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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI REFUSE TO BELIEVE that the Google employees who created the "bicycle" & "motorcycle" CAPTCHAS were "good people."
EASILY the MOST LOATHSOME of the Google CAPTCHAS, it's an 80% chance that if you get either one of them, you're going to get "TRY AGAIN."
I just had that happen. So I kept clicking "SKIP" and they ping-ponged between BICYCLES and MOTORCYCLES.
I'll listen to any well-reasoned rebuttal but I'm telling you right now, I'm going to be hard to convince it you tell me these people were "good people."

2MuchNoise
(330 posts)chia
(2,615 posts)hlthe2b
(110,797 posts)EXACTLY because I included a box with just the tiniest bit of handlebars or tires or whatever...
I thought there must be some kind of pattern as to the degree of OCD required to "get it right," but it just seems unpredictable.
So, the only conclusion is that the developers INTENDED to drive us crazy.
bamagal62
(4,042 posts)Captcha. It was created by grad students at Carnegie Mellon University. Then, Google bought it from them.
One of the main creators also created Duolingo.
justaprogressive
(4,794 posts)Click "Play" type the words the voice says...
100% success rate!
Much faster too!
As for those employees...They Suck!