# Firefox glitch?  What's up with this?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-glitch-whats-up-with-this/494817>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 30, 2009, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-glitch-whats-up-with-this/494817 "2009-04-30T04:33:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-glitch-whats-up-with-this/494817/21 "2009-05-03T07:36:37Z")

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I wonder if this is at all related to the"_we encountered a captcha_" error message I keep getting. I’ve no idea what a _captcha_ is (sounds like a subgenre of rap) but I know it has something to do with a new gmail feature.

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**Author:** ![goddessodd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@goddessodd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goddessodd)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-glitch-whats-up-with-this/494817/22 "2009-05-04T00:21:35Z")

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“captcha” is what Boston detectives do to criminals.

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**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-glitch-whats-up-with-this/494817/23 "2009-05-04T01:19:20Z")

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A captcha is the small image that you have to decipher and type in the box to prove you’re not a spam bot.

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