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i90east
09-05-2003, 06:52 AM
Arrrrrrrrrgggggggg!!! That casino slots ad that plays music is extremely annoying. I'm trying to listen to my mp3s and this thing starts playing on almost every freakin' page. For icing on the cake, it even gives you the option to play that sound again when you right click on the ad. I'm not even gonna comment on this. :laugh:

Sorry, I just had to rant. I even tried turning off the option to play web page sounds with IE, but the stupid thing is flash media... so it plays anyway. At first I thought it was someone's signature that had that sound implanted, but no... it's an advertisement that the site agreed to have put on :laugh:

If you want to gamble, go to a casino. Don't support these stupid websites that throw their annoying advertisements all over the web! Heh, I'm on a roll here :D

TheAbominatrix
09-05-2003, 06:54 AM
Get a pop up blocker that supresses in-page ads. Ad-Muncher comes to mind. I never see ads on here.

edczxcvbnm
09-05-2003, 07:09 AM
If you actually bought the CDs you are listening to in MP3 format(or burned them) then you could put it in a CD player and turn off the computer speakers.

That just what I do. But then again I don't listen to much music.

Leeza
09-05-2003, 07:11 AM
http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html

This is an excellent ad killer. And it's free.

Shlup
09-05-2003, 07:44 AM
I don't think Panicware's pop-up stopper blocks banners, does it? I've used it for a long time and I've never noticed such an option.

Leeza
09-05-2003, 07:56 AM
Since I installed this newer free version of Panicware a few months ago I haven't had anything at all popping up except a few ghosts that disappear right away.

crono_logical
09-05-2003, 10:55 AM
I just have the gamesquad ad server blocked in my hosts file :p

Mr. Graves
09-05-2003, 01:12 PM
Hey, I'd take it any day over that "Hey, over here!" person... :eep:

Loony BoB
09-05-2003, 01:17 PM
Check the Help Forum's FAQ. It's got a nifty little way to cause the banners to appear with nothing but that "The page cannot be displayed" thing.

m4tt
09-05-2003, 03:10 PM
Originally posted by Leeza
http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html

This is an excellent ad killer. And it's free.


Google's Tool Bar is better. Panicware has always tried to kill EVERY pop up, including the ones I wanted.

Dr Unne
09-05-2003, 04:01 PM
I've never had any problem with ads or popups.
...
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird
http://seb.mozdev.org/firebird/

Female Ryuichi
09-27-2003, 11:43 AM
Google's Tool Bar is better

Yep, I recommand that too

Burtsplurt
09-27-2003, 12:54 PM
Originally posted by Dr Unne
I've never had any problem with ads or popups.
...
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird
http://seb.mozdev.org/firebird/

Yeah, get Firebird and then block the images that you don't like with the 'Block Images From this Server' command. :)

Loony BoB
09-27-2003, 02:11 PM
Wow. Talk about bumping a problem thread that's already been solved. x_x

crono_logical
09-27-2003, 02:56 PM
Originally posted by m4tt
Google's Tool Bar is better.

No, addon toolbars of any kind are evil, and the majority of them spyware. Unless the toolbar is an opensource one.

Doomgaze
09-29-2003, 08:02 PM
Quiet, you. The Google toolbar is like a golden... toolbar... from GOD.


...yeah.

crono_logical
09-29-2003, 08:49 PM
In other words, the devil in disguise :p

Doomgaze
09-29-2003, 08:56 PM
No.