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DavidRGilson
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27 June 2008, 12:46 pm

It's out now if anyone was waiting to download it smile

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matthewhughes
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27 June 2008, 12:59 pm

DavidRGilson says:
It's out now if anyone was waiting to download it smile

Dave, I have a sneaking suspicion you have a job for CNET.

DavidRGilson
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27 June 2008, 01:24 pm

matthewhughes says:
Dave, I have a sneaking suspicion you have a job for CNET.

Nah, just have my podcatcher running most of the time smile

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27 June 2008, 01:26 pm

DavidRGilson says:
Nah, just have my podcatcher running most of the time smile

iTunes FTW!

DavidRGilson
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27 June 2008, 05:27 pm

Anyone else listened yet?

weetanhops
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27 June 2008, 07:13 pm

I'd listened a lot earlier on, my life seems to be about waiting for the Crave Podcast to be broadcast these days, thank God college is almost over for the summer.

Jamie1991
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28 June 2008, 12:33 am

just listened - i don't get this easylist thing in the news- doesn't adblock plus do the same thing?

Edited by Jamie1991 (Member) on 27 June 2008 at 11:33 pm

DavidRGilson
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28 June 2008, 12:35 am

Jamie1991 says:
just listened - i don't get this easylist thing in the news- doesn't adblock plus do the same thing?

I was thinking that too.

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28 June 2008, 01:21 pm

I think Ian was right that leaving them alone would be better than blocking them, otherwise they will get a lot more intrusive and just plain annoying (those green links in articles, for example?)

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28 June 2008, 04:36 pm

weetanhops says:
I think Ian was right that leaving them alone would be better than blocking them, otherwise they will get a lot more intrusive and just plain annoying (those green links in articles, for example?)

I can see the principal you're stating. Although, I think anything but text ads (alá Google) are a potential security risk (i.e. attack vectors) and that we are most definitely in an arms race.

Take for instance, the "innocent" old banner ad. Combine the fact that you'd be getting a image sent to you from somewhere other than server you intended to go to; with the fact that a buffer overflow error could lead to a remote code execution. You get a very nasty, indiscriminate, attack method.

The more intrusive advertisers make ads, the more programmers will block them. Until advertisers can learn to make something harmless and non-intrusive, then people will fight them, as so they should.

FWIW, I think Google text ads are the sweet spot for automated web advertising.