tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post5616135474541801284..comments2024-03-28T16:35:26.665+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Biggest belly-laugh of the day, so far! Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-50307701856063200202022-09-15T18:13:14.893+01:002022-09-15T18:13:14.893+01:00Is the pole part of the traffic light? The compute...Is the pole part of the traffic light? The computer will decide for usbennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-66341548471953049672022-09-15T17:35:28.319+01:002022-09-15T17:35:28.319+01:00@JC "the "captcha" security measure...@JC "the "captcha" security measure in which humans have to prove to a computer that the human is not a computer"<br /><br />That's right! How come I never realized the absurdity before?Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-49795718764117065142022-09-15T16:54:08.867+01:002022-09-15T16:54:08.867+01:00Without trying to be a downer, I tend to operate u...Without trying to be a downer, I tend to operate under the assumption that much of the trash on the internet, whether flesh-and-blood or code driven bots are a manifestation of spiritual evil. This being said, I agree, this is almost as humorous and the "captcha" security measure in which humans have to prove to a computer that the human is not a computer. Is this a reverse Turing test? ;-) <br />--internet commenter formerly know as anonymous.Jeffrey Cantrellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-85939571756720193662022-09-15T10:45:52.875+01:002022-09-15T10:45:52.875+01:00@ap - Well, um... It's the comparison between ...@ap - Well, um... It's the comparison between someone who blogs under their real identity with vast documentation - and someone/ something unknown and anonymous who makes a derogatory comment. Naturally, we ought to trust the anonymous unknown - because, after all, we don't know anything Bad about Them; so they Must be Better people, yes? <br /><br />It's just like journalists and bureaucrats - who are the moral watchdogs and arbiters of our society. They never do anything wrong, because they never Do anything - therefore they are naturally superior to those error prone and corruptible individuals who do Stuff. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-7655732360705395702022-09-15T08:36:40.018+01:002022-09-15T08:36:40.018+01:00Especially the part about evading public scrutiny....Especially the part about evading public scrutiny. A blogger posts, the public scrutinizes. Where does evasion come in?a_probsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16197411067925016452noreply@blogger.com