One really minor thing to comment on: the "reCaptcha" security program.
Why must we type out an absurd letter jumble depicted a la Rorschach, along with a blurry photograph of random number stickers?
Obviously this is to prevent online spam through the use of mass distribution programs known as "bots", to which effect Google cheekily commands "Please prove you're not a robot".
As an established and prolific blogger, I find this to be a nuisance. At some point, there should be a loop counter that eventually auto-verifies any given user, but even then one could circumvent that...
My point is that bots are AWFUL. Any MMORPG players know this well. Online advertising (especially the "You've won the prize!" kind but also the "Get a FREE credit report now!" kind) is also an abomination. Heck, anything pertaining to people on the internet trolling around (including Trolls) and causing discomfort for everyone else is on the top of my million-things-that-bug-me list (don't ask for the whole list).
Furthermore, what's the deal with hackers? They seem to be the most dirty, no-good, rotten lowlifes of the 21st century. They learn the perfectly respectable profession of computer coding and use it to take down weak company websites, in their own words, "4 teh lulz".
The worst part is that there is no way to stop them. They are anonymous, which makes it fitting that the most notorious "hacktivist" group is called Anonymous.
Any opinions? Thoughts? Protests? Lolcats? (please none of the latter)
Hackers scare me. The thought of someone being so exponentially more intelligent in the realm of computing than I taking over aspects of my internet is terrifying. I feel that for hackers, it's a matter of power. They want to show their perceived intellectual superiority to the world, and do so by messing with other websites, etc.
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