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New Online Ad Technology To Bypass Popup Blockers
RetroGeek writes "Falk eSolutions AG is claiming it can detect and defeat pop-up and pop-under ad blockers. The best quote is that when they detect an ad blocker they will 'replace a pop-up or pop-under ad with what are called "floating" ads, or ads that appear as transparent images over Web-site content.' As far as I am concerned they can place as many transparent images as they want. He probably meant translucent. It should be easy to defeat the detection, after all visit a web site, the pop-up blocker detects a Javascript command, then doesn't run it. Replace this with: the pop-up blocker detects the Javascript command, runs it, then places the result into a bit-bucket. Any Mozilla devs here?" WebGangsta adds "While this may ignite another round of online advertising purchasing, this news doesn't affect anybody who uses a customized HOSTS file to stop the majority of ads from appearing anyway."
You are so stupid that it's actually painful to watch.
1) Try and push adverts on people who dont want to see them and who know how to use ad-blockers
2) ??
3) Profit?
No! it bloody well doesnt work! collecting underpants ins one thing, living through 100's of 1),2),3) Profit jokes on slashdot is another, but this is total crack induced stupidity! At what point does that business model make any sense? how much of the most poor quality shit do you have to smoke before your brain is so totally mind-fucked that it can bend the logic round and say "yes this is a good idea and will not piss people off at your company"!?
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I'm not sure if you have children or not. But if you did, would it be moral of you to turn down a marketing job in a tough economy?
Yes. In fact, if you consider annoying people to make money deserving, I don't think you should be allowed to have children.
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