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Postby Hurdegaryp » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:33 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Philjia wrote:
Ads are hardly obnoxious, except on slightly dodgy sites that you probably shouldn't be using anyway. How else do you expect sites to pay for themselves?

Video ads in particular are, and if you are on a mobile device you are paying for those bits being downloaded to you. The advertiser has no explicit right to make anyone watch their ads.

I wouldn't be surprised if the right to make anyone watch your ads is one of of the many secret clauses in the TTIP trade agreement.

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Hladgos wrote:Reading Trumps campaign site is kinda painful. Why would I do that?

Oh my god, you poor soul. Can I get you anything? Coffee? Therapy?

Just a matter of his free will deciding that he needed the punishment. Hladgos has been a very naughty boy and therefore should be exposed to Trump until he breaks.
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.

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Jute
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Hackers use different techniques to obfuscate the malicious code, so that antivirus software is unable to recognize it. The code is executed in hidden iframes, and can go undetected.[3]
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When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages,
when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling,
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and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both."
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Postby Hladgos » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:33 am

Lady Scylla wrote:
Hladgos wrote:Free healthcare would be nice, the only thing that can heal this wound is a Bern


If it lasts more than 4 years, consult a physician.

Good lord that'd be a godly erection

Kannap wrote:
Hladgos wrote:Reading Trumps campaign site is kinda painful. Why would I do that?


Because you're a masochist?

I enjoy the occational fling with pain, but I don't enjoy stuff that contributes to brain degeneration!
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Kannap
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Or, if you are a cheapskate and want to pursue the free option -which most folks do- Adblock performs the jazz.
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Postby Kannap » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:35 am

Hladgos wrote:
Lady Scylla wrote:
If it lasts more than 4 years, consult a physician.

Good lord that'd be a godly erection


Spend four years non-stop pleasing yourself in various ways? Go for that world record Hlad.
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Postby Jute » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:35 am

Hladgos wrote:
Lady Scylla wrote:
If it lasts more than 4 years, consult a physician.

Good lord that'd be a godly erection

Kannap wrote:
Because you're a masochist?

I enjoy the occational fling with pain, but I don't enjoy stuff that contributes to brain degeneration!

Maybe you'd like this site
Italios wrote:Jute's probably some sort of Robin Hood-type outlaw
Carl Sagan, astrophysicist and atheist wrote:"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages,
when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling,
that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual...The notion that science
and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both."
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Postby Hladgos » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:35 am

Hurdegaryp wrote:
Lady Scylla wrote:Oh my god, you poor soul. Can I get you anything? Coffee? Therapy?

Just a matter of his free will deciding that he needed the punishment. Hladgos has been a very naughty boy and therefore should be exposed to Trump until he breaks.

Safe word safe word safe word safe word safe word safe word
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Postby Lady Scylla » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:35 am



Trojans can, and often do by-pass AV software. There's a reason it's called a "Trojan Horse".

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Postby Lady Scylla » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:36 am

Hurdegaryp wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Video ads in particular are, and if you are on a mobile device you are paying for those bits being downloaded to you. The advertiser has no explicit right to make anyone watch their ads.

I wouldn't be surprised if the right to make anyone watch your ads is one of of the many secret clauses in the TTIP trade agreement.

Lady Scylla wrote:Oh my god, you poor soul. Can I get you anything? Coffee? Therapy?

Just a matter of his free will deciding that he needed the punishment. Hladgos has been a very naughty boy and therefore should be exposed to Trump until he breaks.


I'm pretty sure that's a crime against humanity. Off to the Hague with you Hurdy :p

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Hladgos
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Postby Hladgos » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:38 am

Kannap wrote:
Hladgos wrote:Good lord that'd be a godly erection


Spend four years non-stop pleasing yourself in various ways? Go for that world record Hlad.

I'm all about sharing the load though..

Jute wrote:
Hladgos wrote:Good lord that'd be a godly erection


I enjoy the occational fling with pain, but I don't enjoy stuff that contributes to brain degeneration!

Maybe you'd like this site

Ded am brain. Hey, at least a lot of the stuff on there is sarcasm, right! Right? Shit
Divair wrote:Hladcore.

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:You're a nut. I like that.
Pro: being outside, conserving our Earth, the pursuit of happiness, universal acceptance
Anti: ignorance and intolerance
Life is suffering. Suffering is caused by craving and aversion. Suffering can be overcome and happiness can be attained. Live a moral life.

"Life would be tragic if it weren't funny." -Stephen Hawking

"The purpose of our life is to be happy." -Dali Lama

"If I had no sense of humor, I would have long ago committed suicide." -Gandhi

"Don't worry, be happy!" -Bobby McFerrin

Silly Pride

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Hurdegaryp
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Postby Hurdegaryp » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:38 am

Lady Scylla wrote:
Philjia wrote:Which is what Avast is for.

Trojans can, and often do by-pass AV software. There's a reason it's called a "Trojan Horse".

So it has nothing to do with being hung like a horse and using a specific brand of prophylactics?
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.

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Postby Lady Scylla » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:39 am

Hladgos wrote:
Kannap wrote:
Spend four years non-stop pleasing yourself in various ways? Go for that world record Hlad.

I'm all about sharing the load though..


Ded am brain. Hey, at least a lot of the stuff on there is sarcasm, right! Right? Shit


Bashes the "Poe's Law" button

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Postby Kannap » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:39 am

Lady Scylla wrote:
Philjia wrote:
Which is what Avast is for.


Trojans can, and often do by-pass AV software. There's a reason it's called a "Trojan Horse".


The residents of Troy never saw that year's flu epidemic coming.
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Postby Lady Scylla » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:40 am

Hurdegaryp wrote:
Lady Scylla wrote:Trojans can, and often do by-pass AV software. There's a reason it's called a "Trojan Horse".

So it has nothing to do with being hung like a horse and using a specific brand of prophylactics?


I'm not sure. Is your name Achilles?

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Postby Kannap » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:40 am

Hladgos wrote:
Kannap wrote:
Spend four years non-stop pleasing yourself in various ways? Go for that world record Hlad.

I'm all about sharing the load though..


So find a partner to share the world record with.

Guinness Book of World Records; Record for receiving non-stop for longest time
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Postby Hurdegaryp » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:41 am

Lady Scylla wrote:
Hurdegaryp wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if the right to make anyone watch your ads is one of of the many secret clauses in the TTIP trade agreement.


Just a matter of his free will deciding that he needed the punishment. Hladgos has been a very naughty boy and therefore should be exposed to Trump until he breaks.

I'm pretty sure that's a crime against humanity. Off to the Hague with you Hurdy :p

If I manage to catch the train of 15:46, I can be there around 18:26.
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.

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Postby Hladgos » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:43 am

Lady Scylla wrote:
Hladgos wrote:I'm all about sharing the load though..


Ded am brain. Hey, at least a lot of the stuff on there is sarcasm, right! Right? Shit


Bashes the "Poe's Law" button

This is why humour should be taught at a young age. Institutionalised sarcasm would make jokes easier to understand, lessening the impact that many have when confused by the intention of the...
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"The purpose of our life is to be happy." -Dali Lama

"If I had no sense of humor, I would have long ago committed suicide." -Gandhi

"Don't worry, be happy!" -Bobby McFerrin

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Postby Hladgos » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:44 am

Kannap wrote:
Hladgos wrote:I'm all about sharing the load though..


So find a partner to share the world record with.

Guinness Book of World Records; Record for receiving non-stop for longest time

Someone is going to have to cook a lot of food, cause I'd be going through calories like a nuclear generator!
Divair wrote:Hladcore.

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:You're a nut. I like that.
Pro: being outside, conserving our Earth, the pursuit of happiness, universal acceptance
Anti: ignorance and intolerance
Life is suffering. Suffering is caused by craving and aversion. Suffering can be overcome and happiness can be attained. Live a moral life.

"Life would be tragic if it weren't funny." -Stephen Hawking

"The purpose of our life is to be happy." -Dali Lama

"If I had no sense of humor, I would have long ago committed suicide." -Gandhi

"Don't worry, be happy!" -Bobby McFerrin

Silly Pride

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Postby Hurdegaryp » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:44 am

Lady Scylla wrote:
Hurdegaryp wrote:So it has nothing to do with being hung like a horse and using a specific brand of prophylactics?

I'm not sure. Is your name Achilles?

Image
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.

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Postby The Lacedaemonians » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:45 am

Weirdest call today I've had in a while.

Apparently a husband has been food-poisoned after consuming some of his wife's spoiled breast milk.

Right.
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Postby Kannap » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:45 am

Hladgos wrote:
Kannap wrote:
So find a partner to share the world record with.

Guinness Book of World Records; Record for receiving non-stop for longest time

Someone is going to have to cook a lot of food, cause I'd be going through calories like a nuclear generator!


Find some friends who like cooking. More world records!

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Postby Saiwania » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:45 am

Jute wrote:It's as much theft as reading a newspaper on a newspaper stand. Or a book in a bookstore. If internet sites had never started the wave of obnoxious, screen-filling advertising, sometimes with sounds and pop-ups, then the ad-blockers would have never become so popular. In some cases, they even protect the security of the browser since they prevent hijacked ads with malicious content to load.


Security concerns are the primary reason I use ad blockers and plugins such as NoScript which can be a pain in the ass to build a white list for, but works well enough if you don't visit unfamiliar websites very often. The only alternative would be for me to surf the internet from a program such as Sandboxie but this on its own wouldn't reduce the inconvenience of certain ads nor reduce bandwidth like how I want.

If I don't need to load all of the crap that comes default with a web page and only allow through the main portions of content, it dramatically improves load times and puts marginally less strain on my hardware.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:45 am

Jute wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Video ads in particular are, and if you are on a mobile device you are paying for those bits being downloaded to you. The advertiser has no explicit right to make anyone watch their ads.

Can't imagine using Youtube as much with no adblocker, actually. Since I don't really watch those channels that would be dependent on them it's probably not even causing much harm, and there are still other ways of supporting them.

Until last week I would not watch YouTube on the phone as it eats into the datacap. My service provider just exempted YouTube from its datqcap, which is a violation of net neutraly, but I am OK with it as it saves me money.
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Postby Lady Scylla » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:46 am

Hurdegaryp wrote:
Lady Scylla wrote:I'm not sure. Is your name Achilles?

Image


That is one hell of a sexy tank.

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Postby Kannap » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:47 am

The Lacedaemonians wrote:Weirdest call today I've had in a while.

Apparently a husband has been food-poisoned after consuming some of his wife's spoiled breast milk.

Right.


Somebody has all the right kinks.
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