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Re: Other, unwanted intruders

pjs...@bresnan.net (Paul Stamsen) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:48:57 UT

I found this: com.trolltech.plist, in the prefs and moved it to Preferences (Corrupt) and that seems to have stopped the "pop-in" from CNet TechTracker.

Interesting name, huh?

p.
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Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Re: Twitter, the new cpu pig

dantear...@gmail.com (Dan) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:45:11 UT

LOL

Here's one with a twitter that's not very active:

<[link]>

- Dan.
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- Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.

Re: Other, unwanted intruders

michaelgm717...@gmail.com (Michael G.M.) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:41:14 UT

I use SeaMonkey 2.0 with Adblock plus and NoScript. Both Add-ons do
really, really well.
NoScript has been doing most of the blocking and so on for me.

On a side note, Lowend Mac seems to be the site I have the most
problems with lately. ie. getting it to display properly. This is an
issue with all my browsers and LEM. It's either everything is

Re: Other, unwanted intruders

pjs...@bresnan.net (Paul Stamsen) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:14:31 UT

You know, I have no idea. Maybe CNET.com, but I have no idea where the NetFlix came from.

Same as you ClickToFlash, and blocking
various animated ads with SafariBlock.

Thanks for the reasonable assistance and Happy Thanksgiving.

P.
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Lawyers spend a great deal
of their time shoveling smoke.

Re: Other, unwanted intruders

pjs...@bresnan.net (Paul Stamsen) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:14:17 UT

I simply don't understand. I'm not allowed to look?

and then choose no thanks?
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Lawyers spend a great deal
of their time shoveling smoke.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Re: Twitter, the new cpu pig

john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu (Bruce Johnson) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:00:15 UT

I'll quote you a member of this list, some guy named "Dan":

"Specific URLs, so we can look at 'em?"

:-P

Seriously though, a sample URL will help
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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs

Re: Other, unwanted intruders

dantear...@gmail.com (Dan) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:15:27 UT

Specific URLs, so we can look at 'em?

What ad blocker are you using?

- Dan.
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- Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.

Re: Other, unwanted intruders

dantear...@gmail.com (Dan) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:23:38 UT

There are many ways for sites to make money with advertising. There
is simply NO NEED for a site to hammer us with ads that are resource
hogging, intrusive, offensive, animated, etc etc etc.

With a hardcopy magazine, you can quickly flip past any offensive ad
- and still enjoy the magazine. Flash and ad blockers let us do the

Re: Other, unwanted intruders

johnmusba...@gmail.com (John Musbach) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:53:46 UT

Disconnect from the Internet. Seriously, disk space, bandwidth, and
computing power, even today, is very expensive--if you can't
financially support the websites you use then you shouldn't be
expecting the service they provide you in exchange. I hate people who
steal financially from those who rely on ad revenue to stay afloat

Other, unwanted intruders

pjs...@bresnan.net (Paul Stamsen) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:46:59 UT

And I'm getting a ******ed pop-ups from NetFlicks or a "pop-in" from CNet TechTracker.

What would you folks suggest to combat them?
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Thanks,

Paul <pjspop @ bresnan.net>
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Twitter, the new cpu pig

dantear...@gmail.com (Dan) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:19:34 UT

After beating Flash into submission with ClickToFlash, and blocking
various animated ads with SafariBlock, my browsing speed was pretty
durn quick!

But now sites have begun including globs of Twitter***t, which makes
Safari drink most of my CPU and eat more memory, especially if I've
opened two or more tabs of these pages!

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

kasm...@gmail.com (Kasey Smith) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:09:53 UT

This isn't the machine's fault, its Adobe's bad flash player for Mac
and Linux.

Re: installing old software

kasm...@gmail.com (Kasey Smith) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:18:22 UT

If it's an OS9 app, this won't quite work unless you have OSX on both
computers (well OS9 can mount disk images through Disk Copy.) If both
computers do have OSX, I would make images on the older one and then
use them (on either computer) to restore to HD floppies.

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

billycarm...@verizon.net (Bill Connelly) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:32:07 UT

I have the "same" DA Dual 533 with SATA card and now an agp ATI Radeon
9800 Pro. I love the historical Jazz performers you find on YouTube.

Same bad behavior with YouTube videos. I believe its actually Adobe's
Flash Player we're having difficulty with playback in our browsers.

If I download the YouTube video, it plays fine using VLC. No herky-

Re: New SD camera card reader

michaelgm717...@gmail.com (Michael G.M.) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:30:45 UT

Ok, Ok I see. ;) I also have a spare hub I can get out when I really
need it. So this looks like deal!
Oh yeah! The budget!! Cool! What was I thinking??? :)
Thank you Stewie!!!