A CAPTCHA code is a randomly generated series of letters to prove how human we are when using internet services. The idea behind them is that computers cannot easily read the letters and so before using the service we enter a number with our superior human eyes and intellect to prove we are not machines. Remember this if you’re having nightmares about Terminators, Dalaks or HAL.
In all of their innocence, computers can attempt to offend us without even knowing it. I was using a site today and a CAPTCHA code was generated for me. Here it is:
