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On Area 51 I finally hit a captcha and was instantly depressed. It's the same as the Stack Overflow captcha :(

Can we please get something more specific and awesome for Area 51, hopefully falling in line with the rest of the theme.

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  • Dumb question: What's a capcha? Is it the human-checker?
    – Jaydles
    Jun 5, 2010 at 2:00
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    @jay Yes. It is.
    – squircle
    Jun 5, 2010 at 2:39
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    Finally? I get those things about every five minutes.
    – delete
    Jun 8, 2010 at 10:35
  • Maybe someone can find a public domain / cc image of the business end of a giant squid. By business end, I mean the razor sharp beak opened wide and waiting to eat you :)
    – user50049
    Jun 15, 2010 at 16:58
  • Wow I add a bounty and instantly get 2 answers in about 5 minutes.
    – Earlz
    Jun 15, 2010 at 17:24
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    @Earlz That would be the goal of bounties :) Jun 15, 2010 at 17:43
  • Would someone post what it is?
    – C. Ross
    Jun 18, 2010 at 19:11
  • @C. Ross: CAPTCHA Fail! Look a little farther down the page. Jun 18, 2010 at 20:06

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If it's alien (well sort of) robots you want:

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(assuming that this was the image I linked to in the first place)

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    excellent, we went with this for the captcha! Jun 17, 2010 at 20:02
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    @Jeff - that's made my day ;)
    – ChrisF Mod
    Jun 17, 2010 at 20:08
  • What image was this? Is it the one from The Invisible Boy that's currently used for the captcha?
    – Laurel
    May 5, 2019 at 22:11
  • @Laurel - I can only assume it was the image of Robbie the Robot that is currently being used. I can't remember for sure and of course the link is dead now.
    – ChrisF Mod
    May 5, 2019 at 22:15
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HAL9000

source: http://theinvisibleagent.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/famous-robots-from-popular-culture/

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    I'm pretty sure that's still in copyright. Displaying it as something for the CAPTCHA page (rather than discussing the movie) is out of the grasp of fair use. IANAL, but I have one sitting next to me.
    – user50049
    Jun 17, 2010 at 20:51
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    @Tim isn't that the problem with all suggestions so far? Maybe Terry Colon (Who did the Area 51 artwork) could be asked to draw something based on the top answer. Jun 18, 2010 at 6:17
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    That would be ideal.
    – user50049
    Jun 18, 2010 at 6:44
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"Klaatu barada nikto!"

Gort

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    Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!
    – Randolpho
    Jun 15, 2010 at 17:23
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    Aww, now my comment is obsolete.
    – Randolpho
    Jun 17, 2010 at 13:59
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    @Randolpho: You can take solace in the fact that your comment inspired me to change the image caption. ;) Jun 17, 2010 at 16:17
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WALL-E
source: http://theinvisibleagent.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/famous-robots-from-popular-culture/

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    But Wall-e is an eventual, not parallel future .. I'm quite looking forward to my floating couch.
    – user50049
    Jun 17, 2010 at 20:46
  • Additionally, using this on a captcha page doesn't exactly constitute fair use (we're not discussing the movie on that page, after all).
    – user50049
    Jun 17, 2010 at 20:59
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There's always good old Cthulhu:

Cthulhu
(source: typepad.com)

Not sure about ownership issues, though.

EDIT

To make a kinder, gentler lord of the abyss and underworld, someone can just write (freehand):

I CAN HAZ CAPTCHA?

... on the image.

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    He's more of a "human-devourer" than a "human-checker". He'd be more likely to leave bots alone than he would humans, so he's kinda the "anti-captcha". Jun 15, 2010 at 17:03
  • @gnovices-exchange - good point, see my edit
    – user50049
    Jun 15, 2010 at 17:06
  • And who says Cthulhu is not perfectly preserved somewhere underground in Nevada?
    – user50049
    Jun 17, 2010 at 20:58
  • As to ownership...H.P. Lovecraft is now resting for a good 70 years...if someone is still holding copyright on that, then we have a problem with our system. But, if you mean the picture...there's a signature in the lower left corner...but I'm unable to read it. :/ Jun 18, 2010 at 12:01
  • @Bobby - yes, I was thinking of the artist when mentioning ownership.
    – user50049
    Jun 18, 2010 at 14:38
  • @Tim Post: I've spent an hour looking for it, but I could only find images about that size (actually, about the same size) or smaller...it's all over the place but noone seems to mention where it came from, sorry. :/ Jun 18, 2010 at 18:34
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Alright, I think we should go with a Gaius Baltar administering the Cylon Detector Test theme.

Here he is administering the test, with benefits:

possibly NSFW link

But that.... might not be fully work safe. So.... here's a pic of him looking at his own brain scan; it's "test-ish" so maybe that'll work.

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(source: battlestarwiki.org)

We could go with just a Cylon:

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Or Old Skool:

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There have been any number of human-checking techniques in science fiction. It's an important plot element when the aliens or robots look like humans. Recent (relative to copyright) examples include V and Terminator. I can't think of an example right now that might have an image that's in the public domain.

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    I remember V rather fondly :)
    – user50049
    Jun 15, 2010 at 10:46
  • @Tim: The original or the recent one? Jun 15, 2010 at 13:23
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    @Dennis - The original one
    – user50049
    Jun 15, 2010 at 13:42
  • If you want to go with V, there's this image, which was iconic back in the 80s...: blogcdn.com/www.scifisquad.com/media/2009/10/v_original.jpg
    – Randolpho
    Jun 15, 2010 at 17:28
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    @Randolpho: Definitely not human! Rejected by captcha! Jun 15, 2010 at 17:59
  • TV tropes is probably your best bet ... if you're ok with not doing any more work today. Jul 6, 2010 at 5:47
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C3PO and R2D2
source: http://theinvisibleagent.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/famous-robots-from-popular-culture/

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    Still, again, much in copyright.
    – user50049
    Jun 17, 2010 at 20:57
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I came across this movie-poster from Houdini's silent movie from 1918 called The Master Mystery which illustrates the human/robot relation quite well. Though I'm not 100% sure, I believe the robot could be an actual person in a suit..

So considering that possibility we should introduce a captcha to let robots proof that they aren't actually just disguised humans ;)

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