I do it because even without Flash, the ads are now javascript + canvas + video + audio + animation.
1. My bandwidth is limited, I only have a 5 Mbps connection. And at the rates the only ISP in town has, I'm not interested in paying for a higher speed. 2. I have a monthly data quota which is below 50GB. Again, we only have one ISP in town so I'm stuck with them. 3. I have an older computer with a Core 2 Duo CPU. When there's a few ads using javascript, canvas, etc. it slows down my browsing and takes seconds before a page becomes responsive enough to be able to scroll it. 4. Using Activity Monitor, I see my CPU usage spike up when there's ads. Without ads I'm averaging about 5% CPU usage. With ads it can go to 50~80%.
Non-static ads cost me bandwidth and electricity, they slow down my browsing and my computer and they just plain fucking annoy me while trying to shove their unwanted products in my face.
We also have those "hover your mouse cursor to expand" ads, which means you can't even leave your cursor anywhere now, you have to move it to the right to make sure you won't trigger those damn things.
Instead of trying to data-mine every single fucking website we visit, which inevitably gives them false data - I don't care about product category XYZ, I only viewed a website once because I was looking for something not related to category XYZ - how about letting us tell you what we're interested in?
"Closed-source programmers usually have to build code faster, even though it's barely compiling, because their bosses pay them to build something that will go on sale next quarter even if it's not ready to ship and will require monthly patches for years after that."
Yes I am. And putting my referral link in my signature has given me zero new players, which is why I was putting the link at the end of every one of my comments. That previous method gave me over 50 referrals.
I don't think "NOT PLAYING" is a valid option here. This is not two nuclear superpowers fighting each other, this is nuclear-capable countries fighting individual terrorists cells all over the place, hidden in the population.
You can blame Slashdot's messed-up user configuration pages for that one. Things are all over the place and they even "fixed" the HTML in my signature which lowers the actual number of characters I can use. This is the first time in my life I see something like "</a coinbrawl.com>".
Here comes the stupid comments about how Bitcoin is only used by scammers and thieves while ignoring the fact that regular fiat money/currency is used for the same activities on a much, much larger scale.
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That may explain why the Bitcoins I'm mining on my AMD CPU end up as Dogecoins.
Sure! Here you go!
Graceful degradation, ever heard of it?
You must be new here.
I do it because even without Flash, the ads are now javascript + canvas + video + audio + animation.
1. My bandwidth is limited, I only have a 5 Mbps connection. And at the rates the only ISP in town has, I'm not interested in paying for a higher speed.
2. I have a monthly data quota which is below 50GB. Again, we only have one ISP in town so I'm stuck with them.
3. I have an older computer with a Core 2 Duo CPU. When there's a few ads using javascript, canvas, etc. it slows down my browsing and takes seconds before a page becomes responsive enough to be able to scroll it.
4. Using Activity Monitor, I see my CPU usage spike up when there's ads. Without ads I'm averaging about 5% CPU usage. With ads it can go to 50~80%.
Non-static ads cost me bandwidth and electricity, they slow down my browsing and my computer and they just plain fucking annoy me while trying to shove their unwanted products in my face.
We also have those "hover your mouse cursor to expand" ads, which means you can't even leave your cursor anywhere now, you have to move it to the right to make sure you won't trigger those damn things.
Instead of trying to data-mine every single fucking website we visit, which inevitably gives them false data - I don't care about product category XYZ, I only viewed a website once because I was looking for something not related to category XYZ - how about letting us tell you what we're interested in?
Long live the IPU!
Couldn't we lie down or put a paper bag over our head or something?
And what are we, as non-military individuals living elsewhere than France, supposed to do about it?
You read it wrong. What it does mean, however, is that it's going to turn your data gay.
Not that there's anything wrong with that. /Seinfeld
"Closed-source programmers usually have to build code faster, even though it's barely compiling, because their bosses pay them to build something that will go on sale next quarter even if it's not ready to ship and will require monthly patches for years after that."
That wasn't a supercomputer reference, it was a DBZ reference.
Yes I am. And putting my referral link in my signature has given me zero new players, which is why I was putting the link at the end of every one of my comments. That previous method gave me over 50 referrals.
Nope, 400 still isn't enough. A lot of us are still waiting for a CPU with over 9000 threads.
You think your CPU isn't good enough? I'm still using a Core 2 Duo here!
For most of the parts I need, I usually get better prices on eBay.
At least we don't have people putting advertisements in their fucking signatures.
Like they said in The Simpsons, Praise Jeebus!
How about a "White Friday" where HackerSpaces/etc have open, free demonstrations for the public?
Yeah, advertisements in the comments really suck!
Have you tried contacting Matt Damon?
Both these countries speak french, so it would be slang for "Nord-Africain".
I don't think "NOT PLAYING" is a valid option here. This is not two nuclear superpowers fighting each other, this is nuclear-capable countries fighting individual terrorists cells all over the place, hidden in the population.
And as a Canadian I apologize for the point of view of the parent Anonymous Coward, which is too USA-centric.
You can blame Slashdot's messed-up user configuration pages for that one. Things are all over the place and they even "fixed" the HTML in my signature which lowers the actual number of characters I can use. This is the first time in my life I see something like "</a coinbrawl.com>".
Here comes the stupid comments about how Bitcoin is only used by scammers and thieves while ignoring the fact that regular fiat money/currency is used for the same activities on a much, much larger scale.