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Carefree
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Philippines
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 Posted - 19 May 2008 : 03:15:02
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Somebody should expand the Gatekeeper question & two answers into a table of at least 10 questions (with two answers for each). Then use a random number to choose which question to ask for each call (from email, registration, posting).
That way the spammers couldn't get the question & add it to their routine because it would change every time they wanted to do anything.< |
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MaD2ko0l
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19 May 2008 : 07:07:32
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this has already been discussed many a times and its all a little willy so to speak.
an exampel i remeber from the post was thsi question
what number comes after 5?
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24
now depends how u look at it, the last 3 numbers come after 5
so its all swings and roundabouts< |
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phy1729
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USA
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MaD2ko0l
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19 May 2008 : 09:57:56
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| binog..thats the 1 i was talking about :-)< |
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Podge
Support Moderator
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Carefree
Advanced Member
Philippines
4212 Posts |
Posted - 19 May 2008 : 19:44:37
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quote:
Originally posted by MaD2ko0l
this has already been discussed many a times and its all a little willy so to speak.
an exampel i remeber from the post was thsi question
what number comes after 5?
2
4
6
9
24
now depends how u look at it, the last 3 numbers come after 5
so its all swings and roundabouts
That's just a poorly written question. A better way to do that would be: 1, 2, 3, x, 5 - What's the missing number (represented by x)?< |
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AnonJr
Moderator
United States
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Posted - 20 May 2008 : 06:15:46
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quote:
Originally posted by Carefree
A better way to do that would be: 1, 2, 3, x, 5 - What's the missing number (represented by x)?
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phy1729
Average Member
USA
589 Posts |
Posted - 20 May 2008 : 06:44:11
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100 Binary
11 Ternary
10 Quandary
4 Everything else
D Hebrew
Add in base 10 using Arabic numerals to the question.< |
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AnonJr
Moderator
United States
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Posted - 20 May 2008 : 08:17:03
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| All things being equal, I was just being a wise guy. However, there is a sad number of people who have trouble with basic problem solving and sequencing. The more explicit you make the question, the more you're going to exacerbate that problem.< |
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Carefree
Advanced Member
Philippines
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Posted - 20 May 2008 : 11:36:35
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| Assuming we want to be silly, could also use foreign languages and spell out the numeral, upper and lower case lettering, etc. You cannot possibly eliminate all the different ways that people can construe (read "twist") the meaning. The best you can do is apply the KISS ("keep it simple, stupid") principle and attempt to make the answers obvious.< |
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