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    The "Take Saddam Out" banner...

    First of all I cannot stand it. It is so stupid and that kind of crap ignorant americans embrace.. "Hey look, I am freakin stupid, lets take out Saddam... Come on John-Boy, it will be a riot."

    Thats not why I am writing this though, does anybody else's mouse pointer disappear when that banner is running? I am running Win2000 and it is very annoying, though it does affect me too much. I just hate it. Anyway to get my mouse from disappearing?

    Thanks in advance.

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    Hmmmm I just found the same thing...that is strangs, I'll pass it along to the web master.....

    of course what I find particuarlly appaulling about this ad is what happens when you click on it...you get Bush selling a product. No one should use the president to promote their product without his consent.
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    I have filed a complaint with the company, we'll see if they respond.
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    Yea, I hate it when that banner is up.. MY mouse disappears and blinks

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    Oh, so that's what it is. I've been assuming it's a new (and one that's not useful) feature on the boards. When you don't move the mouse, it disappears so you can read the messages without it obstructing your view.
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    I've seen that banner on other sites I visit too! Everyone's complaining about it!

    It sucks!!

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    The sooner it goes the better!

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    I've got complaints into the company.
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    Originally posted by Cshot
    Oh, so that's what it is. I've been assuming it's a new (and one that's not useful) feature on the boards. When you don't move the mouse, it disappears so you can read the messages without it obstructing your view.
    Hah - same here. Never made the correlation (since the damned ad runs constantly)

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    notice how much better it is now that stoopid banner has gone?

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    Useless Spam and bump, thread closed. (I'm working on banner ad)


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