dsi1 <ds...@eternal-september.invalid> wrote:
> On 7/6/2012 8:05 PM, Feranija wrote:
>> On 06/07/12 22:43, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>> Snork yourself troll-boy. When you do a search on Google, you'll
>>> frequently get sponsored links on the top and to the right of the
>>> non-sponsored search result links. As far as I know, Ad blockers
>>> don't do shit to suppress these links.
>>
>> Oh it works, it suppresses well. This is a "Hosts" file:
>>
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt
>>
>> It suppress all adds, on Google and elsewhere, and never fails. Upon
>> copying this text file to the appropriate location, there are no more
>> any adds on Google or any other search engine, web forums or similar.
>>
>> *nix systems users will simply copy the file to the /etc/hosts.
>> Windows and Mac users depending of the OS version may need couple of
>> simple instructions:
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
>>
>> Before using it, there are several commented (#) addresses which when
>> uncommented were troublesome for early versions of Firefox and few
>> sites as Disney etc...
>> Today it just works, just uncomment everything # 127.0... and enjoy
>> adds free internet. No adds at all, nix, nada, nil, zero.
>
> This sounds like an ad promising the world. I don't really need this
> old school stuff. I haven't had to worry about ads popping up for
> several years since the Chrome browser was released - it probably
> uses a host file subscription service but I don't have to load
> anything. It's kind of funny how people still have problems with
> this. I simply don't have to think about popups anymore.
>
> OTOH, host files don't do a thing about Google sponsored links. That's
> the breaks.
I've noticed something about your technology oracle posts. You always break
out the "dinosaur" and "old school" drivel whenever you've backed yourself
into a corner or you're trying to sound knowledgeable while in way over your
head.
Which I suppose is why you bring up such inexplicably condescending terms so
often.
Just sayin'.