Conflicting ads

[Merve]

I was just browsing through the front page of PHPBuilder when I saw a Microsoft ad that said that Linux was 11 to 12% more expensive in 4 out of 5 workload situations (liars!). The ad then rotated to an Linux advocacy ad, sponsored by IBM...strange, dont you think?

[ksandom]

I saw that same ms ad. What they don't tell you is that the statistics have a +/- 50% error margin. ;)

[Moonglobe]

now i'm gettin 3 linux ads/page.... consistantly. this is freaky.

[rpanning]

Originally posted by Moonglobe
now i'm gettin 3 linux ads/page.... consistantly. this is freaky.
Same here...

[ksandom]

me too, now I'm just getting the one IBM | Linux ad in different forms.

[LordShryku]

Doesn't that lil mini-Eminem freak you out?

[vaska]

when i first saw that ad with the lil-eminem i actually thought it was a joke...

it doesn't seem like a professional grade advert to me...v

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by vaska
when i first saw that ad with the lil-eminem i actually thought it was a joke...

it doesn't seem like a professional grade advert to me...v Guess what IBM? Some of us have video resolutions with more than 4bpp!

[goldbug]

There are ads? :D

[Merve]

goldbug, are you blocking them with an ad blocker or a personal firewall? (you devil, you! :D)

That mini-Eminem is everywhere now.

[goldbug]

MozillaFirebird + AdBlock extension = clean browsing.

[piersk]

And where might one find such an extension?

[rpanning]

The homepage for it is here (http://adblock.mozdev.org/) and you can find most extensions here (http://texturizer.net/firebird/extensions/).

[piersk]

Ah, thats better

[Merve]

I don't turn on the ad blocking feature of my firewall because it messes up the layout of the page.

[Weedpacket]

Currently blocking ads by originating server....

[vaska]

i got a popup today for the first time in awhile...of course, i was using IE 5.2.3 for the mac...i was shocked at first...

it's nice that both Safari and Firebird have built in mechanisms for blocking that stuff...v