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...CAPTCHA caught on, and now it's all over the Web. Luis von Ahn, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon who was part of the original CAPTCHA team, estimates that people fill out close to 200 million CAPTCHAS a day. But you should pause when you see one--it's one of the rare moments when the invisible war being waged between spammers and programmers becomes visible to you, the prey. "Of course," says Von Ahn, "this has been a little bit of an arms race with spammers, because now there's a huge incentive for spammers...
...took gold at the Northeast Regional competition. While only qualifying 10 of a possible 12 fencers gave Harvard almost no chance at winning, the squad managed to beat out numerous other schools for sixth behind All-American performances from saberists senior Alexa Weingarden, freshman Alexandra Sneider, and senior Steve Ahn, as well as senior epeeist Teddy Sherrill. “Going into NCAAs, a lot of the pressure was off for the end of the season,” Parker said. “I think people just went, had a lot of fun, worked really hard, and wanted...
...very small difference between the eighth place spot and the top at the end of the day, so I was pleased with her finish.” Also finishing with All-American status for Harvard, given to the top 12 finishers at the NCAA championships, were senior Steve Ahn and freshman Alexandra Sneider at men’s and women’s saber. Both placed 12th in a field of 24 fencers. Ahn finished with 12 total victories, while Sneider claimed 10 victories. For the Harvard women especially, the performance marked the end of an unexpectedly successful season. Junior...
...other top foil fencers in the country. For the men the participants include: in foil, Ouyang and junior co-captain Kai Itameri-Kinter, in epee, senior Teddy Sherrill and sophomore Billy Stallings—who won the gold at regionals—and in sabre, senior Steve Ahn. The women’s side also earned five bids, with junior co-captain Maria Larsson in epee, sophomores Arielle Pensler and Anna Podolsky in foil, and freshman Allie Sneider and senior Alexa Weingarden qualifying in sabre. Columbia, St. John, Notre Dame, and Ohio State all qualified the maximum 12 fencers, with...
...mentally very tough and when he’s on the strip he’s capable of beating just about anybody in the country. The sabre fencers didn’t fare quite as well, with the top finisher coming in the form of senior Steven Ahn in ninth place. Junior co-captain Scott DiGiulio and classmate Craig Gorin finished 19th and 24th, respectively. On the women’s side of things the top finish of the day came in the form of junior co-captain Maria Larsson who took home the silver in epee, falling short...