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This is the first really compelling reason I have seen for switching from XP to Windows 7:
http://arstechnica.c...fun-for-xp-users.ars-xtabber (March 12, 2010, 05:44 PM)
If you have an ad blocker running, and you load 10 pages on the site, you consume resources from us (bandwidth being only one of them), but provide us with no revenue
This shows no sign of being bothered that their ads consume our bandwidth, distract our attention and give us nothing we want in return.
If you never click on the ads, even when you see them, there's absolutely no point in wasting bandwidth (both ways) by having them onscreen. So the argument isn't really about whether the ads are blocked but whether they produce enough revenue, and there's an assumption that adblockers will be clickers if only they could see the ads. I suppose the next stage, if there isn't enough ad revenue after eliminating adblockers, is to make bigger more intrusive ads or to ration pageviews to users who click often enough.-Dormouse (March 11, 2010, 05:15 PM)
Wow... I can't imagine what kind of crap will show up if you translate a forum to Chinese?? I've tried in French before... You might as well not have a translation.-patrinac (March 10, 2010, 05:27 PM)
Flattr? Saw it, wasn't impressed. It's interesting but not what I'm looking for. The concept is unique, but it's too different and difficult to grasp to see wide adoption.
- Oshyan-JavaJones (March 10, 2010, 05:39 PM)
When oh when will a good micropayments system come around?
- Oshyan-JavaJones (March 10, 2010, 05:05 PM)
In any case, to me the whole situation is simple. Like the site? Get on with the program. You don't like the site or the program? You're free to do what you want. Making things more complex would only throw everyone into a rat race, and I think we already have enough with music, films and now books and videogames. You can extract several lessons from those fields to know how to improve your current business and make your readers happy at the same time.-Lashiec (March 10, 2010, 04:14 PM)
My argument is simple: blocking ads can be devastating to the sites you love. I am not making an argument that blocking ads is a form of stealing, or is immoral, or unethical, or makes someone the son of the devil. It can result in people losing their jobs, it can result in less content on any given site, and it definitely can affect the quality of content. It can also put sites into a real advertising death spin. As ad revenues go down, many sites are lured into running advertising of a truly questionable nature. We've all seen it happen. I am very proud of the fact that we routinely talk to you guys in our feedback forum about the quality of our ads. I have proven over 12 years that we will fight on the behalf of readers whenever we can. Does that mean that there are the occasional intrusive ads, expanding this way and that? Yes, sometimes we have to accept those ads. But any of you reading this site for any significant period of time know that these are few and far between. We turn down offers every month for advertising like that out of respect for you guys. We simply ask that you return the favor and not block ads.
If you have an ad blocker running, and you load 10 pages on the site, you consume resources from us (bandwidth being only one of them), but provide us with no revenue
The F-22 is an absolutely AWESOME piece of technology.(see attachment in previous post)
Unfortunately, it has proven to be too expensive to build. So the program will be shutdown.-parkint (March 09, 2010, 09:03 PM)
Sorry, it was the first thing I thought of.-app103 (March 10, 2010, 10:35 AM)
Some kid in the future is going to end up with anarchy t-shirts, stuff decorated with Miley Cyrus, a bunch of bad punk CD's, and a heap of zombie & vampire related books.
What the heck is going to go through their mind when they see that stuff for the first time?-app103 (March 10, 2010, 09:26 AM)
Possibly something along the lines of "WTF???"-40hz (March 10, 2010, 10:44 AM)
Might it work for companies, which need to transfer different files and stuff all the day?
Please note, that this doesn`t happend only inside the company, so network-drives wont work.
If we leave out Ftp-servers, how would it work with torrents then?-RedPillow (March 09, 2010, 03:44 PM)
Companies that use BitTorrent? You may want to ask Blizzard. They've got a little side-project going right now that uses BitTorrent to deliver updates. It's called World Of Warcraft. Don't know if everyone's heard of that program yet, though.-Innuendo (March 10, 2010, 09:42 AM)
What an interesting fact, I have never thought that! :O
How about those japanese mmorpg-copies?-RedPillow (March 10, 2010, 09:48 AM)
Actually I used to "pirate" my legally bought DVDs-CheckUserFirst (March 10, 2010, 11:25 AM)
I've tried Safari and: "Dude, I'm like totally unimpressed."-40hz (March 05, 2010, 03:13 PM)
I swore I would never play another MMORPG again. The amount of time I have spent on those things gives me the shivers thinking about it. A few years ago I decided I wanted to learn to play the guitar. I haven't spent much time on it, so I am not very good. If I spent a fraction of the time I spent playing MMORPGs practicing the guitar, my god, I would be awesome.-Tekzel (March 08, 2010, 06:26 PM)
Happy to help in any way I can
