What's worse than pop-ups?
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You have never seen popups without captions, do you? Try to figure out how you close them... PS : task manager.
Nice image Stephane. :) BTW, I loved your remarks on Chris Sells blog the other day. ;)
Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing
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nssone wrote: Programs being sneakily installed on your computer. Yikes, can that ever really happen? That's never happened to me before, I always get a "would you like to install?" message. I always say no. If your security settings are set right I can't see how this would happen. I use Mozilla at home... I use IE for those (rare) occasions that I need it. Usually for Flash which I will NEVER install in Mozilla. I HATE flash, it has got to be the most abused net technology since the first animated gif graced a web page. However, now and then there is something that it's good for. It was obnoxious Flash ads (with sound! that would scream across the page you're trying to read! sheesh!) as much as popups that made me switch to Mozilla for good.
Yeah, but my IE6 at home I believe has the 'install 3rd party' option unchecked, but that only stops the www.whazit.com's from being installed. I used to have google bar on there, but google bar (beta) wouldn't come up again after reboots, so I found it useless to me. Now I have a pop-up blocker background app installed. It may have stopped those annoying 3rd party installations, but I don't think so. I would love to be able to get around this. I use Win2kPro also (my favorite OS). I run Kazaa Lite most of the time, that may be related. I don't know, it's so hard to find the root of the problem when it comes to pop-ups for me. <--Signature begins here--> I am... Currently: A Programming Student/Intern. Working on an outside project: A game for the GamePark32 (GP32) portable gaming console. GamePark32 English(Engrish) site[^] Wishing to better learn: Graphical programming with C++. P.S. I'm not good with HTML, so don't expect something fancy in my sig. But I'm working on it, OK?
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Nice image Stephane. :) BTW, I loved your remarks on Chris Sells blog the other day. ;)
Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing
David Stone wrote: I loved your remarks on Chris Sells blog the other day As you can see, I ma trying to get as much hated as I can. :-D
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You have never seen popups without captions, do you? Try to figure out how you close them... PS : task manager.
Right click on them to give focus, then escape, then alt+f4?
David Wulff
When you're through with life and all hope is lost Hold out your hand 'cos friends will be friends - right till the end - Queen
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Nitron wrote: popups Popup, what's a popup. I'm now a convert to the great god Mozilla[^]:omg: Before anybody sets fire to my socks and complains about speed, may I suggest they bite the bullet, go the extra mile and install it manually:eek: and try Mozilla Firebird[^] ooof...does it render a page fast:-D Apologies but I'm feeling Belligerent tonight - I've just paid Mr Gates his 3 pounds of flesh to renew my MSDN Pro subscription renewal:suss: (Sorry Chris you don't do it:(( ) Today what do I get, a very big box, filled with air bag things enveloping a medium size nice looking box, that contained a cardboard box that contained an EULA (Bin;) ), a set of CD'S for Visual Studio .NET 2003 (which you have already sent me - twice:~ ), a nice set of posters (for which I need a larger wall space:| ) and finally a card with a 15 digit number on it, that I just have to enter on an MSDN website before being told to check back in 2 days to make sure it worked:wtf: Since I do this each year, probably on Thurday I will find it not registered. After that I just ring a number to take me to Ireland, talk to a person in India, fax my registration card and invoice because they don't have the subscription number on the database, email a nice person in Ireland a couple of times and finally I'm renewed for 12 months:mad: Pass the tranquilizers John Hudson Its all right - I'll tell the therapist it was all your fault, maybe they won't turn the voltage up so high on the ECT machine this time:omg: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]
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nssone wrote: Programs being sneakily installed on your computer. Yikes, can that ever really happen? That's never happened to me before, I always get a "would you like to install?" message. I always say no. If your security settings are set right I can't see how this would happen. I use Mozilla at home... I use IE for those (rare) occasions that I need it. Usually for Flash which I will NEVER install in Mozilla. I HATE flash, it has got to be the most abused net technology since the first animated gif graced a web page. However, now and then there is something that it's good for. It was obnoxious Flash ads (with sound! that would scream across the page you're trying to read! sheesh!) as much as popups that made me switch to Mozilla for good.
I'm also a Mozilla convert. I've not seen a popup since I installed it. Talk about sweet surfing. I also love how it's an MDI application. As for Flash, you should check this trick out. It's a script that you can use to disable Flash on a page. I've also modified it to disable iframes as some sites are putting Flash ads in a separate page in the iframe. --- "This isn't right. This isn't even wrong." -Wolfgang Pauli (1900 - 1958), on a paper submitted by a physicist colleague
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> MSDN Pro subscription renewal [...] > a nice set of posters This is the second reference I see being made to .NET class hierarchy posters. I never got any of these, and I have MSDN Universal. Should I be getting these?
Today I discovered that MSDN send them when you renew.:suss: I don't want the dross - I want to renew without the boxes, the booklets, the useless disks, the posters, the EULA - Just knock the price down by 50% and stop sending me DVD's in Turkish each month:mad: Can't Microsoft do it online:omg: - what's use is this .NET thingie they want everyone to use/code with if it can't handle their own registrations in less than 48 hours:rolleyes: John Hudson Its all right - I'll tell the therapist it was all your fault, maybe they won't turn the voltage up so high on the ECT machine this time:omg: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]
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Last year when I re-subscribed GreyMatter sent me poster with the face of a laughing Ass on it (A Horse/Donkey hybrid for all you crude CP'ers out there:wtf: ) Maybe they were trying to tell me something :confused: John Hudson Its all right - I'll tell the therapist it was all your fault, maybe they won't turn the voltage up so high on the ECT machine this time:omg: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]
JohnJ wrote: (A Horse/Donkey hybrid for all you crude CP'ers out there ) Cool it. I'm not crude. ;P Hang on... maybe I am: [serious]When I first saw your sig, I read "therapist" as "the rapist" :-O [/serious] :laugh:
Vikram.
My soon-to-be-updated site KI klike KDE kand kuse kit, kbut KI kmust kadmit, kstarting kall knames kwith K kis ksilly. KI khope kthey kwill kgive kup kthis kwhole kscheme ksoon kand kcome kup kwith kreal knames. pI vThink aHungarian nNotation vIs iA aWonderful nThing cAnd pEveryone avShould vUse pIt aAll dThe nTime, adNo nMatter pWhat dThe nContext, adEven adWhen vSpeaking.
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Yeah, but my IE6 at home I believe has the 'install 3rd party' option unchecked, but that only stops the www.whazit.com's from being installed. I used to have google bar on there, but google bar (beta) wouldn't come up again after reboots, so I found it useless to me. Now I have a pop-up blocker background app installed. It may have stopped those annoying 3rd party installations, but I don't think so. I would love to be able to get around this. I use Win2kPro also (my favorite OS). I run Kazaa Lite most of the time, that may be related. I don't know, it's so hard to find the root of the problem when it comes to pop-ups for me. <--Signature begins here--> I am... Currently: A Programming Student/Intern. Working on an outside project: A game for the GamePark32 (GP32) portable gaming console. GamePark32 English(Engrish) site[^] Wishing to better learn: Graphical programming with C++. P.S. I'm not good with HTML, so don't expect something fancy in my sig. But I'm working on it, OK?
nssone wrote: I run Kazaa Lite most of the time, that may be related. Lol, that's what I would blame it on. I had Kazaa installed for a total of about 2 hours one time; never again. That thing was harder to remove than a virus. I highly recommend getting Ad-Aware (I don't have a URL handy, do a search). It scans your HD for spyware and the like (even commercial cookies) and eliminates them. Although, it may disable Kazaa as a result (Kazaa can detect if you mess with its spyware). I recommend everyone who never has to run Ad-Aware; it can be a real eye opener.
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nssone wrote: I run Kazaa Lite most of the time, that may be related. Lol, that's what I would blame it on. I had Kazaa installed for a total of about 2 hours one time; never again. That thing was harder to remove than a virus. I highly recommend getting Ad-Aware (I don't have a URL handy, do a search). It scans your HD for spyware and the like (even commercial cookies) and eliminates them. Although, it may disable Kazaa as a result (Kazaa can detect if you mess with its spyware). I recommend everyone who never has to run Ad-Aware; it can be a real eye opener.
Well, it's Kazaa Lite, which is suuposed to be spyware/adware free. But then again, what's free anymore? :) <--Signature begins here--> I am... Currently: A Programming Student/Intern. Working on an outside project: A game for the GamePark32 (GP32) portable gaming console. GamePark32 English(Engrish) site[^] Wishing to better learn: Graphical programming with C++. P.S. I'm not good with HTML, so don't expect something fancy in my sig. But I'm working on it, OK?
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Programs being sneakily installed on your computer. Anybody know of a way to stop this? I really don't have a use for those 'pay-for-porn' programs. I prefer to get that for free. <--Signature begins here--> I am... Currently: A Programming Student/Intern. Working on an outside project: A game for the GamePark32 (GP32) portable gaming console. GamePark32 English(Engrish) site[^] Wishing to better learn: Graphical programming with C++. P.S. I'm not good with HTML, so don't expect something fancy in my sig. But I'm working on it, OK?
nssone wrote: Anybody know of a way to stop this? ad-aware CheeseWeasle
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JohnJ wrote: (A Horse/Donkey hybrid for all you crude CP'ers out there ) Cool it. I'm not crude. ;P Hang on... maybe I am: [serious]When I first saw your sig, I read "therapist" as "the rapist" :-O [/serious] :laugh:
Vikram.
My soon-to-be-updated site KI klike KDE kand kuse kit, kbut KI kmust kadmit, kstarting kall knames kwith K kis ksilly. KI khope kthey kwill kgive kup kthis kwhole kscheme ksoon kand kcome kup kwith kreal knames. pI vThink aHungarian nNotation vIs iA aWonderful nThing cAnd pEveryone avShould vUse pIt aAll dThe nTime, adNo nMatter pWhat dThe nContext, adEven adWhen vSpeaking.
Vikram Punathambekar wrote: When I first saw your sig, I read "therapist" as "the rapist" I dunno, I can't do anything right these days, all I do is turn an innocent reply to Chris into a signature and what happens:confused: A dyslexic CP'er turns it into something else;P Its too much, I'm going to have a lie down fo a while:omg:, take some pills:wtf:, maybe book another appointment with the therapist:laugh: John Hudson Its all right - I'll tell the therapist it was all your fault, maybe they won't turn the voltage up so high on the ECT machine this time:omg: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]
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Nitron wrote: What's worse than pop-ups? <Austin Powers>Circus folk. Carnies. Nomads, you know. Small hands. Smell like cabbage.</Austin Powers>
Jon Sagara
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nssone wrote: I run Kazaa Lite most of the time, that may be related. Lol, that's what I would blame it on. I had Kazaa installed for a total of about 2 hours one time; never again. That thing was harder to remove than a virus. I highly recommend getting Ad-Aware (I don't have a URL handy, do a search). It scans your HD for spyware and the like (even commercial cookies) and eliminates them. Although, it may disable Kazaa as a result (Kazaa can detect if you mess with its spyware). I recommend everyone who never has to run Ad-Aware; it can be a real eye opener.
David Kentley wrote: I highly recommend getting Ad-Aware You may also want to consider SpyBot Search&Destroy. http://security.kolla.de/[^] The two together seem to do quite well. Dave "You can say that again." -- Dept. of Redundancy Dept.
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JohnJ wrote: (A Horse/Donkey hybrid for all you crude CP'ers out there ) Cool it. I'm not crude. ;P Hang on... maybe I am: [serious]When I first saw your sig, I read "therapist" as "the rapist" :-O [/serious] :laugh:
Vikram.
My soon-to-be-updated site KI klike KDE kand kuse kit, kbut KI kmust kadmit, kstarting kall knames kwith K kis ksilly. KI khope kthey kwill kgive kup kthis kwhole kscheme ksoon kand kcome kup kwith kreal knames. pI vThink aHungarian nNotation vIs iA aWonderful nThing cAnd pEveryone avShould vUse pIt aAll dThe nTime, adNo nMatter pWhat dThe nContext, adEven adWhen vSpeaking.
Love those SNL skits. A: "You drink water out of one of these." Q: "What is a leather glove?" "I'll take anal bum cover for $200." A: "This month ends with tober." Q: "What is Febtober?" "The day is mine!"
..........Zack.......... Developer Extraordinaire && Full Time Geek
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." - George Carlin "I will stand on my side of the fence, reguardless of the circumstances or the consequence." - Monoxide "Hugbees!" GCS\P\SS d- s-:- a-- C++$ U--- P--- L- E- W++ N o K-? w+++ O++ !M-- V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5+ X+ R++ tv++ b++ DI++ D+++ G+>G++++ e* h- r++ y+
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Vikram Punathambekar wrote: When I first saw your sig, I read "therapist" as "the rapist" I dunno, I can't do anything right these days, all I do is turn an innocent reply to Chris into a signature and what happens:confused: A dyslexic CP'er turns it into something else;P Its too much, I'm going to have a lie down fo a while:omg:, take some pills:wtf:, maybe book another appointment with the therapist:laugh: John Hudson Its all right - I'll tell the therapist it was all your fault, maybe they won't turn the voltage up so high on the ECT machine this time:omg: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]
JohnJ wrote: A dyslexic CP'er I'm not dyslexic. In fact, we INTPs are excellent at languages* and word play- that's how I found that out. JohnJ wrote: book another appointment with the therapist ROTFLMAO ! :laugh: Nice to meet somebody who shares my brand of humor. * - [shameless plug]I can read, write and speak 4 languages fluently.[/shameless plug]
Vikram.
My soon-to-be-updated site KI klike KDE kand kuse kit, kbut KI kmust kadmit, kstarting kall knames kwith K kis ksilly. KI khope kthey kwill kgive kup kthis kwhole kscheme ksoon kand kcome kup kwith kreal knames. pI vThink aHungarian nNotation vIs iA aWonderful nThing cAnd pEveryone avShould vUse pIt aAll dThe nTime, adNo nMatter pWhat dThe nContext, adEven adWhen vSpeaking.
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Love those SNL skits. A: "You drink water out of one of these." Q: "What is a leather glove?" "I'll take anal bum cover for $200." A: "This month ends with tober." Q: "What is Febtober?" "The day is mine!"
..........Zack.......... Developer Extraordinaire && Full Time Geek
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." - George Carlin "I will stand on my side of the fence, reguardless of the circumstances or the consequence." - Monoxide "Hugbees!" GCS\P\SS d- s-:- a-- C++$ U--- P--- L- E- W++ N o K-? w+++ O++ !M-- V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5+ X+ R++ tv++ b++ DI++ D+++ G+>G++++ e* h- r++ y+
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Vikram.
My soon-to-be-updated site KI klike KDE kand kuse kit, kbut KI kmust kadmit, kstarting kall knames kwith K kis ksilly. KI khope kthey kwill kgive kup kthis kwhole kscheme ksoon kand kcome kup kwith kreal knames. pI vThink aHungarian nNotation vIs iA aWonderful nThing cAnd pEveryone avShould vUse pIt aAll dThe nTime, adNo nMatter pWhat dThe nContext, adEven adWhen vSpeaking.
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nssone wrote: I run Kazaa Lite most of the time, that may be related. Lol, that's what I would blame it on. I had Kazaa installed for a total of about 2 hours one time; never again. That thing was harder to remove than a virus. I highly recommend getting Ad-Aware (I don't have a URL handy, do a search). It scans your HD for spyware and the like (even commercial cookies) and eliminates them. Although, it may disable Kazaa as a result (Kazaa can detect if you mess with its spyware). I recommend everyone who never has to run Ad-Aware; it can be a real eye opener.
David Kentley wrote: I highly recommend getting Ad-Aware (I don't have a URL handy ... http://www.lavasoftusa.com[^]
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I'm particularly fond of those pop-ups that are precisely positioned such that their caption is hidden off the top of the screen, and they have put their own caption/min/max buttons up there to make it look like you click the button and the window goes away. Wrong! It fooled me once, but I learn quickly.
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Nitron wrote: popups Popup, what's a popup. I'm now a convert to the great god Mozilla[^]:omg: Before anybody sets fire to my socks and complains about speed, may I suggest they bite the bullet, go the extra mile and install it manually:eek: and try Mozilla Firebird[^] ooof...does it render a page fast:-D Apologies but I'm feeling Belligerent tonight - I've just paid Mr Gates his 3 pounds of flesh to renew my MSDN Pro subscription renewal:suss: (Sorry Chris you don't do it:(( ) Today what do I get, a very big box, filled with air bag things enveloping a medium size nice looking box, that contained a cardboard box that contained an EULA (Bin;) ), a set of CD'S for Visual Studio .NET 2003 (which you have already sent me - twice:~ ), a nice set of posters (for which I need a larger wall space:| ) and finally a card with a 15 digit number on it, that I just have to enter on an MSDN website before being told to check back in 2 days to make sure it worked:wtf: Since I do this each year, probably on Thurday I will find it not registered. After that I just ring a number to take me to Ireland, talk to a person in India, fax my registration card and invoice because they don't have the subscription number on the database, email a nice person in Ireland a couple of times and finally I'm renewed for 12 months:mad: Pass the tranquilizers John Hudson Its all right - I'll tell the therapist it was all your fault, maybe they won't turn the voltage up so high on the ECT machine this time:omg: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]
We would have been happy to take care of all that registration angst for you. All part of the service ;) cheers, Chris Maunder
