i hate this crap [Archive] - Armageddon Games Forums

Paradox

10-31-2002, 09:55 PM

every time i go to a site that isn't a multibilliondollardotcom sort of site, i get either dumb ads or stuff that looks like this (i just got this one):

http://205.180.85.40/cid4778/grandma.gif

Jemsee

10-31-2002, 10:20 PM

Hay point that finger somewhere else.
I don't know where it's been.
Eeewwwuu...is that a brown spot on the end of it?

AlexMax

10-31-2002, 10:25 PM

I'm a naughty boy! Naughty, naughty, naughty!

Erm, that's scary.

Paradox

10-31-2002, 10:27 PM

nonono you people are supposed to say "oh yes i totally agree, paradox, i hate those ads too. all types of popup ads and other stuff that isn't content should be immediately deleted."

d(^_^)b

Sub-Zero

10-31-2002, 10:39 PM

oh yes i totally agree, paradox, i hate those ads too. all types of popup ads and other stuff that isn't content should be immediately deleted.

Tygore

10-31-2002, 11:01 PM

That's so worthless anyway; any intelegent person would simply name the pics and they would never fall to that test.

Rafnul

10-31-2002, 11:12 PM

You know, there are numerous programs that can get rid of many of these ads for you, if you just put forth the effort to seek them out.

Fiyerstorm

10-31-2002, 11:16 PM

Damn she hot.

Menokh

10-31-2002, 11:55 PM

I don't mind banner ads as long as they are reasonably SMALL. I hate large banners(like that one) and all pop-up ads.

Luckily I only have to deal with the banners now.

But that ad you posted reminds me. I am sick and tired of that sort of ad in particular, 'is there porn on you computer?' I get it in my email(2 times a day on average), I see banner ads all over the place, and I'm getting sick of it. I saw a cartoon the other day that describes my feelings perfectly(I'm hosting it myself to avoid the no image linking rule on its native site),
http://menokh.no-ip.com/duh_small.gif

btw- I do this frequently lately: if the copyright holder of the above image happens to see this and does not like the fact that I posted it here, just let me know and it will be removed post haste.

deathbyhokie

11-01-2002, 12:09 AM

heh. i have a pop-up blocker i got from www.analogx.com it works really well.

Thunderbird

11-01-2002, 12:13 AM

Originally posted by deathbyhokie
heh. i have a pop-up blocker i got from www.analogx.com it works really well.

I have a popup blocker too ;). It's called disabling JavaScript :D.

Menokh

11-01-2002, 12:21 AM

Originally posted by Thunderbird
I have a popup blocker too ;). It's called disabling JavaScript :D.

But that disables all sorts of useful things.
Real pop-up blockers simply block one or two javascript functions, and get excellent results.

deathbyhokie

11-01-2002, 12:22 AM

mine you add the offending pop-ups to a list. and if the pop-ups ever appear again, it instantly closes the window

inori

11-01-2002, 04:49 AM

My pop-up blocker is called Opera. :kawaii:

Shadowblazer

11-01-2002, 07:02 AM

Mine's called "Click the X" or, I'm feeling really frisky, I use a more complicated version known as "Alt-F4"

:sb:

goKi

11-01-2002, 08:32 AM

heh, you are exactly right, Shadowblazer.. Thats all you really need to do.

AtmaWeapon

11-01-2002, 09:32 AM

What's really funny is what happened to my roommate. I'm still trying to teach him that spyware is bad and usually free software that comes from a banner ad is spyware. He actually clicked on one of those banners, and it installed a program called PurityScan. The program would make 6 different popup windows appear about every 5 minutes! What's even worse, is it had virus-like behavior. We deleted the executable, but every time he rebooted it regenerated. I finally had to dig in his registry to delete all traces of it.

Worst part is, ad-aware doesn't detect this program at all. :(

zora man

11-01-2002, 10:06 AM

Those spyware programs are horrible!
All the trouble to just make you hate their products more.