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  1. #51
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    No, but it *will* help to move the ad concerned from its current position (say within a post), if enough folks close it. That's precisely how it 'learns' where to be, and how the software works.

    Therefore, if you genuinely want to influence the current positioning of ads, the ONLY way is either to close them or open them. Close = possibly 'convincing' the ad to appear somewhere else on the site. Open = 'tells' the ad that you're happy where it is, and we subsequently get approx 8p for the click.

    Ignoring them completely simply maintains the status quo.

    Marco.
    Let's have an organised "click day", to raise as many 8p's as we can, followed by a big piss-up day where we take all the 8p's to a centrally-located pub.
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    Good plan, daftee... Or it could go towards paying for *your operation*

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  3. #53
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Good plan, daftee... Or it could go towards paying for *your operation*

    Marco.
    I've had "the procedure" done already - now I need to get someone drunk enough to appreciate my baldy-head, combined with oversized ladyparts. Which is why I suggested the piss-up.

    Or I could just move to North Wales, no need to get them drunk, just need to learn the Welsh for "stick it in there before I change my mind"
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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    Lancashire lass once said "stop muckin'bout an get knob in"
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    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

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    Sounds about right - me and a friend were once in a nightclub, and he said to this girl "Your tit's hangin' out" She promptly took it out and replied "You'd better put it back then". Which he did.

    Nowt classier than a drunk northerner.
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    Lancashire lass once said "stop muckin'bout an get knob in"
    So much funnier read back in a Lancashire accent...
    Letting go and relaxing
    is the most ‘in control’ thing you can do

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gazjam View Post
    So much funnier read back in a Lancashire accent...
    it was yes...
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

  8. #58
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    Not been on this forum for a while, and at first I didn't notice any difference. This is presumably because my default browser on my MBP is Firefox + an ad blocker. If I come across a site which doesn't work, and I really want it to, then I switch browsers - usually to Safari, but sometimes to Chrome.

    Consequently I've not seen any "problems" which affect me. I understand the funding issues.

    Does this site have to be funded by advertising? On the whole I thoroughly detest advertising - for example on TV, but I understand that other funding models don't always work well.

    I use Wikipedia quite a lot, and I do on occasions fork out to support that web site. While I guess that many members here would perhaps not wish to subscribe, and also that there would be extra work involved by the site providers to get a different funding model operating, perhaps a modest subscription ("voluntary donation?") might relieve the problem and compared with the cost of a high end DAC or pickup cartridge etc., would be relatively insignificant for those who find this site worthwhile.
    Dave

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    Hi Dave

    A voluntary donation system is in the process of being implemented. Details to follow.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    Hi Dave

    A voluntary donation system is in the process of being implemented. Details to follow.
    Good to hear that. Mixed mode models could also work. Even though I'm not a huge fan of adverts, that could also be a viable option. There are other possibilities - I don't know which would work best for this site, but I could, and probably would, fork out £10 to keep it going, though not necessarily on an annual basis. Over the years I've had more than ten quids worth of fun and help from this resource.

    Another site I use is IMSLP - Petrucci Music Library - which has also changed its interface over the last year, and now for around £20 per year heavy users (subscribers) get immediate access to music scores. Light users can in most cases still get free access, but with a delay. See IMSLP.
    Dave

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