AlterEgo
join:2001-01-09
Bayside, NY
|  Internet Roaches!
X10 was the most important reason why I installed Pop-up Stopper. This is truly getting ridiculous. Once I had my Pop-up Stopper off and I was reading an article at excite.com (or was it NYTimes.com?)... Before I knew I had three X10 windows-- and I hadn't even touched any links! They are like cockroaches... crawling under your main browser... And I love it when Pop-Up stopper makes those "pop" noises when it squashes those buggers! 
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"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."
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nklb
Premium
join:2000-11-17
Ann Arbor, MI
clubs: | Doesn't anyone use analogx's POW anymore? »www.analogx.com/contents/downloa···/pow.htm |
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annuser
@concentric.ne
| reply to AlterEgo
what do you prefer: an internet free of pop-up ads where there aren't free services to be found, or an internet ripe with free services that are funded by pop-up ads that are easily disposed of?
quit yer bitchin' and help keep the internet free. |
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AlterEgo
join:2001-01-09
Bayside, NY
| I reserve my right to hate pop-up advertisements. And I reserve my right to bash them whenever I want to. (We have this thing called free speech, remember? ) If companies want to advertise, there are lots of unintrusive ways of doing so. Spending God-know-how-much money for the pop-under ads won't do anything for X10's bottom-line. It's already done wonders for their reputation-- it did much more harm than my expression of irritation.
You go ahead and enjoy them. As for me, I could care less.
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"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."
-William Jennings Bryan
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wukong
join:2001-02-18
Seattle, WA
| reply to annuser
Its amazing how people (children in particular) get so irate about advertising on the internet, as if transmitting data over a copper string (owned by someone else) could be somehow be equated with freedom of speech. Radio frequencies are a limited resource that the public does have an interest and right to allocate, yet these same foul mouthed children don't seem to be bothered by the beer, deodorant, automobile, and other useless junk peddled on their TV's. Go figure. If they object to looking at pop-ups, they can use a utility to block them. |
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jimlinus7
join:2001-01-16
Glenolden, PA
| reply to AlterEgo
Amen Brother. I am a MIS Manager for a Northeastern food company. I blocked these intrusive "roaches" through our web filtering software. However, every time a sight is visited by an end-user, an error is now generated. No more graffic uploads, but allot more help-desk calls. These basterds are what is WRONG with the internet, whoever ther are. |
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Anon | reply to annuser
said by annuser:
quit yer bitchin' and help keep the internet free.
Huh? FREE? I dunno about you, but I already PAY for my internet access.
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chasmp
Are We There Yet?
join:2000-11-16
Rockville, MD
| reply to wukong
This is still unsolicited advertising. A TV viewer or Radio listener has the simple ability to change the channel to avoid the ads. Also, they make a good bathroom break.
What are you going to do while surfing? Get up every three minutes? Also,there are many people not aware enough of what's going on, or know how to find and install these blockers.
Shoot, I'm happy that my Dad communicates by email now. Why should he have to worry about such a nuisance? He hasn't reached the age yet that he'll need a 3 minute reminder for bathroom breaks.
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dbergst
join:2000-10-26
Rockville, MD
|  reply to nklb
said by nklb:
Doesn't anyone use analogx's POW anymore? »www.analogx.com/contents/downloa···/pow.htm
I use it and it works fine here |
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nklb
Premium
join:2000-11-17
Ann Arbor, MI
clubs: | Cool. And I thought I was the only one. |
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Anon | reply to AlterEgo
I've used POW! for a while now and I like it. I use it along with the Junkbuster netfilter to further block banner ads and some unwanted sites. Together they really cut down on bandwidth usage. |
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