Annoying popups

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:20 pm

Since I'm such a nice chap, I'll totally stop blocking ads at DAC.

Naked_Lunch · Post by **Naked_Lunch** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:22 pm

You people need to get smaller signatures.

Post by **Taluntain** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:18 pm

"didn't DACers chip in for the server bill?"

That was a one-time drive to upgrade the server CPU. I don't remember exactly how much DAC raised, but it wasn't much.

The server hosting bill, on the other hand, needs to be paid every month.

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:57 am

Taluntain wrote:"didn't DACers chip in for the server bill?"

That was a one-time drive to upgrade the server CPU. I don't remember exactly how much DAC raised, but it wasn't much.

The server hosting bill, on the other hand, needs to be paid every month.

No, I was thinking about this http://www.duckandcover.cx/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11504
but you're right, there was also this http://www.duckandcover.cx/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12366

I have ad disabling browser features by default, not specially for DAC. Guess I'm gonna disable them once in a while, or donate maybe..

Post by **Taluntain** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:35 pm

I don't know anything about the first one, that was solely Teatime... but I remember the fiasco of trying to raise $40 here in the second thread. Frankly, if I had any idea what it'd turn into, I'd have paid for it out of my own pocket just to spare me the arguing.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:46 pm

It'd be worth donating if you could do stuff on the site like make the forums pink or ban a member for a week huh how about that

Naked_Lunch · Post by **Naked_Lunch** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:44 pm

Who would you ban JUST WONDERING

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:48 pm

probably no-one okay mabye geno. not for any particular reason though just pay a dollar so on new years eve he'll be at home and cant go on dac lol

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 4:22 pm

PiP wrote:Firefox (1.5 would be best)
+ https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/m ... on=firefox
+ https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/m ... on=firefox

real good.
I also recommend https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/m ... on=firefox
but this one's not about popups and stuff.

I also recommend the following also:
Adblock Plus with Adblock Filterset.G Updater
http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=774 (scroll down a bit)
Block Ads css script
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/adblock.html

Killzig · Post by **Killzig** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 5:25 pm

Taluntain wrote:Obviously if DAC had to rely on advertising to cover the costs of hosting, Teatime would be paying out his pocket for it. I think this thread is a good indication how little people around here care for the fact that advertising is the only thing that helps to pay at least a part of the server bill. It's really too bad that the "let's make sure that the site loses even the few cents a month from me (that I don't even have to pay for) by making sure I'm blocking all the ads" mentality works online. Until the guy running the site gets tired of paying for the enjoyment of his visitors with his time as well as his money, that is... But hey, when one site goes down, there's always another one there, right?

Trust me, you'd be bitter too if you were on the receiving end of this shitty mentality for years.

sounds like you need a

If you wanted to make money on the web you should have gone into the porn biz.

vx trauma · Post by **vx trauma** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 5:28 pm

don't be so undemanding. Say: "I WANT MORE. ANYTHING I CAN GET."

Post by **DarkUnderlord** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 2:34 am

Killzig wrote:If you wanted to make money on the web you should have gone into the porn biz.

I thought that was what the Wasteland was for?

Geno · Post by **Geno** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 4:00 am

Seems like The Wasteland is for everything.

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 2:27 pm

Geno wrote:Seems like The Wasteland is for everything.

And unfortunately, for everyone.

Killzig · Post by **Killzig** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 2:59 pm

Geno wrote:Seems like The Wasteland is for everything.

the wasteland is where your braincells go to die.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:54 pm

There are no advertisement popup-windows anymore, just the banners, which is good... but now some of the banners won't load up and I get this "can't load target from www.sorcerers2.net" popup (not window) all the time

Post by **Taluntain** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:43 pm

That's odd... can you send a screenshot to me at sorcerer (at) sorcerers.net please? Thanks.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 11:58 am

Well they troubled me yesterday but there haven't been any of those today. I guess the ads are cycled daily? And I doubt a screenshot would be so helpful, it's just a Firefox pop-up (in Finnish) about "not getting data from address x". And when it pops up the banner above is completely gray, no ads at all.

Oh well, no biggie.

Post by **Taluntain** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:44 pm

Ads are cycled randomly, and geo-targeted, so different stuff shows for different countries. Still, if it does happen again, do send me a screenshot, it makes tracking things down much easier.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:13 pm

Alright, thanks a lot. Will do.