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September 17th, 2004, 12:20 AM
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Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
Umm... isn't this particular banner ad in somewhat poor taste?
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Assume you have a 1kg squirrel
E=mc^2
E=1kg(3x10^8m/s)^2=9x10^16J
which, if I'm not mistaken, is equivilent to roughly a 50 megaton nuclear bomb.
Fear the squirrel.
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September 17th, 2004, 12:31 AM
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Re: Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
I agree... switch to Mozilla Firefox and use the AdBlock plugin to eliminate nasty ads like that... |
September 17th, 2004, 02:40 AM
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Re: Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
Well, it's flashy and gets your attention... I guess advertisements are supposed to grab people's attention, so it's working. It's distracting though...  |
September 17th, 2004, 10:57 AM
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Re: Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
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and then dont be surprised when something other than banner ads show up on the pages. 
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September 17th, 2004, 11:40 AM
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Re: Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
Well, living in Florida, it sure got my attention. I think it's a bit too much, especially if you've been living under the gun for the past month. But I checked it out and I'm going to order Raging Tiger. Maybe in the future they'll be more tactful in the name of their sales.
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September 17th, 2004, 11:47 AM
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Re: Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
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and then dont be surprised when something other than banner ads show up on the pages.
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...and by that you mean?
I must agree, the name for this sale could have been better, or at least used at a different time.
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I think...therefore I am confused.
They were armed. With guns, said Omari.
Canadians. With guns. And a warship. What is this world coming to?
The dreaded derelict dwelling two ton devil bunny!
Every ship can be a minesweeper... Once
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September 17th, 2004, 02:20 PM
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Re: Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
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and then dont be surprised when something other than banner ads show up on the pages.
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And when someone makes a plugin to block the new stuff?  Actually giving the obnoxious marketing angles taken by certain sites already, I'd be surprised if there wasn't one out there.
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September 17th, 2004, 02:26 PM
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Re: Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
There is always The Proxomitron for protection against more invasive ads... |
September 17th, 2004, 02:28 PM
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Re: Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
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Well that is the way it tends to go isnt it? Surely people have seen it elsewhere. Banner ads go up, someone says "get this to not see the ads", so something else appears on the page, some other recommendation, which spurs something else.
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September 17th, 2004, 02:35 PM
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Re: Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
Is something wrong with leaving people that don't want to view ads all the time alone? They are a fairly small portion of the audience, and all that you are doing is annoying them... You do not increase sales any by using more invasive ads, as the people that are wont to block ads will not be clicking on them anyways...
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