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Post #21,468
by Yendor
12/14/01 9:25:19 AM
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New Why not?
As a business decision, if I've got The Register wanting to pay $50 a month for my ad space, or Danni's Hard Drive willing to pay $150 a month for the same space....Why would I want to turn down Danni's Hard Drive?
-YendorMike

"The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by the skeptics or the cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who dream of things that never were." - John F. Kennedy
Post #21,485
by wharris2
12/14/01 10:29:19 AM
12/14/01 10:29:51 AM
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New Re: Why not?
For the same business reasons. If The Reputable Web Site displays a banner ad for a sex site, it'll presumably either be innocuous (so you don't know where you're going and might click on it thinking it was something else) or it's going to be lurid (so you do know where you're going but then its presence on that page probably violates many/most company web usage policies.) In either case, the likelihood of me visiting The Reputable Web Site's page decreases.

And that's even without setting a xxx or sex cookie.

With that said, no doubt you'll be able to show me where some reputable site such as Tom's Hardware Guide or The Register or Blue's News does this and I've never noticed. :=)
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #21,697
by Yendor
12/17/01 10:11:53 AM
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New Nah.
Just playing Devil's Advocate.
-YendorMike

"The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by the skeptics or the cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who dream of things that never were." - John F. Kennedy
Post #21,737
by wharris2
12/17/01 2:21:51 PM
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New Bows to Mr. Devil :=)
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
     Help!!! (re Cookies) - (dmarker2) - (17) - Dec. 9, 2001, 11:31:51 PM EST
         On Netscape default installation... - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - Dec. 10, 2001, 12:14:50 AM EST
             Re: On Netscape default installation... - (dmarker2) - Dec. 10, 2001, 01:09:45 AM EST
             Re: S'ok - found em as well .. - (dmarker2) - Dec. 10, 2001, 01:14:22 AM EST
         Logout? - (Yendor) - (8) - Dec. 10, 2001, 09:35:59 AM EST
             Re: Quicken is odd - (dmarker2) - (7) - Dec. 10, 2001, 08:24:58 PM EST
                 Aye, indeed - (Yendor) - (6) - Dec. 11, 2001, 09:49:40 AM EST
                     xxx - (inthane-chan) - (5) - Dec. 13, 2001, 02:10:37 PM EST
                         Really? - (wharris2) - (4) - Dec. 13, 2001, 09:43:50 PM EST
                             Why not? - (Yendor) - (3) - Dec. 14, 2001, 09:25:19 AM EST
                                 Re: Why not? - (wharris2) - (2) - Dec. 14, 2001, 10:29:51 AM EST
                                     Nah. - (Yendor) - (1) - Dec. 17, 2001, 10:11:53 AM EST
                                         Bows to Mr. Devil :=) -NT - (wharris2) - Dec. 17, 2001, 02:21:51 PM EST
         Oblig cookie rant - (wharris2) - (4) - Dec. 11, 2001, 12:15:24 PM EST
             Back-arrow &$&%#* disabling - - (Ashton) - (2) - Dec. 11, 2001, 04:27:27 PM EST
                 Disable javascript - (drewk) - (1) - Dec. 11, 2001, 04:34:00 PM EST
                     Not IE. Also - JS is on only rarely. Tryin K-meleon next :-) -NT - (Ashton) - Dec. 11, 2001, 07:12:03 PM EST
             Bad lawyer, no cookie - (kmself) - Dec. 11, 2001, 06:13:35 PM EST

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