A large part of my job requires accessing a lot of online databases and websites, some of which use the CAPTCHA program – for Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart – to make sure I’m a human.

So, imagine my surprise when the CAPTCHA used at the United States Patent & Trademark Office presented this test:

Perhaps it was a subtle hint for me to prevent “Global Warming”?

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