whaaat????

I admit it, sometimes I don't understand 

    Like this morning.  

    I was reading a comic strip and the term CAPTCHA was used.  That was followed boy CAPTCHA window.

    I was lost.

    I had/have no idea what that means.

    So I Googled it.

    (In. the old days I would have asked Dad and he would have given me an explanation.  It might not have been true, or even close to true, but I would believe him. Moon is made of cheese.  Martians live on Mars. Politicians  are decent people.  Stuff like that.)

    So I learned that CAPTCHA was a way to differentiate humans from machines.  

    It was based on the Turing Test.

    Whaaaaat?

    So I Googled that.  

    That was developed by Alan Turing in the 1940s.  (That struck a hidden memory.  Didn't he develop a computer code for the British during WW II but was later  disgraced because he was gay?  Did I see a movie about that?  Hmmm)

    Turns out the Turing Test is a method to test a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior.

    I stopped reading at that point because I felt guilty not sending Wikipedia money.  Plus I had other things to get done.

    With that understanding, I went back to read the comic and I chuckled.  

    I'm not sure it was worth it.

Peace and Love