From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 27 1:24:37 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail3.ucles.org.uk (mail3.ucles.org.uk [192.149.119.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B6FF37B400 for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 01:24:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail3.ucles.org.uk (unverified) by mail3.ucles.org.uk (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.2.5) with ESMTP id for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:21:04 +0000 Received: by forest.nrl.navy.mil with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:21:04 -0000 Message-ID: <0B0368CED76DD4118E1200D0B73E9B5D041E9F83@MAIL1> From: Mike Dewhirst To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: RE: ad banner hack Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:21:13 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C1D570.BDB05D30" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1D570.BDB05D30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" [snip] > This sounds like a bad idea, a very extremist and nearly > fascist notion. I find the word fascist completely inappropriate here. We are talking about trying to crack down on the internet ad pushing, which IMHO is getting completely out of control. > Why not use a browser *similar* to the latest Internet Explorer which > allows you to block cookies from thirdparties (that would be, > IPs other > than the page being served up)? That still does not prevent your access being logged by the ad server. You still access it. A lot of people like to browse for things they were after, without receiving "added bonuses". > > -- > Peter Leftwich > President & Founder > Video2Video Services > Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA > +1-413-403-9555 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > =********************************************************** If you are not the intended recipient, employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination or copying of this communication and its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication and its attachments in error, please return the original message and attachments to the sender using the reply facility on e-mail. Internet communications are not secure and therefore the UCLES Group does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the UCLES Group unless otherwise specifically stated. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses although this does not guarantee that this email is virus free. **********************************************************= ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1D570.BDB05D30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: ad banner hack

[snip]
> This sounds like a bad idea, a very extremist and n= early
> fascist notion.

I find the word fascist completely inappropriate here. We= are talking about trying to crack down on the internet ad pushing, which I= MHO is getting completely out of control.

> Why not use a browser *similar* to the latest Intern= et Explorer which
> allows you to block cookies from thirdparties (that= would be,
> IPs other
> than the page being served up)?

That still does not prevent your access being logged by t= he ad server. You still access it. A lot of people like to browse for thing= s they were after, without receiving "added bonuses".

>
> --
> Peter Leftwich
> President & Founder
> Video2Video Services
> Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA
> +1-413-403-9555
>
>
> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org<= /FONT>
> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in t= he body of the message
>



=3D**********************************************************

If you are not the intended recipient, employee or agent responsible for de= livering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified tha= t any dissemination or copying of this communication and its attachments is= strictly prohibited.

If you have received this communication and its attachments in error, pleas= e return the original message and attachments to the sender using the reply= facility on e-mail.

Internet communications are not secure and therefore the UCLES Group does n= ot accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views= or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessaril= y represent those of the UCLES Group unless otherwise specifically stated.<= BR>
This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by
MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses although this does not gua= rantee that this email is virus free.

**********************************************************=3D
 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1D570.BDB05D30-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message