Suggestion Discrimnatory question of resistering process should be fixed

[bravohimz]

Hi, I just registered today
and I had quite a problem of answering the random question section;
it asked me what color of the words " forums" are written.

of course, its green right?
but I could not figure that out until my brother answered it for me,
cuz I am freakin color blind.

well, its a minor thing, but it would've been more pleasant if I didnt have to call my brother over and ask that jerk to do me a favor.

thanks ;)

 

[z0rn dawg]

That sucks. And I'm sure your not the first person on here with that problem.

 

[KayAr]

Registration Question (Problem)

I was wondering if the question only takes green as an answer because I have 2 friends who are colour blind and don't see greens (they see them as browns I believe) and they will most likely want to use these forums. I was wondering if I should just tell them the answer ahead of time.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I hate color blind people and think they all should just die already!

jk! I never thought of this problem. I will think of a new question. Thanks for bringing this to my attention

 

[Kurdt]

Hoot asked if a CAPTCHA system could be implemented Greg?

 

[KayAr]

lol, nevermind

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Hoot asked if a CAPTCHA system could be implemented Greg?

Technically the question is a logical CAPTCHA. If you are suggesting a visual CAPTCHA, we used such a device for many years and bots still got through. Since implementing the question we blocked virtually all bots.

 

[Kurdt]

Ahh fair enough Greg.

 

[KayAr]

Technically the question is a logical CAPTCHA. If you are suggesting a visual CAPTCHA, we used such a device for many years and bots still got through. Since implementing the question we blocked virtually all bots.

This is a physics site so maybe you could ask a very basic physics question.

 

[NeoDevin]

This is a physics site so maybe you could ask a very basic physics question.

Except for the people who come here for help because they don't know enough physics.

 

[KayAr]

Except for the people who come here for help because they don't know enough physics.

Well, Everyone one knows some basic physics.

 

[quantumdude]

Yeah, how about "What goes up must fall ________?"

 

[Redbelly98]

Or, "What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

 

[lisab]

Or, "What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

What do you mean? An African or European swallow?

 

[Redbelly98]

Or, "What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

What do you mean? An African or European swallow?

What? I don't know--Waa-a-a-a-a-a-a!

 

[siddharth]

What do you mean? An African or European swallow?

How do you know so much about swallows?

 

[quantumdude]

He is wise in the ways of science.

 

[Redbelly98]

The wise one is lisab. She stumped me with her question so that I, not she, plunged to my death.

You have to know these things when you're a PF Contributor, you know.

 

[symbolipoint]

Interesting idea about usage of color-recognition from a forum registrant. I no longer remember the actual registration process. the basic color scheme I see on the forum seems to be a set of very light grayish blues.

 

[Moonbear]

Yeah, how about "What goes up must fall ________?"

Quickly? Eventually? Unless it escapes Earth's orbit entirely?

 

[Brilliant!]

It would seem to me that after living a life with color blindness, you would learn a few tricks along the way. For instance, you likely tried 'brown'. After 'brown' didn't work, why wouldn't you have tried 'green'? It isn't like you've just developed color blindness.

I've got deuteranomaly. Obviously, I've had it for my whole life. I've adapted to it over my 23 years almost completely sub-consciously and have all kinds of tricks I employ throughout my day. On traffic light, the left or top light (depending on traffic light orientation) means 'stop' and the right or bottom light means 'go'. I never buy markers, watercolors, or colored pencils that don't have the name of the color printed on them. When I'm shopping for something like a black suit, I always wear something that I know is black, like a t-shirt, so that I can tell the deep blues from the blacks of different suits.

It's hard for me to believe you wouldn't develop similar things having lived with the condition your whole life.