Fun with Captchas

Akatosh · Sun 01/03/2009 18:27:43

... what the hell?

Matti · Sun 01/03/2009 19:44:25

Haha, did this really happen to you? And did "refresh image" bring up something more useful ?

Eggie · Sun 01/03/2009 21:52:24

Hahahahaha.

Here's what fun I've had with with Captchas (did not know they were called that):

Haddas · Sun 01/03/2009 22:35:38

this is old, but I STILL believe in freedom of choice.

Nice of them to ask though!

Akatosh · Mon 02/03/2009 15:30:28

Quote from: Mr Matti on Sun 01/03/2009 19:44:25
Haha, did this really happen to you? And did "refresh image" bring up something more useful ?

Sadly yes and sadly no, respectively. All the "refresh" button seemed to do was making spiral flip around a bit. So I just typed in "IXC6FH". Turned out it didn't matter anyway because the the "Submit" button just led me to a 404 page.

InCreator · Mon 02/03/2009 15:41:17

Not captcha nor fun, but this is for real. I cannot curse enough. And still it happens all time!

Apparently, Windows Update doesn't give two shits if you have worked half a day on a CAD drawing and you're past deadline already. RESTART?

Oh hell yes you will.

Akatosh · Mon 02/03/2009 15:53:03

Sometimes, a shutdown -a on the command line will do. Just, y'know, not if you'd actually need it to work.

cosmicr · Tue 03/03/2009 04:32:39

Quote from: InCreator on Mon 02/03/2009 15:41:17
Apparently, Windows Update doesn't give two shits if you have worked half a day on a CAD drawing and you're past deadline already. RESTART?

most cad programs I know of have an automatic save function - I have mine set to 10 minutes. Even if you dont, you have no excuse to not have pressed SAVE after 4 hours worth of work!

InCreator · Tue 03/03/2009 06:46:47

offtopic:
Interesting, ArtiosCAD actually does have one, but it's well hidden.

But not saving too much is because of trying out things that might or might not work.
For example, I make some changes. I have to cut a sample to ensure this does actually work. Unless I do so, there's no much point in saving - I might replace last working version with incomplete one. Going downstairs to a plotting machine to make sample takes about 10 minutes, enough for Windows to sabotage my work. Or for a smoke after hard battle with difficult design problem.

And making 10+ different save versions will simply get me lost in those. Later it could happen that one of incomplete versions goes to print and then, hell arises.
If you have 10 almost identical drawings with 0,2 - 2mm difference in this or that line, it's almost impossible to figure out which one was correct. Even file dates do not work that well.

well, it's not as I wouldn't save in 4 hours, but even 14 minutes might make important changes in design which could be hard to backtrack and remember later. Take your game, save with 4 names, and let someone change a line or two of random code in three. Then try to find original. It's something like this.
I have my own methods with dealing saving, but Windows Update-rape doesn't isn't very cooperative with this.

EDIT: Amazing. This crap can be actually disabled without turning off auto-updates!!! And it's simple and logical and doesn't require any hacking.

Peace with windows AND our IT-admin.
http://www.aeonity.com/frost/remove-automatic-restart-after-windows-updates