From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lina.host4u.net ([216.71.64.105]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16TSyq-00076z-00 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2002 14:22:44 -0500 Received: from lbear (mail@12-237-122-156.client.attbi.com [12.237.122.156]) by lina.host4u.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g0NJMLW10450 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2002 13:22:21 -0600 Received: from cpt.kirk (helo=localhost) by lbear with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16TT6j-0002yi-00 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2002 13:30:53 -0600 Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 13:30:53 -0600 (CST) From: Kirk Wood X-Sender: cpt.kirk@lbear To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Off-topic: Yahoo registration inaccessible to all blind users In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Steve Holmes wrote: > That's our whole point! If this kind of shit is used with Yahoo, what's to > stop other services from using that garbage in the name of tighter > security? Again, the answer is to provide a better answer. Don't just bitch, but suggest something better. The intent is admirable. And given the amount of work they do everyday to prevent spam and other resource waste the least the blind community can do is provide an answer of how to serve them. Many take this as an attack on the blind people. It isn't at all. It is a matter of a small group getting caught in the fallout. They would probably love to cut the cost of a person verifying that you are really a person and not an automated script. Phone calls cost a lot of money. To the tune of over a dollar a minute. ======= Kirk Wood Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net Nowlan's Theory: He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from the next freeway exit.