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MikeJDS
26-03-12, 07:44 PM
I thought I would kick off a thread which hopefully get a few people posting up some interesting geeky stuff about the internet.

Here's something I never knew until last night but found it very interesting. (maybe I'm the only one on here? - Haha)


Recaptcha is used by google to digitise text from books that were published before the computer age. http://www.google.com/recaptcha/learnmore

And there was me thinking it was just a security service - Ah no, Googles got everyone working for free - Genius!

aZooZa
27-03-12, 01:39 AM
That's bloody clever - never had a clue. Now I won't be cussing at the 'stupidity' of these again.

monaghan
27-03-12, 07:10 AM
I saw this several months ago, however, I'm guessing that the system must allow you to get one of the words wrong as it puts a known and unknown word for you to verify. Interesting use of the system though

davedevelopment
27-03-12, 12:46 PM
I've known about recaptcha for a while, great idea, fairly well executed and they got bought out by Google, who were apparently going to use it to help with their efforts on Google Books and some others.

Here's one of my favourite questions/answers on Quora recently: http://www.quora.com/Air-Force-One/Whats-it-like-to-fly-on-Air-Force-One

Love the fact that people have to pay for their in flight meals!

aZooZa
27-03-12, 01:55 PM
I've known about recaptcha for a while, great idea, fairly well executed and they got bought out by Google, who were apparently going to use it to help with their efforts on Google Books and some others.

Here's one of my favourite questions/answers on Quora recently: http://www.quora.com/Air-Force-One/Whats-it-like-to-fly-on-Air-Force-One

Love the fact that people have to pay for their in flight meals!
Amazing article! I note that Reagan didn't charge for food in his day - I don't expect Nixon did either ;)