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khmel
on Nov 14, 2012
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In the Olympics of Algorithms, a Russian Keeps Win...
Topcoder is famous for pure computer science competitions - probably, they just don't care about captcha ))
ropz
on Nov 14, 2012
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I meant ... that I just tried to join. Filled in the form and had to complete the Captcha. Got it right - I'm certain - 5 or 6 times - but it kept telling me that I failed the Capcha verification test.
evoxed
on Nov 14, 2012
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Maybe you're supposed to write an algorithm that predicts what the
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captcha will be and use that. ;)
B-Con
on Nov 14, 2012
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Well, they don't want to allow just
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human in.
khmel
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you should report a bug to them!
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