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Posted By: wooty
Subject: Congrats you've been selected to receive
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 19:36
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Is this advertisement been driving anyone else crazy? It's getting to the point of disturbing me that I had to ask is there anyone else who is to the point of smashing their computer screen. If you are like me then you are probably listening to music simultaneously while browsing this site and this *)(&%#^%$ advertisement keeps BLURTING IN!!!!!!!!! Please PA, stop the madness and end this infuriating ad!!!  ------------- "We turn and turn in the animal belly, the mineral belly, the belly of time. To find the way out: the poem." |
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Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 19:48
While I'm like you (human being, computer owner), I don't know what are you talking about. Use Opera or Firefox. ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
wooty wrote:Posted By: wooty
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 20:02
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Actually I'm already using firefox. What I'm referring to as an ad with an audio blurb proclaiming that I have qualified for a free Apple Ipod or phone. I believe in free enterprise as much as anyone else, but anytime I look anything up on this site, this blurb protrudes to the point of making want to open a can of whoop-arse.
------------- "We turn and turn in the animal belly, the mineral belly, the belly of time. To find the way out: the poem." |
Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 20:04
Must be you, then. I haven't seen anything such as the add dsecribed. ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: wooty
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 20:14
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Must be you, then. I haven't seen anything such as the add dsecribed.[/QUOTE] If you only did see it, then it wouldn't be a problem, the problem is that when I look up any bands that I'm interested in, it blurts out continually. If you don't have that problem, then I'm glad that not everyone suffers. But I'm wondering if anyone else does here it. ------------- "We turn and turn in the animal belly, the mineral belly, the belly of time. To find the way out: the poem." |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 20:16
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I was bothered by it, until I discovered how to block it. It can be done. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: wooty
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 20:21
I will bless your entire family if you slide me a little advice. ------------- "We turn and turn in the animal belly, the mineral belly, the belly of time. To find the way out: the poem." |
Posted By: IVNORD
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 20:35
I'll do the same. Please PM me.
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Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 21:15
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That's just great!; now everybody has seen it except me!... ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 21:18
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When I use Firefox, I just have to enable it to block popup windows. For Safari, I had to get a plug-in. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: IVNORD
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 21:40
I don't use either one, pity. I just turn the speakers off when I'm in PA and don't go to PA when I listen to music.
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 21:53
The ad has been bothering me so much that I had to do the same thing,which sucks because I listen to music when I am on the puter.
It's one of the most intrusive,annoying ads I have ever encountered.It is one the top of 90-95% of the pages that I turn to here in the forum and in the archives. -------------  |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 22:12
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Firefox is a free download, and it's much better than IE.
------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: IVNORD
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 22:14
I guess, it pays for our forum talk, we have to live with it.
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 22:40
I can't stand FF.Everybody raves about it,and it's more secure than IE,but every time I have tried using it I found it to be very glitchy,and not worth the trouble. ------------- |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 23:32
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They just updated it recently, maybe you should try it again. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 23:36
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Well is there a good adblocker for IE that can at least block the sound? -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 23:43
Erm... it has the same features, and a lot more to discover as one reads the help and tutorial files. Now, Opera is a cool browser that can certainly make things difficult. Both browsers are really worthy it (opera has a zoom magnifier, a voice module, gestures that recognizes movement from mouse and trigger certain actions, a POP web mail administrator, Torrent client). Anyway, I'm sure I'm the only person on earth that reads tutorials. ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: July 13 2007 at 23:53
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I have Firefox and still haven't figured out how to block it. I went into Tools/options/Content and check "block pop-ups" but the ad still launches the audio every time. If someone can tell me here or PM me on how to block this I offer my first born son as a thank you.  ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: Meddler
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 00:16
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HATE THIS AD :S ------------- [IMG]http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/amorfous/astro-1.jpg"> |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 01:15
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I found my fix for safari on http://www.versiontracker.com/windows/ - http://www.versiontracker.com/windows/ It's a good site for picking up odds and ends. Lots of free stuff too. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 01:16
 Someone else that doesn't like/use firefox...I'm glad someone else is on my side.  ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 04:49
| The ads are a necessary evil. The alternative would be some sort of subscription, and nobody wants that! |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 04:54
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Come on now! I can't get to sleep anymores without my lil' Apple iWhatever ad! I've grown...accoustomed...to her...voice.... ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 05:12
If you have firefox installed, what you need to do in order to get read of the adds and banners is to install an add-on called Adblock. You can find it here: http://https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865 - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865 God bless Wladimir Palant and his programming skills! ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 11:57
Of course, but could we petition M@x and Ronnie to forbid audio ads? This is a music site. No matter what it is, it's going to be annoying, and that doesn't help the advertiser either. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 12:15
| Feel free, mailto:M@x - M@x is always receptive to feedback and suggestions. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 12:22
I'd even be willing to have more ads per page, as long as they are silent ones! ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 12:46
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As well as AdBlock, I also find the NoScript add-on useful. There's a lot of stuff on this site that is not only irritating, but slows down performance and presents a security risk. The last time I checked this site with IE, I couldn't believe how bad it looked. After closing it down, Norton removed quite a bit of stuff too. Malware can be a real problem here. Lots of scripts, tracking cookies... Only problem with using such programs is that this site depends on ads, so by choosing to blocking them you are not showing your support for the site when it comes to cost. However, I personally would not use this site without AdBlock or some such program -- when i was first using this site not long after it got going, I had more aggressive ad-blocking software that automatically blocked out too much stuff -- including the mp3s (which were not streaming at that time), In using AdBlock, you should export some blocking filter lists, and you can manually right click on the ads to remove them. Actually, you can list all blockable elements easily. By shortening an ad/banner address, and using an asterix you can easily block out more... e.g. say a script like http://ads.adserver.funkymonkey.js by changing it to http://ads.adserver* That googlesyndication one is best done away with. |
Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 13:57
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If you have a problem, do something about it! Adblock, anyone? |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 14:10
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I have no problems with the ads, but most of us are probably enjoying music when we are exploring this site and after all that's what this site is all about. Noise ads should be strictly off limits. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 14:17
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I don't usually have a problem with noisy ads as I keep my volume muted. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: emdiar
Date Posted: July 14 2007 at 15:19
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I've been blissfully unaware of the offending audio ads. Out of pure curiosity I've turned my pop-up blocker off and still can't hear anything. I can't imagine it's in an advertisers interest to piss its potential customers off with such intrusive advertising, but hey, what do I know? If it didn't work they wouldn't pay through the nose for it would they?
One thing I must say, Easy Living, the ads may be "a necessary evil" but if I did hear them and couldn't block them I'd find another Prog forum PDQ. I think we all know that subscriptions would be a completely unworkable idea. ------------- Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact. |
Posted By: wooty
Date Posted: July 15 2007 at 00:34
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I have found great comfort in the fact that so many people hate this as much as I do. I feel that I have made an electronic bond in our group wrath.
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: July 15 2007 at 03:48
Me too!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: July 15 2007 at 10:12
| I'll echo what other Firefox users have said here...Adblock is an absolute must. |
Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: July 16 2007 at 14:33
¿Why is everybody listening to something I don't? ¿The Ads are against me?...  ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: July 16 2007 at 14:47
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Yeah, that ad is evil. I haven't gotten adblock yet, but I intend to now. Thanks for the tip. Also, I second the motion to have more banner ads so we can get rid of those infernal lies about free iPhones. Does anyone fall for that stuff?
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Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: July 16 2007 at 18:37
Actually, I think Opera blocks everything... maybe that's why I don't have a clue about the subject of this thread. Opera is great...  ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: July 16 2007 at 19:16
| Opera IS great! I havn't gotten that ad either. |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: July 16 2007 at 19:21
Firefox and adblock have been working perfectly for me(infinitely better than IE), I've never even seen any of the ads discussed around here... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: asimplemistake
Date Posted: July 16 2007 at 22:04
| I do hate that advertisement, maybe I should get this adblocker thing of which you speak. |
Posted By: JoshiesGirl
Date Posted: July 30 2007 at 11:07
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warren,this is julie know that you are loved and god loves you.You need not get so upset all the time.I love you always.Love,julie
Be Happy |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: July 30 2007 at 14:24
By now I should've received like 10020 IPods... I feel cheated....
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 30 2007 at 14:35
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There's been a couple of adverts that "take over" the page, minimising the window and popping up an alert-box. If these are real Ads then they are very annoying - if they are trojan's then they need to be fixed. ------------- What? |
Posted By: darkmatter
Date Posted: July 30 2007 at 14:45
| These are really starting to get on my nerves, I think there are 4 or 5 ads about iPods, iPhones, or laptops now, and it seems like they've increased in frequency, at least at certain times of day. To me it seems like they pick up at night, but then again I've been seeing a lot of them this afternoon.... |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: July 30 2007 at 14:54
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It gets on my nerves that the only way around this annoyance is to switch browsers,which I really don't want to do. ------------- |