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Woot.com enlists StackOverflow users to address bot/scripting attacks (stackoverflow.com)
12 points by joshwa on Feb 13, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



after reading their problem, and the solutions offered -- they aren't willing to sacrifice anything, and yet want a perfect solution to block users.

I believe thats called magic :)


Irony - I got a "Service Unavailable" from SO trying to view the post...


I won a BoC once. Lord, that's the #2 letdown of my life, after sex.




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