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Post by kent on Jan 2, 2011 15:35:13 GMT -5
I hate it when I log on and that stupid music starts blasting me!
<<OK, I feel better now>>
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2011 15:37:45 GMT -5
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Post by Opti on Jan 2, 2011 15:40:21 GMT -5
I hate it when I log on and that stupid music starts blasting me! <<OK, I feel better now>> I wasn't sure that was the banner ad, so I muted my sound for now. Bit of a shock to go to these boards and get blasted with music. |
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Post by Miss Tequila on Jan 2, 2011 15:41:07 GMT -5
I keep my laptop on mute since it's my work laptop. That's one way to get busting surfing the net...have the music start blasting
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Post by moon/Laura on Jan 2, 2011 15:44:13 GMT -5
i never have my speakers on so i never notice..
i'd love to go ad-free, but it would be prohibitively expensive. It costs $7 per 50,000 page views and we are currently at around 16,000 today. i've seen it up close to that 50,000 but i don't check every day.
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Post by Opti on Jan 2, 2011 15:45:13 GMT -5
I keep my laptop on mute since it's my work laptop. That's one way to get busting surfing the net...have the music start blasting I do that too at work. Very annoying to go to a web page you don't expect to have sound and getting blasted. |
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Post by Miss Tequila on Jan 2, 2011 15:45:59 GMT -5
Moon, I don't even notice the ads. I keep my volume off and honestly, until this thread made me look for the ads, I didn't even realize we had them!
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Jan 2, 2011 15:47:23 GMT -5
My speakers are always off unless I'm viewing videos or checking music for downloads/burning CD's.
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Post by kent on Jan 2, 2011 15:57:46 GMT -5
i never have my speakers on so i never notice.. i'd love to go ad-free, but it would be prohibitively expensive. It costs $7 per 50,000 page views and we are currently at around 16,000 today. i've seen it up close to that 50,000 but i don't check every day. Moonbeam. I fully understand, it was just a rant from an old man.  |
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jan 2, 2011 16:07:13 GMT -5
Hmm, wonder if I have gone deaf and no one told me  I always have speakers on and haven't heard music when logging on. As for ads, I wouldn't think I was online if there wasn't some kinda ad on a page. |
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Post by blockeconomics on Jan 2, 2011 16:40:51 GMT -5
All you guys need to do is start using Firefox, and download Firefox's adblocker program...walla! No ads for me!  You are cheating the company out of much needed resources by doing this though. |
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Post by moon/Laura on Jan 2, 2011 16:42:23 GMT -5
i have FF but i don't worry about the ads.. they don't really bother me..
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Jan 2, 2011 16:47:39 GMT -5
All you guys need to do is start using Firefox, and download Firefox's adblocker program...walla! No ads for me! You are cheating the company out of much needed resources by doing this though. Do you really think I care?  Companies don't need me looking at their ads. ;D |
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Post by blockeconomics on Jan 2, 2011 16:51:38 GMT -5
You are cheating the company out of much needed resources by doing this though. Do you really think I care? Companies don't need me looking at their ads. ;D You will care when the free sites you enjoy no longer exist. For instance Proboards is free site in which proboards is paid by people to place their ads on the site. Proboards uses this money to pay for their servers and web hosting,and pay their staff. If everybody used ab blocker proboards and this site would be gone within a few months due to the fact they have no revenue to continue. Just for food for thought.... The ads on here are very minimal and unobtrusive. |
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Post by unrepentant_spendthrift on Jan 2, 2011 17:17:25 GMT -5
I was wondering what that music was...i just assumed i had opened a tab to you tube and just muted it  now i know better |
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Jan 2, 2011 17:25:29 GMT -5
Hmm, wonder if I have gone deaf and no one told me I always have speakers on and haven't heard music when logging on. As for ads, I wouldn't think I was online if there wasn't some kinda ad on a page. Same here. And the only ads I've really noticed are the ones that blink at me. I'm just glad they aren't so close to the "home, new topic, etc" buttons that I click on them by mistake, like MSN's ads were. Now THAT was annoying! |
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jan 2, 2011 17:50:01 GMT -5
Yes POM, msn put there ads so close to the board threads I crossed over them many times by mistake and they opened.
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Post by Apple on Jan 2, 2011 19:21:08 GMT -5
So, I haven't gotten any banner ads with sound, but has anyone else seen the one that has a pick of a cartoon guy supposedly flexing his "pecks"? If so, is it just me, or is the part that is supposed to be a "real shoulder and chest" actually the pic of someones butt? If it's just me, that's ok, I still swear that's what it is!
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Post by Empire the P.A. on Jan 2, 2011 19:33:58 GMT -5
So, I haven't gotten any banner ads with sound, but has anyone else seen the one that has a pick of a cartoon guy supposedly flexing his "pecks"? If so, is it just me, or is the part that is supposed to be a "real shoulder and chest" actually the pic of someones butt? If it's just me, that's ok, I still swear that's what it is! I saw that today and was wondering what the heck is that ad for.  |
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Post by TD2K on Jan 2, 2011 19:34:38 GMT -5
I assume you aren't talking about MU's avatar?  |
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Post by The J on Jan 2, 2011 19:35:15 GMT -5
So, I haven't gotten any banner ads with sound, but has anyone else seen the one that has a pick of a cartoon guy supposedly flexing his "pecks"? If so, is it just me, or is the part that is supposed to be a "real shoulder and chest" actually the pic of someones butt? If it's just me, that's ok, I still swear that's what it is! That's the funniest one. |
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Post by Empire the P.A. on Jan 2, 2011 19:35:56 GMT -5
That would be perfect as MU's pic.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2011 7:25:16 GMT -5
So, I haven't gotten any banner ads with sound, but has anyone else seen the one that has a pick of a cartoon guy supposedly flexing his "pecks"? If so, is it just me, or is the part that is supposed to be a "real shoulder and chest" actually the pic of someones butt? If it's just me, that's ok, I still swear that's what it is! I thought I just had a dirty mind... Maybe I do.. |
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I always have speakers on and haven't heard music when logging on. 
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