June 19, 2003, 03:14
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PolyCast Thread Necromancer
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Time to get rid of the evil porn ad Part 2, but not for the reason you think
I'm being serious here. Please, believe me.
This ad crashes my computer. It brings 3 or 4 other popups with it, its been increasing in frequency, and there about a 1/3 chance that ALL my IE windows will freeze. It will consume huge amounts of RAM, my hard drive will be accessed wildly, and IE wont shut down (even with system intervention!) for about a minute or two.
Please, PLEASE do something about this ad. Not only does the ad itself suck (And the fake britney spears pic in the middle suck even more), but it's freezing up my computer. Popup blockers are out of the question simply because I can't find one thats good but free.
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June 19, 2003, 03:32
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King
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Mark gets .03 cents for every click on that ad
At this rate he can buy shampoo in 2008!
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June 19, 2003, 04:22
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A more complete description of the ad would be useful, I think.
Which evil Britney Spears porn ad in particular is this? We have so many...
If you can copy the link for it (difficult if it locks up your machine, I know) then that'd make things easier. Markos usually asks for stuff like that.
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June 19, 2003, 05:23
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Deity
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Update IE...........or use a good browser instead.
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June 19, 2003, 06:40
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Warlord
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This is weird, I've never seen a popup on apolyton, and I don't have a popup-killer 
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June 19, 2003, 06:43
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Time to get rid of the evil porn
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Saw this part and knew the identity of the poster.
Of course if it does make your PC crash its is a different matter.
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It brings 3 or 4 other popups with it
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never seen this on 'poly, time to install ad-aware Tass?
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Last edited by alva; June 19, 2003 at 08:07.
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June 19, 2003, 07:36
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Switch to a better browser.
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June 19, 2003, 10:26
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Use Opera. 
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June 19, 2003, 11:21
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King
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Originally posted by Thirgaral
This is weird, I've never seen a popup on apolyton, and I don't have a popup-killer
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Do you come into a main page like apolyton.net/forums or /galciv or do you jump directly into specific forums? I've notived that if you jump directly into forums that you rarely if ever get popups.
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June 19, 2003, 11:56
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King
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You get fewer adverts if you use the Default Ultra-Special forum style. That might be something you want to try.
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June 19, 2003, 14:06
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Originally posted by Harry Seldon
Do you come into a main page like apolyton.net/forums or /galciv or do you jump directly into specific forums? I've notived that if you jump directly into forums that you rarely if ever get popups.
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I usually go to just www.apolyton.net and click on "your threads", but no pop-ups...
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June 19, 2003, 19:22
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PolyCast Thread Necromancer
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Ok...I'm becoming convinced that Markos is intentionally doing this to me.
I get on Poly and guess what.....The evil ad appeared again. And guess what? More adds popped up with it 
And its that britney spears one. THey have two of her real pictures, and then one fake picture of her. It should say "Featured Site" on top, and some other sub-popup appears with birthday baloons. Then usually I get a gator popup or a Cometsomething popup, followed by a popup that appears and then disappears.
Ugh.
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June 19, 2003, 19:32
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Are you sure you don't have any virii or spyware on your system? Because only you seem to be getting multiple popups from 'Poly...
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June 19, 2003, 19:47
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I agree; it's probably Markos. He probably set up a rule to spam communist propagandists from Utah, which would explain why only Tassadar is getting them.
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June 19, 2003, 19:52
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I get it everytime I log on also. BUT, if I close Ms. Spears quickly I don't get the other pop-ups.
 ACK!
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June 19, 2003, 20:00
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And its that britney spears one. THey have two of her real pictures, and then one fake picture of her
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Why exactly did you study this pic btw? I don't (really) mind it, but never noticed there was a fake one mixed in. Just close the ffing thing.
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The moment you see GATOR appear, you're in trouble matey and I doubt this has anything to do with Apo.
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June 19, 2003, 20:10
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I thought I'd just pop up in this thread.
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June 19, 2003, 20:12
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same here.
pop ups don't disturb me, BTW... the reason might be because I'm such a nihilist, but in assition to that I use a browser with a fine in-built pop-up defense. go opera.
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June 19, 2003, 20:23
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Deity
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I was a bit disappointed the "Britney gallery" led to a casino and not a Britney gallery.
Isn't that illegal?
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June 19, 2003, 20:27
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Why?
What's wrong with naming your casino, 'Britney Gallery?'
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June 19, 2003, 20:33
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Deity
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MarkG got .03 cents off me.
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June 19, 2003, 21:10
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Haven't seen it yet… *yawn*
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June 19, 2003, 21:19
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I paid .03 cents to perve at Britney and all I got was this damn casino.
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June 19, 2003, 22:05
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Same here, AH, same here......
ACK!
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"I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There's a large out of focus monster roaming the countryside. Look out, he's fuzzy, let's get out of here."
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June 20, 2003, 02:53
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I'm only upset because the ad doesn't deliver
I clicked on that ad, and didn't find any good photos of Britney Spears
wtf
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June 20, 2003, 05:30
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Look you have an internet connection...........you can have as many pics of Britney (real and fake) as you want in about 2 minutes. 
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June 20, 2003, 05:45
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No pop-ups here as I use a decent browser.
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June 20, 2003, 07:12
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PolyCast Thread Necromancer
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Originally posted by alva
Why exactly did you study this pic btw? I don't (really) mind it, but never noticed there was a fake one mixed in. Just close the ffing thing.
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June 25, 2003, 07:12
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Re: Time to get rid of the evil porn ad Part 2, but not for the reason you think
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Originally posted by Tassadar5000
I'm being serious here. Please, believe me.
This ad crashes my computer. It brings 3 or 4 other popups with it, its been increasing in frequency, and there about a 1/3 chance that ALL my IE windows will freeze. It will consume huge amounts of RAM, my hard drive will be accessed wildly, and IE wont shut down (even with system intervention!) for about a minute or two.
Please, PLEASE do something about this ad. Not only does the ad itself suck (And the fake britney spears pic in the middle suck even more), but it's freezing up my computer. Popup blockers are out of the question simply because I can't find one thats good but free.
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hi ,
go to one of these and your comp shall not crash , www.esafe.com / www.esafedesktop.com , www.finjan.com , www.zonelabs.com ( the pro one )
aldo you should check your OS , the add should not cause a crash , a fault on your comp yes , .......
have a nice day
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June 25, 2003, 10:17
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Does 'Poly actually get money if you click on it ( I do that quite often, do I leave it open for X time...?)
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