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British Colleges Selling Screen Saver Ad Space

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the jwz-gets-one-upped dept.

gotroot801 writes: "The Chronicle of Higher Education is reporting that eighteen British institutions plan to generate income during the coming academic year by displaying advertisements on the computer screen savers of students, professors, and staff members. Why does this remind me of that Simpsons episode where Troy McClure is teaching a Pepsi-sponsored class?"

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  1. Strange Creatures ( -1, off topic ) by Coniine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't want my web pages to have anything to do with circus elephants or ninjas, I want my pages composedby a bevy of bronzed babes.

  2. simpsons by chmod007 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    reminds me of the Funzo episode.

  3. Tripe by cloudmaster · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "You expect us to swallow this tripe?"

  4. We have had this for months by Dark+Legend · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'm at Liverpool University doing EEng, and we have had this for months, it's called Screentime and it sux, it is NOT i repeat NOT a screensaver, it is a huge window in the top right corner of the desktop (about 1/4 of it) and it has clickthrough banner ads in it.. The thing that really gets me pissed is that they have disabled the task manager to stop ppl from closing it, which is all well and good until something actually crashes and you 'shock horror' actually need Taskman... sucks a large amount...

  5. Manchester has had this for a year now by riedquat · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    'plan to?' Manchester University has had such a scheme for a year now. It takes up a quarter of the Windows background while you're using the PC and turns into a screen saver while you're not using the PC. Come over and have a look if you want.

    I'm not too bothered about it; It generates us a bit of income so we can afford CD burners and I've become immune to adverts anyway.