29 Feb 08
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I'm sitting here listening to Craig Chaquico & Russ Freeman's rather mellow "Samba Del Luna", and inadvertently I drag my cursor across the screen over an ad for I'm not sure what -- except that it involves animated avatars -- and something screeches in my ear, over the music, "Say something! What?!" Note that at no point did I click on the ad. While it no doubt falls short of whatever might be used at Camp 10 at Guantanamo, I must admit two things: (1) It certainly gets my attention; (2) I shall never, ever patronize whatever advertiser uses this intrusive method of purveying its wares.
29 Feb 08
Originally posted by Mark Adkins
I'm sitting here listening to Craig Chaquico & Russ Freeman's rather mellow "Samba Del Luna", and inadvertently I drag my cursor across the screen over an ad for I'm not sure what -- except that it involves animated avatars -- and something screeches in my ear, over the music, "Say something! What?!" Note that at no point did I click on the ad. While ...[text shortened]... er, ever patronize whatever advertiser uses this intrusive method of purveying its wares.
29 Feb 08
Originally posted by YugaThanks for that -- really quite impressive, and much easier to watch without the volume on. But it makes the point quite well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fR-oXWDXf0
It also explains the female voice randomly saying "Hello???" which I had heard several times previously, though seemingly without moving the mouse at all. I wondered if it wasn't some sort of virus...
29 Feb 08
Originally posted by Mark AdkinsI agree with you - and why they target the people least likely to buy the crap they are advertising [eg, non-subscribers] is a mystery.
I'm sitting here listening to Craig Chaquico & Russ Freeman's rather mellow "Samba Del Luna", and inadvertently I drag my cursor across the screen over an ad for I'm not sure what -- except that it involves animated avatars -- and something screeches in my ear, over the music, "Say something! What?!" Note that at no point did I click on the ad. While ...[text shortened]... er, ever patronize whatever advertiser uses this intrusive method of purveying its wares.
** hint **
Get firefox.
29 Feb 08
Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveI use public access Internet at a library. They used to have Firefox installed when it was a local ring network running under Unix, but since becoming connected to the main campus they've had Internet Explorer installed. There is nothing I can do about the choice of browser. Mind you, I am really not complaining -- free and relatively unrestricted Internet access (though without rather useful things such as word processing capability) is quite nice and I am pleased to make use of it without whinging too much about its shortcomings.
I agree with you - and why they target the people least likely to buy the crap they are advertising [eg, non-subscribers] is a mystery.
** hint **
Get firefox.
29 Feb 08
Originally posted by Mark Adkinsagree totally, its appalling. there used to be a very nice ad with an attractive girl in a bikini, i didnt mind that at all 😉
I'm sitting here listening to Craig Chaquico & Russ Freeman's rather mellow "Samba Del Luna", and inadvertently I drag my cursor across the screen over an ad for I'm not sure what -- except that it involves animated avatars -- and something screeches in my ear, over the music, "Say something! What?!" Note that at no point did I click on the ad. While ...[text shortened]... er, ever patronize whatever advertiser uses this intrusive method of purveying its wares.
