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[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2010-11-13 at 10:59 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 13/11/2010 08:23, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 13:06 -0800, Mark wrote:
> >    
> >> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Ric Moore<wayward4now at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >>      
> >>> On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 14:53 +0000, Alan Pope wrote:
> >>>        
> >>>> On 12 November 2010 14:44, Cybe R. Wizard<cyber_wizard at mindspring.com>  wrote:
> >>>>          
> >>>>> On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:22:37 +0000
> >>>>> Alan Pope<popey at ubuntu.com>  wrote:
> >>>>>            
> >>>>>> I would recommend NOT giving that URL out.
> >>>>>>              
> >>>>> Reasoning?  What's wrong with the URL or the manual it hosts?
> >>>>>            
> >>>> Click it and see for yourself. :)
> >>>>
> >>>> The URL I posted takes you directly to the team who created the ubuntu
> >>>> manual. The page Tapas posted takes you to a system for farming
> >>>> details and generating revenue for the blogger who posted the link
> >>>> originally... and what do you get for that? The same Ubuntu manual,
> >>>> but via a system generating revenue for someone who does absolutely
> >>>> zero for the ubuntu manual team.
> >>>>          
> >>> I absolutely loathe that kind of garbage happening on the net. Ric
> >>>
> >>>        
> >> Me too - why the hell didn't *I* think of that? First!???
> >>
> >> 'swhy I'm broke and some ignoranus is getting rich off our clicks....
> >>      
> > Nothing gets me to swearing more than waiting on a website to get
> > finished sending me to adclick, especially when it's slow to respond.
> > The air turns blue around here and I know I'll pay for that when I go to
> > meet the Creator of the Universe.<swears again>  Ric
> >    
> 
> Then why don't you install the appropriate Add-ons for Firefox and avoid 
> all this?

Apparently some of my favorite sites have caught onto the adblockers and
flashblockers (msnbc and PBS) and will not serve the video. Everything
works peachy with them off, as I used to beat my brains out trying to
watch their videos. Now I can watch Gwar, who I am astonished to find is
still touring. They are supposed to be from Richmond VA, of all places.
Not too far from here. Ric


-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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