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oh the irony, microsoft
« on: September 25, 2010, 12:02:37 AM »
theyre throwing updates after me, to protect from popups

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i get on to my microsoft msn, and one of its in-frame sponsors pop up and blocks half my msn window untill i click it away, to which it instantly pops up again a second time :D

THANK YOU, MICROSOFT!

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Re: oh the irony, microsoft
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2010, 12:04:57 AM »
They do it 'cause they love you.  :zoinks:
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Re: oh the irony, microsoft
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2010, 12:07:06 AM »
They do it 'cause they love you.  :zoinks:

if there is one thing in the universe, that most of all pushes my atheistic mind towards a religious mindset, its microsoft and computers.

it seems so deliberate.
sometimes its so well timed too.
sometimes a computer error will coordinate even with something completely unrelated, like my cat about to tilt something over, or people calling,
it just knows

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Re: oh the irony, microsoft
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2010, 12:09:07 AM »
They do it 'cause they love you.  :zoinks:

if there is one thing in the universe, that most of all pushes my atheistic mind towards a religious mindset, its microsoft and computers.

it seems so deliberate.
sometimes its so well timed too.
sometimes a computer error will coordinate even with something completely unrelated, like my cat about to tilt something over, or people calling,
it just knows

Indeed it does know, and it demands your attention and submission!  :2thumbsup:
"I'm finding a lot of things funny lately, but I don't think they are."
--- Ripley, Alien Resurrection


"We are grateful for the time we have been given."
--- Edward Walker, The Village

People forget.
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Re: oh the irony, microsoft
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2010, 12:14:18 AM »
They do it 'cause they love you.  :zoinks:

if there is one thing in the universe, that most of all pushes my atheistic mind towards a religious mindset, its microsoft and computers.

it seems so deliberate.
sometimes its so well timed too.
sometimes a computer error will coordinate even with something completely unrelated, like my cat about to tilt something over, or people calling,
it just knows

Indeed it does know, and it demands your attention and submission!  :2thumbsup:

it does
it does :(
and at the end of the day, all you can do, is be nice to it. defrag and cuddle it good night :(
just continue being its bitch :(

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Re: oh the irony, microsoft
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2010, 12:24:31 AM »
You need you some PeerBlock and add the Spyware and Adware lists to your filterset. Perhaps block them on HTTP as well.

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Re: oh the irony, microsoft
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2010, 01:33:34 AM »
it wasnt an actual popup, thats what i considered "ironic"

it was a "legitimate" sponsor of ms msn, but that "popped up", as in, grew out of its frame on mouse-over.

"legally" its probably all a-okay, its technically not a popup, but behaves exactly like one, while being endorsed by microsoft  8)

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Re: oh the irony, microsoft
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2010, 02:26:09 AM »
There's plenty of tools out there to stop MSN ads.

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Re: oh the irony, microsoft
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2010, 03:02:24 AM »
Have you tried downloading a-patch for msn? You can block these annoying pesky ads that way.
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Re: oh the irony, microsoft
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2010, 06:41:23 AM »
How about trying aMSN? It's an open-source alternative to MSN which works pretty much the same way and has no ads.

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Re: oh the irony, microsoft
« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2010, 06:44:14 AM »
You need you some PeerBlock and add the Spyware and Adware lists to your filterset. Perhaps block them on HTTP as well.
I have used peerblock for quite a while

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Re: oh the irony, microsoft
« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2010, 08:47:09 AM »
Paper and pencil.  Crossword and other puzzles.  Physical books.  Radio.  There are lots of less frustrating options to the computer.  Liberate yourself from the tyranny of the computer.
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Re: oh the irony, microsoft
« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2010, 09:26:38 AM »
Paper and pencil.  Crossword and other puzzles.  Physical books.  Radio.  There are lots of less frustrating options to the computer.  Liberate yourself from the tyranny of the computer.

But Your Majesty! How else can we all communicate with each other?  :o
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Re: oh the irony, microsoft
« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2010, 09:40:10 AM »
Paper and pencil.  Crossword and other puzzles.  Physical books.  Radio.  There are lots of less frustrating options to the computer.  Liberate yourself from the tyranny of the computer.

But Your Majesty! How else can we all communicate with each other?  :o
pigeon?

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Re: oh the irony, microsoft
« Reply #14 on: September 25, 2010, 09:42:18 AM »
Paper and pencil.  Crossword and other puzzles.  Physical books.  Radio.  There are lots of less frustrating options to the computer.  Liberate yourself from the tyranny of the computer.

But Your Majesty! How else can we all communicate with each other?  :o
pigeon?

Nah, too slow. Nothing beats the internet!  :headbang2:
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"We are grateful for the time we have been given."
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People forget.
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