September 2011
VANDALIZE IT ALL: When You Use reCAPTCHA, You're Translating Old Documents →
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If you have signed in to basically anything on the Internet these days, then you’re most likely familiar with the whole CAPTCHA program. That’s the thing where you have to prove you’re not a spambot by typing some nearly unreadable words into a…
Worth passing on in case folks didn’t know. We use it on almost all our websites.
That is amazingly cool.
“Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands. You will never again be able to open a newspaper and read about that treacherous, prevaricating, murderous scumbag sitting down for a nice chat with Charlie Rose or attending some black-tie affair for a new glossy magazine without choking. Witness what Henry did in Cambodia— the fruits of his genius for statesmanship— and you will never understand why he’s not sitting in the dock at the Hague next to Milosevic. While Henry continues to nibble nori rolls and remaki at A-list parties, Cambodia, the neutral nation he secretly and illegally bombed, invaded, undermined, and then threw to the dogs, is still trying to raise itself up on its one remaining leg.”
—Anthony Bourdain, in a great non-food moment (via americathon)
