slightly OT: preventing user stupidity

[Bill Campbell]

On Mon, Feb 07, 2005, Fairlight wrote:
>Yo, homey, in case you don' be listenin', Kenneth Brody done said:
>> 
>> Well, it is understandable, since putting the random code in plain text
>> would allow automated scripts to read that text and stuff it into the
>> posting.  (And simple-to-read graphics could be parsed by OCR software.)
>> 
>> Yes, it's a pain, but at least I can understand why they're being forced
>> into such procedures.
>
>Yup.  It's AOLusers and script-kiddies and the lot that ruin it for
>everyone.  Someone wants this thread to die so desperately because the
>truth hasn't been very popular the last few years.  Good try though,
>Smitty.  :) 

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Bill
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