (I can type ⅜ with my compose key),
43 3/8 manlier,
Or just click the “Give me another one” button.
There’s a “regenerate” button on the right to give you a new captcha
ReCaptcha is based around helping OCR old scanned books so they can’t easily prevent “⅜” from appearing.
With the power of UTF!
43⅜ manlier
You could hit “reload” (top button). As you know, ReCaptcha helps to correct OCR errors in old scanned books.
Hahaha
It’s pretty specific how much manlier you need to be to be able to post on my blog
Why?
43⅜ manlier
⅜ is Alt+Shift+5 on my keyboard
Although you’d miss out on a fun screenshot, you can always click on the cycling arrows button (just next to “Type the two words”) to get a new image.
Ctrl+Shift+U215C = ⅜
43⅜ manlier
I bet you could enter ‘foo manlier’ and pass the captcha, as recaptcha presents you two words of which only one is known to the database ( IIRC ).
It wouldn’t matter what you would have typed in for 43⅜ because only one of the strings is being checked (in this case manlier). That’s how reCAPTCHA works.
recaptcha actually passes you as long as you get one of the two words right, I think.
why? can’t you type 43⅜ manlier? or this don’t work?
BTW, on my keyboard ⅜=AltGr+Shift+5
43⅜ manlier
hah, like it!
Did you see the refresh button to the right? (It’s even with “Type the two words”.) You can use it to change the words listed, and it’s used for exactly this situation.
What, doesn’t everyone have a unicode keyboard?
„43⅜ manlier”?
What is so hard about “43⅜ manlier”?
It took me a while to work out compose keys on Unix, but now that I have I think it is one of the killer features that I always miss on Windows. Another is an always-on-top button.
Anyway, here’s how it works (by default).
Shift-Altgr is the compose key. You press is, then release and then press a mnemonic key combination, e.g.
Shift-Altgr, ^, e = ê
Shift-Altgr, 3, 8 = ⅜
Shift-Altgr, “, o = ö
Shift-Altgr, >, > = »
However Altgr-Shift is more like the shift key - you have to hold it down with another button to get any effect, e.g.
Altgr-Shift-u = ↑
Altgr-Shift-c = ©
Altgr-Shift-5 = ⅜
It would probably be a good move to make Altgr-Shift act like Shift-Altgr, or to make the ‘right click’ key the compose key. It is pretty awesome anyway though.
*yawn*
Funny that everyone want to show they can do it.
Ah, by the way, - you’re missed on a OpenMicroBlogging-compatible mublog. E.g. http://identi.ca/