Two Snippets

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Security Code
You know those the squiggly security codes, that pop up when you try to register in all sorts of places on the web, designed to verify that you are ‘human’ and not a ‘machine’? Aren't they incredibly hard to decipher? Some of them are so tough that you begin to doubt yourself and think….."Umm am I really human? And do I need to go back to Primary School as the shape of these letters and numbers is looking very strange indeed, even if I read it sideways?"

Some of them have the ‘audio’ option. It makes you wonder, if the alphabets are blue and wave-like, will the audio sound like someone gurgling under water?

Email Vs Indian Bureaucracy
Its funny how most of the time you need an email to get a new email. Reminds me of the Indian bureaucracy in many ways. You need a photo-id to get a photo-id, you need a bank account to get a bank account, you need a credit card to another credit card. Of course if you are smart, then you would have figured out that sometimes you can get the photo-id to get a phone connection to get an address proof to get the bank account to get the credit card. If you have a whole lot of money in the bank that is….. so they can make sure you can pay off the credit even before they’ve given you some.

Comments

  1. WhatsmysizeJune 22, 2010 at 2:07 AM

    an american friend of mine had her all her ID stolen while visiting me in London. I verified her identity to the US authority. Official : Is this your friend. Me: Er Yes.

    She was issued a temporary passport which she used as proof for a new driving license which in turn was used for her new Passport.

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