Sometimes I miss having powers... Oh. Oh! I know what this is! This is peer pressure! Any second now you're gonna make me smoke tobacco and--and have drugs!

Anya ,'Showtime'


Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Emily - Dec 20, 2005 1:11:11 pm PST #3716 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

I'm hurt that you think I'd put ads like that up! I'm surprised you think Google would, but I admit I have no idea about their graphical ads.

By "I blame" I meant I blame the existence of those kinds of ads for people's (or at least my) reluctance to click through on ads in general.


Katie M - Dec 20, 2005 1:12:22 pm PST #3717 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

I blame the "Prove that you can click on a moving thing/answer a pop culture question, win something we're obviously not going to give you!" ads. I don't click through on almost any ads. I don't trust them.

I keep accidentally clicking those new ones that expand when you roll over them. I don't roll over them on purpose, I swear!

Well, those and the evil transparent ones with moving parts and difficult-to-find close buttons.


§ ita § - Dec 20, 2005 1:14:24 pm PST #3718 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The ones that drift across your screen are appalling.

I get why they need to advertise, really. And why people need to place them. But don't fuck with my ability to see what I came for.

I meant I blame the existence of those kinds of ads for people's (or at least my) reluctance to click through on ads in general.

Ah, sorry. I've clicked through on a few. But the more it moves, the less likely I am to do so, because the more I feel I'm being sold a wack bill of goods.


tommyrot - Dec 20, 2005 1:19:03 pm PST #3719 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I fear the cooling fan on my G3 iBook is getting close to failing. If I go to a web page with lots of animated ads, the CPU usage is close to 100%, and if I leave it at a page like that too long, the cooling fan starts up. Then I get mad at the marketing bastards who are threatening damage to my computer.

I s'pose the answer is to get a faster laptop. But... a 900 mhz G3 should be adequate for web browsing.


Dana - Dec 20, 2005 1:19:23 pm PST #3720 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I actually really like cross-multiplication, because I feel like I understand it and can use it with confidence.


ChiKat - Dec 20, 2005 1:25:43 pm PST #3721 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

Hello?? I'm bored. Y'all are supposed to entertain me!!!

Please proceed with the entertaining.


tommyrot - Dec 20, 2005 1:25:47 pm PST #3722 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Dumbass ID backlash:

Richard Thompson of the Michigan-based Thomas More Law Center, the "public interest law firm" cited in Jones' opinion, made clear that he didn't consider the debate to be a waste.

"This should be done in the scientific community, debating it out. ... The debate is still going on. It's a new debate," Thompson said on MSNBC-TV.

If you want this debate to happen in the scientific community, then submit some fucking scientific papers to fucking peer review.

Bastard.

(IIRC, ID advocates have yet to submit anything to peer review.)

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Jesse - Dec 20, 2005 1:33:05 pm PST #3723 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Those baby shoes are adorable! I want them!! It's probably too soon for me to stocking up for my as-yet hypothetical future child, right?

I almost never click through ads either. Say one out of 9790 times.


§ ita § - Dec 20, 2005 1:37:16 pm PST #3724 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Say one out of 9790 times.

And what percentage is that, boys and girls?

So far I don't want to click on any of the ones that come up on provocateuse, but they do tend to link to celebrity-fannish sites, which might work very well for my audience.

I have no idea.


tommyrot - Dec 20, 2005 1:37:49 pm PST #3725 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I almost never click through ads either. Say one out of 9790 times.

Crap. I only have a few hundred web pages to go before it's time for me to click through....