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Age and "Education-level " mean absolutely nothing imo. It's the want and willingness to learn more that makes hacker what they are. BTW I'm in my mid 20's so I think we have a nice range of ages and experiences on this forum. :D We do have a nice range. Thanks for all the responses, good...

I'm only 20...

But I doubt you're the eldest.

BTW

I'm currently pursuing a Bachelors Degree at University.

I've been curious about this. We obviously have some very smart people on this website.

Feel free to post a response and answer the poll if you're willing.

Forgive the options... I'm most familiar with the United States education system. Please use the equivalent in your country.

The answer is a valid int.

There is only one answer and thus only one valid int that would cause an exception.

What infinite wisdom you have...

Let's hope this doesn't deter someone with experience in image recognition from giving a response.

Could anyone point me in the right direction of some Captcha/Character Recognition software/tutorials? I don't have any experience with image processing... would someone be able recommend some prerequisite reading?

I did it the hard way... figuring out a "simple" program that does the equivalent. pseudo-code: int extra = n%7; int sum = (n/7)*23 + 2; switch(extra) { case 0: sum+=0; break; case 1: sum+=1; break; case 2: sum+=3; break; case 3: sum+=6; break; case 4: sum+=11; break; case 5: sum+=17; brea...