those verify things at the bottom of some forms

i wish i knew what they were called, but you know those things that ensure the person filling out the form is real and not a bot? those things that look like text had been mixed in a blender, and you're supposed to enter the letters to prove you're alive. well, whatever they're called.....

I HATE 'EM.

i can never produce the right answer, even when the text is very defined. although those are few and far between. usually you get a swirled text and you're supposed to know and read what it says.

well, good luck on that. seriously, i can understand your need to have real humans filling out your forms, but really, there's gotta be a better way than to swirl some text and expect us to decrypt the thing for you. it wouldn't be so bad if the letters SPELLED SOMETHING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

the next time i come across such a thing, i'm going to email the webmaster a real flame. and i'll be civil about it.