Jan 04

Dream Captcha

Posted:    Monday, January 4, 2010 in Things That Might Be Art
   January 04, 2010 02:16 PM 
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I was previously unaware that the term “Captcha” refers to the annoying daily process of having to prove you’re a human being by typing in a series of barely-legible numbers and letters when you sign up for something. Now they’ve even started asking us to add. Sure it’s remedial stuff like “1+0 equals what,” but as someone who is awful at math, I’m quite distressed at the proposition of having to do such a thing before commenting on a story. What if it at some point becomes more complex and elitist. Like only the people who know the square root of 750 or the numerical value of Pi are allowed to participate. It’s bullshit. I call for change!

All rants aside, the purpose of this post is to share the invention of this “Dream Captcha.” It was conceived by a man named Jeffery Augustine who–not unlike myself–spends an obscene amount of time online. Think about the irony here. The Dream Catcher belongs to the Native Americans who use it to capture negative energy and evil spirits during sleep. But now instead of wickedness, the Dream Captcha is protecting spam from reaching your brain and driving you mad. Brilliant techie referencing, sir! [Courtesy of Dude Craft]

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  • Noah Thenx

    So cool, I'm gonna buy sooo many of these…. like soo many dude. OMG LOL ROFL IMHO BTW FYI… WTF. clever, but I'll pass on more wall junk kitsch.

  • jailbreakcollective

    thanks for your snarky comment. i wasn't under the impression that we gave any indication that these were for sale.