Or the big content sites could serve the ads through their main web servers so the content couldn't be blocked easily. (The content sites would kinda be like a proxy.)
I run a couple of ad supported sites... I'd love it if more people saw the ads and things like adblock didn't exist. As mentioned in the original story, if adblock was meant to restore balance it has gone too far in my opinion. I hat pop-ups, pop-unders, and even flash ads. Those are what I think what caused the tipping point and created the need for tools like adblock. I only run flashblock and the browser's pop-up blocker because many of those ads are annoying. But a page with a banner and a skyscraper and one or two smaller ads is just paying its expenses and not going too far imo. If I don't want to pay, I should put up with a couple of not-too-intrusive ads.
They picked yesterday's games right too. So that makes their picks better than *99.1%* better than others in ESPN's pool, based on that being my percentage in ESPN's pool and I played the GT researchers' picks.
I heard about this last year and used their picks for this year's bracket. I'm tied for first in my pool, and 93.5% nationally in espn's bracket game. Just for comparison of how good their choices are. They had 100% on the first round day one.
Nebulas are voted on by writers, Hugos by fans. No offense to my fellow fans, but I think some Hugo winners win more because of the popularity of the book or author than the writing and concepts presented. It seems to me that some writers win Hugos after they get some name recognition for earlier works, which are sometimes better than works they later won for.
A couple of years ago I started trying to read all the Hugo winning novels, got half way (including some I previously read.) Since I realized what I wrote above, I've picked up the Nebula list and because of some overlap I'm about halfway through that list. (I'm not going in any particular order.)
Wasn't it Gregor (on the same wikipedia link) who was the last to mess with the calendar? Essentially, they moved back several days because leap days weren't correctly accounted for prior to then.
"One oddity...constant readers will remember a while back when I was asked what
TMoS was, and I provided a list of things it *wasn't*. The aforementioned
oddity is...one of those things has come up as an adjunct to TMoS."
Other clues he's posted tell us this is "The Memory of Shadows" a possible movie/miniseries/something.
Next time you go to a store, say you "forgot" your store program card. They'll ask you for your phone number. Tell them 867-5309! Someone is bound to have registerred it. I do it.
"Just to let fans of the Matrix know...you've got nothing to worry about with
the third film. I was at the premiere screening Monday, and I have to tell you
that the sheer scale and scope of the thing, the performances, the efx, the
story...it's just staggering."
But we shouldn't have to pay $39.95 or whatever they cost to avoid their calls. And besides, its just a matter of time before the telemarketers figure something out to get around the telezappers and similar products.
While I'm at it, it shouldn't even cost extra to have an unlisted number. After all, you're saving the phone company money by not using the ink and paper to print your name hundreds of thousands of times. It doesn't cost them more to leave your number unlisted.
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That's my project. Thanks!
Or the big content sites could serve the ads through their main web servers so the content couldn't be blocked easily. (The content sites would kinda be like a proxy.)
I run a couple of ad supported sites... I'd love it if more people saw the ads and things like adblock didn't exist. As mentioned in the original story, if adblock was meant to restore balance it has gone too far in my opinion. I hat pop-ups, pop-unders, and even flash ads. Those are what I think what caused the tipping point and created the need for tools like adblock. I only run flashblock and the browser's pop-up blocker because many of those ads are annoying. But a page with a banner and a skyscraper and one or two smaller ads is just paying its expenses and not going too far imo. If I don't want to pay, I should put up with a couple of not-too-intrusive ads.
I don't remember it too well, but we did play it fairly often. http://www.lemon64.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php%3Fid%3D231
They picked yesterday's games right too. So that makes their picks better than *99.1%* better than others in ESPN's pool, based on that being my percentage in ESPN's pool and I played the GT researchers' picks.
I heard about this last year and used their picks for this year's bracket. I'm tied for first in my pool, and 93.5% nationally in espn's bracket game. Just for comparison of how good their choices are. They had 100% on the first round day one.
A couple of years ago I started trying to read all the Hugo winning novels, got half way (including some I previously read.) Since I realized what I wrote above, I've picked up the Nebula list and because of some overlap I'm about halfway through that list. (I'm not going in any particular order.)
Wasn't it Gregor (on the same wikipedia link) who was the last to mess with the calendar? Essentially, they moved back several days because leap days weren't correctly accounted for prior to then.
- Team member goes missing for some reason. (Kidnapped, low self confidence, etc.)
- Bad guys create a "robobeast".
- Robobeast slaps around individual Voltron lions, things look bleak for our heroes.
- Somehow, team member returns to their lion. (Escapes, realizes how important the team member is, etc.)
- Lions form Voltron.
- Voltron kills robobeast.
The end.Other clues he's posted tell us this is "The Memory of Shadows" a possible movie/miniseries/something.
1 of the relevant JMS News postings
Also mentioned is info on Crusade DVDs and a new book series.
Next time you go to a store, say you "forgot" your store program card. They'll ask you for your phone number. Tell them 867-5309! Someone is bound to have registerred it. I do it.
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It is a sucky process (takes up to six months), but its the best we have for now. I haven't gotten an aol cd in about a year.
But we shouldn't have to pay $39.95 or whatever they cost to avoid their calls. And besides, its just a matter of time before the telemarketers figure something out to get around the telezappers and similar products.
While I'm at it, it shouldn't even cost extra to have an unlisted number. After all, you're saving the phone company money by not using the ink and paper to print your name hundreds of thousands of times. It doesn't cost them more to leave your number unlisted.
Why don't lawyers advertise on Slashdot? Seems like it would be one of the few banner ad campaigns that work.
I'm hoping someone will add the ability to selectively turn off Flash in Mozilla... Just an idea for some enterprising soul.