# Capcha **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 23, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capcha/582834 "2011-05-23T00:49:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KGJIII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c0e974/32.png) [@KGJIII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGJIII)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capcha/582834/1 "2011-05-23T00:49:16Z")
Does anyone find themselves refreshing the [CAPCHA](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA) a lot to ‘solve’ it, or do you usually ‘solve’ it on the first attempt? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capcha/582834/2 "2011-05-23T00:55:59Z")
Since the OP is really loolking for opinions, I’m moving this from General Questions to IMHO. **samclem** Moderator ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capcha/582834/3 "2011-05-23T01:20:30Z")
It depends on the site. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capcha/582834/4 "2011-05-23T01:29:28Z")
The most recent one I did a couple days ago was very hard. One of the pair of words seemed to be the same blurry word duplicated, one duplicate shifted about 1/3 letter height relative to the other. I went through a bunch of refreshes on that one. Apart from that one case. I’ve rarely had to refresh or had any trouble. ---
**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capcha/582834/5 "2011-05-23T02:15:48Z")
I always find [this one](http://bbspam.com/2007/07/16/the-best-captcha-ever/index.html) rather challenging. ---
**Author:** ![KGJIII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c0e974/32.png) [@KGJIII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGJIII)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capcha/582834/6 "2011-05-23T02:24:11Z")
How does it fail? Or, how could it be improved such that refreshes are not needed? ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capcha/582834/7 "2011-05-23T03:27:54Z")
[Capcha art](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/captchart#.TdnTxEh5vDo). Some funny, some not. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capcha/582834/8 "2011-05-23T05:19:16Z")
I’ve said “fark it” and gone with the audio when it looks dubious. The audio is usually very easy, just numbers so far. Otherwise, I’m just guessing; there have been times I’m sure I got it wrong and it was considered a success, but it’s just luck. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capcha/582834/9 "2011-05-23T05:34:55Z")
_ **If there are two separate words** _, i.e. ReCaptcha, you only need to get one of them right. I know that if either word has numbers, symbols, or weird fonts or bolding or italics, it is irrelevant, and can be replaced by random characters. Also, the words are never the same length - IIRC, the shorter of the two words is irrelevant, and can be replaced with random characters. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capcha/582834/10 "2011-05-23T05:58:18Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > _ **If there are two separate words** _, i.e. ReCaptcha, you only need to get one of them right. I know that if either word has numbers, symbols, or weird fonts or bolding or italics, it is irrelevant, and can be replaced by random characters. Also, the words are never the same length - IIRC, the shorter of the two words is irrelevant, and can be replaced with random characters. > > Joe This explains much, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capcha/582834/11 "2011-05-23T13:10:46Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > I’ve said “fark it” and gone with the audio when it looks dubious. The audio is usually very easy, just numbers so far. Otherwise, I’m just guessing; there have been times I’m sure I got it wrong and it was considered a success, but it’s just luck. Really? I find the audio near impossible. But I’ve never gotten just numbers. I get like 20 words with background noise that makes it hard to even hear the first one. That said, I never find Recaptcha, the only one I’ve seen give the audio option, to be hard. It’s when they make the words all curvy and squished in software, and the random results wind up making one letter look like another. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capcha/582834/12 "2011-05-24T00:13:17Z")
Google captchas are the hardest for me. I rarely get them on the first go