Subj : Re: How to respond to infeasible advice? (was: Software Job Market Myths) To : comp.programming,comp.software-eng From : rem642b Date : Tue Aug 23 2005 04:44 pm > From: "Phlip" > I thought Google detected and responded correctly to text-mode > browsers like Lynx. Obviously you're mistaken, unless you consider the following to be responding "correctly": Start up lynx, go to this URL: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.software-eng/msg/97804f2e06bfbd3e?hl=en Relevant part on screen: Reply | Reply to Author | Forward | Print | View Thread | Show original | Report Abuse Click on "Reply", relevant part of what's now on screen: New to Google Groups? Sign up now Click on "Sign up now", relevant part of what's now on screen: Word Verification: Type the characters you see in the picture below. If you can read this, you do not have images enabled. Please enable images in order to proceed. ______________________________ characters are not case-sensitive Do you agree it'd be better for it to use some other way to verify you're a human, not a 'bot, if your browser doesn't support images, and that telling a Lynx user to please enable images is really stupid? Why can't they be honest and say straight out "We discriminate against anyone using Lynx or any other browser that doesn't allow us to dance our annoying advertisements all over your screen making your experience here so painful that you pay us money for premium service just to esccape from our cruddy free service"? .