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Thread Author: L'escargot Replies: 7
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New Fri 20 Jul 12 09:24 
 Thatcham ABI Insurance Group Rating search - L'escargot
Why do you need to answer a simple mathematical (I'd call it arithmetical, not mathematical!) question before it will give you the information? (Apart from the fact that it says you do.)
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New Fri 20 Jul 12 09:27 
 Thatcham ABI Insurance Group Rating search - Zero
Its there to stop automated web bots from accessing the information in bulk. Like insurance companies would have to pay for such multi / bulk access
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New Fri 20 Jul 12 09:28 
 Thatcham ABI Insurance Group Rating search - Notdoctorchris
Answering this question correctly ensures that you are a human being carrying out a bona fide search rather than a computer trawling websites for various nefarious purposes.
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New Fri 20 Jul 12 10:32 
 Thatcham ABI Insurance Group Rating search - L'escargot
It's a bit unfair on the fifth of school leavers who are functionally illerate. tinyurl.com/c3l383f
:-D
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New Fri 20 Jul 12 13:19 
 Thatcham ABI Insurance Group Rating search - Slidingpillar
From a selfish point of view I applaud the use of arithmetic as a bot filter. The 'type what this says' picture image is frequently so distorted I've got no idea.
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New Fri 20 Jul 12 13:51 
 Thatcham ABI Insurance Group Rating search - Zero
easy to program a bot to do it tho.
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New Fri 20 Jul 12 16:00 
 Thatcham ABI Insurance Group Rating search - TeeCee
Surely if they are illiterate, rather than inumerate, this is better for them than a conventional CAPTCHA?
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New Fri 20 Jul 12 17:07 
 Thatcham ABI Insurance Group Rating search - L'escargot
>> Surely if they are illiterate, rather than inumerate, ..............

I should have said illiterate and innumerate.
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