Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 19:39:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> To: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> Cc: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org>, Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org>, Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, Matthew Hunt <mph@FreeBSD.ORG>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/www/ijb - Imported sources Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980504193423.306G-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980504112513.20104S-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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On Mon, 4 May 1998, Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > > No we're not. We're talking about filtering ads. Eivind long > > ago agreed that a program which filters large, fat, unnecessary > > gifs has definate potential use. I agreed with him implicitly. > > No, in the case where we filter ads we do so because they cause specific > pages to be delayed in loading. Altavista for example would not have > their ads filtered because they load quickly and are fairly well > integrated with the page. Then you're not filtering their ads. Continue not filtering ads and keep your conscience clear. > Since you're somewhat slow I'll explain how HTML/HTTP work with respect to > loading these images. Now you're just being silly. I know quite well how the web and the protocals it uses work. > image loading completly if we desire.) By use of IJB and others, we give > ourselves the ability to do a number of useful things (not load images, > de-interlace interlaced gifs, etc.) That's different from filtering ads! > Just think of what web caching proxies do to banner stats on static pages. > (Which is why most banners are on pages are dynamic and provide hints for > caching proxies not to cache them.) Advertising is all statistics. For example, magazines do surveys to see how much second-hand readership they get, for the purposes of setting the ad-rates. -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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