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February 25, 2004

bleedin' obvious


I want one of those consultant jobs where someone gets paid stonkingly huge amounts of money for stating the bleedin' obvious...

1. Advertising doesn't work -especially when it's irritating*.

2. Advertising does work -but only when the product doesn't exist. (I so want some Ichiban now.)

Advertising is pollution - a toxic by-product of the consumerist age. Everyone needs to drastically limit their exposure to it. Poisons the mind and soul it does.

*not that since using the Google toolbar with built-in pop-blocker for IE and Firebird (now Firefox) I actually see any anymore. So how effective is advertising that no one ever sees? Well, it's very effective for the sellers and giver-awayers of pop-up blocking software that's for sure.

PS. I'd use firebird/firefox more if they didn't freak out so badly every time I tried to save a page or a single image from a page. It can take up to 45 seconds (I've timed it) to save a image. Something which IE does instantaneously. Sort it out guys.

Posted by groc on February 25, 2004 08:24 AM

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AUTHOR: groc

EMAIL: groc@groc.org.uk

IP: 81.132.127.54

URL: http://www.groc.org.uk/blog/

DATE: 02/25/2004 10:12:49 AM

no, because there's an button that allows you to block or unblock pop-ups on any site at will.

wibbled by: Anonymous at December 13, 2004 11:33 PM


AUTHOR: Ian

EMAIL: comatose@critic.co.uk

IP: 62.53.63.50

URL: http://www21.brinkster.com/komosa/comatoseblog/

DATE: 02/25/2004 10:05:05 AM

does that toolbar block comments on blogs too? that's the only reason why I didn't try it...

wibbled by: Anonymous at December 13, 2004 11:33 PM