Enter These Characters Correctly to Win $1000
February 23, 2008
I am so annoyed by those enter-the-characters tests I have to take to prove I'm not a robot, like this one:
I recently sent out some email about a new product of mine (LRViewer), and was confronted by such a gatekeeper in order to get by someone's spam filter. I failed on my first two tries, and then switched to audio, which I thought was a cute feature. That didn't work either. So, sorry you didn't get the email... you'd really like LRViewer!
Here's my version of the test: Email me the characters you see in the figure at the top of this article and I'll send you $1000 if you're correct. I'll post the answer on Tuesday. One entry per person, and all entries must be received by next Monday. (Robots are not eligible. I am the sole judge of whether you are correct.)
In all seriousness, the only decent one I've seen is Jeffrey Friedl's:
Why can't everyone do it Jeffrey's way?
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Lessons Learned From My Memory Problem December 20, 2007
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Trimming GPS Tracks With GPSTrackViewer November 13, 2007
The World's Shortest Camera Buying Guide September 22, 2007
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"The Luminous Landscape" Teaches Me to Print August 4, 2007
Creating a Google Photo Map (Revised) June 26, 2007
Sony GPS-CS1: Not Good Enough for Geotagging Photos June 24, 2007
Epson P-3000/P-5000 Multimedia Storage Viewer March 10, 2007
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