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I finally got my CAPTCHA working, although it means I will lose a lot of new friends.

A CAPTCHA, for those of you who don't know, is a "completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart(tm)" It's a way to tell humans and computers apart. Why would I need to tell a computer from a human? Because of the comments I get on this blog.

If you've commented, you know that I have to review the comments before they get on the blog. This is because of "comment spam" which is computers sending automated comments out to millions of blogs.

For instance, I got this comment from somebody with an email like 12345@5435235.br:

My mind is like a bunch of nothing, but I guess it doesn't bother me. I haven't been up to anything recently. I've pretty much been doing nothing to speak of.

Then there is a link for cell phone ring tones. The first time I got it, I almost approved it, but why would somebody have a home page full of cell phone rightone advertisements?

I have been getting this same e-mail, or a variation thereof, each day for the past six months. I mean, depression is one thing, but sending out the same plea about your laziness every day for six months? That's the most industrious lazy person I know.

One message simply said "Sorry for this" and then had a link to the ringtones. What is it with ringtones? Are the people selling these essentially free sound files desperate for more suckers, er customers, to buy their products?

One comment asks "Can I share some resources with you?" The blam, the ringtones again.

I like the flatters better, though -- "You have excellent site, added to favorites!! This is my site:" then a link to vitamin sites.

In the last 3 months, i have gotten 1200 comments like this. Now I know I have a pretty good site, and I understand that apathy and moroseness exists in the human population, but 1200 comments? All for cialis, ringtones, vitamins, hair and body part growth?

At the same time, my POP3 inbox is filling up every day with poor Nigerians who have lots of money and just need to move it out of the country. If I could somehow send these sad, lazy people with ringtones over to the Nigerians, I would. They could probably use some entertainment, hair, and other bits of happiness as they try to figure out their banking problems.

So now if you have a comment, just prove you are a person and not a computer by completing the little form at the bottom of the screen. Your comment will be posted immediately. Isn't that cool?

And if you have some ringtones or Cialis or insurance to tell me about? I'm sorry, but we're not accepting those kinds of comments any more. But those Nigerians, you should check them out. I can honestly say I've never met a Nigerian who couldn't use a new rigntone.

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