Ads with sounds

ober · 03-29-2005, 08:37 AM

Ok, so I'm sitting here at work and I decide to pop on my head phones and listen to some music while I'm working. So I fire up winamp and start listening... but I hear this faint noise like there is a fly in the background. I didn't think it was in the song before, so I screw around with it for a little bit thinking I'm losing my mind.

I couldn't figure out what was doing it, but I noticed when I stopped the music that it still did it... and it was a pattern, like it would repeat every 5 seconds or so. So then I get to thinking... I bet it is some stupid ad, and sure enough, good ol' cprog has an ad that you try to smack some fly with a fly swatter to get some prize. And every 5 seconds, the damn fly buzzes.

HOW ANNOYING CAN THESE PEOPLE GET??

***webmaster*** · 03-29-2005, 08:59 AM

I hate that ad. Which page was it on, and what URL was it associated with?

RoD · 03-29-2005, 09:20 AM

it appeared on the forum home, as i heard it also, but as to the url i am unsure. its not the first one here, but the others have been absent as of late.

RoD · 03-29-2005, 09:22 AM

its back!!! Linked me 2

http://consumerincentivepromotions.c...728_swatflyfla

Oh and the one with the dudes chest...eww

ober · 03-29-2005, 09:42 AM

I was sitting at the general discussions board when it showed up.

***webmaster*** · 03-29-2005, 11:15 AM

I figured out who they were and blocked the campaigns and all future campaigns from that advertiser.

RoD · 03-29-2005, 11:34 AM

Thnx alex, glad ober brought this up!

ober · 03-29-2005, 12:41 PM

Thank you SO much.

JaWiB · 03-29-2005, 06:59 PM

I posted about that same ad a while ago (in the bugs and strange things sticky) That seriously has to be the most annoying ad ever (my dad even came into my room from across the hall and asked me what the heck it was).

SMurf · 03-30-2005, 03:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ober

And every 5 seconds, the damn fly buzzes.

Don't just sit there, swat the damn thing!

joshdick · 03-30-2005, 09:51 AM

There's an extension for Firefox called Adblock. It's great. You can get rid of ads easily, and you can even specify entire sites to block like "http://ads.fastclick.net*"

ober · 03-30-2005, 10:26 AM

Yeah, I know. But you see, the problem is: I hate firefox

Now, when someone decides to write something for Opera that does ad-blocking, I'll stop making threads about this.

joshdick · 03-30-2005, 10:33 AM

http://www.opera.com/docs/pluginapi/
You could just write your own

I have to ask, though, why do you hate firefox?

ober · 03-30-2005, 11:38 AM

For starters: My experience with FF and why Opera is better

And that's just the tip of the iceburg.

03-29-2005, 08:37 AM	#1
ober 5\|-\|1+\|-\|34\|) Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 4,429	Ads with sounds Ok, so I'm sitting here at work and I decide to pop on my head phones and listen to some music while I'm working. So I fire up winamp and start listening... but I hear this faint noise like there is a fly in the background. I didn't think it was in the song before, so I screw around with it for a little bit thinking I'm losing my mind. I couldn't figure out what was doing it, but I noticed when I stopped the music that it still did it... and it was a pattern, like it would repeat every 5 seconds or so. So then I get to thinking... I bet it is some stupid ad, and sure enough, good ol' cprog has an ad that you try to smack some fly with a fly swatter to get some prize. And every 5 seconds, the damn fly buzzes. HOW ANNOYING CAN THESE PEOPLE GET??
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03-29-2005, 08:59 AM	#2
*webmaster* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 706	I hate that ad. Which page was it on, and what URL was it associated with?
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03-29-2005, 09:20 AM	#3
RoD Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 6,334	it appeared on the forum home, as i heard it also, but as to the url i am unsure. its not the first one here, but the others have been absent as of late.
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03-29-2005, 09:22 AM	#4
RoD Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 6,334	its back!!! Linked me 2 http://consumerincentivepromotions.c...728_swatflyfla Oh and the one with the dudes chest...eww
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03-29-2005, 09:42 AM	#5
ober 5\|-\|1+\|-\|34\|) Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 4,429	I was sitting at the general discussions board when it showed up.
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03-29-2005, 11:15 AM	#6
*webmaster* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 706	I figured out who they were and blocked the campaigns and all future campaigns from that advertiser.
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03-29-2005, 11:34 AM	#7
RoD Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 6,334	Thnx alex, glad ober brought this up!
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03-29-2005, 12:41 PM	#8
ober 5\|-\|1+\|-\|34\|) Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 4,429	Thank you SO much.
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03-29-2005, 06:59 PM	#9
JaWiB carry on Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,971	I posted about that same ad a while ago (in the bugs and strange things sticky) That seriously has to be the most annoying ad ever (my dad even came into my room from across the hall and asked me what the heck it was). __________________ "Think not but that I know these things; or think I know them not: not therefore am I short Of knowing what I ought." -John Milton, Paradise Regained (1671) "Work hard and it might happen." -XSquared
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03-30-2005, 09:51 AM	#11
joshdick Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Phildelphia, PA Posts: 1,146	There's an extension for Firefox called Adblock. It's great. You can get rid of ads easily, and you can even specify entire sites to block like "http://ads.fastclick.net*" __________________ FAQ "The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form of computer programs." -- Joseph Weizenbaum. "If you cannot grok the overall structure of a program while taking a shower, you are not ready to code it." -- Richard Pattis.
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03-30-2005, 10:26 AM	#12
ober 5\|-\|1+\|-\|34\|) Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 4,429	Yeah, I know. But you see, the problem is: I hate firefox Now, when someone decides to write something for Opera that does ad-blocking, I'll stop making threads about this.
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03-30-2005, 10:33 AM	#13
joshdick Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Phildelphia, PA Posts: 1,146	http://www.opera.com/docs/pluginapi/ You could just write your own I have to ask, though, why do you hate firefox? __________________ FAQ "The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form of computer programs." -- Joseph Weizenbaum. "If you cannot grok the overall structure of a program while taking a shower, you are not ready to code it." -- Richard Pattis.
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03-30-2005, 11:38 AM	#14
ober 5\|-\|1+\|-\|34\|) Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 4,429	For starters: My experience with FF and why Opera is better And that's just the tip of the iceburg.
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