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Thread ID: 30932	2003-03-07 05:50:00	PressF1 advertising	Baldy (26)	Press F1

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126257	2003-03-09 05:36:00	> X-( Why are you people so determend to KILL the forum > for the sake of a few seconds inconvieniance? X-( > > As Graham said.. no ads = no money = no forum > > So let's just write a detailed thread on how we can > get together and kill Press F1 shall we? Talk about > bite the bloody hand! X-( > > .Clueless Bollocks! I'm not trying to kill the forum. Just as you HATE spam mail Clueless, I hate those banner adverts that take forever to open.	Baldy (26)
126258	2003-03-09 06:23:00	As far as I am aware it is not compulsory to look at this site.It's like going to someones house for dinner and criticising the meal ,the wallpaper etc,if you don't like it one should shut up and not go back again.	Thomas (1820)
126259	2003-03-09 06:45:00	Tell me Greg. What has Baldy learned, through this 3 page Thread........ I'm dying to know. Baldy, what have you learned? Do you know the answer to your prob now?	Kibito (623)
126260	2003-03-09 06:46:00	Also, I just want to say, that Thomas. That's the wisest of reply I've seen in this thread so far. You rule.	Kibito (623)
126261	2003-03-09 07:02:00	>Also, I just want to say, that Thomas. That's the wisest of reply I've seen in this thread so far. You rule. Modesty forbids me to say more.	Thomas (1820)
126262	2003-03-09 07:27:00	Susan B, Good one for doing a trial... >A thread with over 20 replies took 15 seconds to load with no ads do you think that 15s, to load text, is good? I'd like to think loading text would take no time...google with a search question in it loads instantly and that (i think) has more than text in it and also links! and waiting another 10s or so for ads, pretty poor, I think kibito, have you any ideas on how to load the page quicker, blocking ads or whatever? Trev	Trev0 (1995)
126263	2003-03-09 07:56:00	> Tell me Greg. What has Baldy learned, through this 3 > page Thread........ > > I'm dying to know. Baldy, what have you learned? Do > you know the answer to your prob now? I have learn't several things including that this is a taboo subject to the few who seem to think that PressF1 is their own personal property, AND how dare anyone have the nerve to diddle IDG out of a few cents by trying to stop the adverts now and again when maybe I might want to download a few mp3s and browse PressF1 at the same time, and seeing as I have made 1300+ posts - IDG have probably made a buck or two out of me since I have been coming here LOL) I did initially have the thought that it was a legit question..... now I know better:-(	Baldy (26)
126264	2003-03-09 08:12:00	> As far as I am aware it is not compulsory to look at > this site.It's like going to someones house for > dinner and criticising the meal ,the wallpaper etc,if > you don't like it one should shut up and not go back > again. I wasn't criticising this site. Far from it. Where did you get that idea Thomas?????????	Baldy (26)
126265	2003-03-09 08:19:00	Baldy> I do think it is a legit Q. I too have the ads turned off.. And Im with JM and CyberChuck (Im sure he's glad I told him bout it now, eh CC?). I have it blocked off on my PC at home, but that's it. I've seen those ads so damn much I can recite the things, and with Flash animations on my 56K dial-up which now only connects at about 33K, and for icing on the cake, I use ICS, so half the time the 7yo brother is surfing neopets and downloading games galore (Why I wanna learn how to use MS QoS scheduler, if anybody can help, it'd be ever so much appreciated!). Now, I travel a lot and so at my temp. workplace (The cybercafe have taken me back for a week til tues :D) I see the ads there, and its good, I quite often click them the first time I see them.... But phoenix is so nice. Download Phoenix (google search for Download Phoenix Nightly) and right-click on the ad and choose dont show from this server. Hit F5. Now, I do display the ads a lot though, on the family PC, other PC's, my laptop, or when I forget to fire up Phoenix and use IE instead. Hope this helps ya baldy Chilling_Silence	Chilling_Silence (9)
126266	2003-03-09 08:30:00	> Susan . You're obviously very smart . But A "Controlled experiment" was not exactly what the guy had in mind . And I am sure that your implication that he should "put up with it" was not what he had in mind either! > An ad stopper guys . . . You've all been talking about connection speeds, internet whatevers, firewalls and all . Yes, because they are actually some ways that Baldy could use to solve his problem . An "ad stopper" is not necessarily the ONLY tool available to Baldy . Connection speeds were discussed to demonstrate the difference that showing or blocking the adverts made to downloading Press F1 pages . In other words, supporting Baldy's case with his desire to speed up the loading of pages when downloading other things . Not everyone has all day to wait for the pages to load here . There is a big difference between 5 seconds and 30 seconds when you are talking about 25 pages per session -- with several sessions a day sometimes . If you think that is trivial, don't forget to add the time it takes to load the pages used to research a lot of the problems . It all adds up and I have had several people tell me that they just would not do it if they were not on Jetstream . Count yourself lucky that there are plenty of patient clued-up people here . > do you think that 15s, to load text, is good? Trev0: For a forum with as many posts in a thread as this one it is probably about right . I just refreshed this page and it took 20 seconds with no ads and 7KB/s (I am fast tonight!! :D) . It might be taking a while to load because the forum is not "just text" like Google is . The posts are enclosed in "tables" which may or may not be making a difference, I am not sure . Personally the page loading speed does not bother me too much when the ads are not displayed but I sure notice the slow down when the Host file is disabled . I know the ads are required to run this forum so I do make a point of having a look at them fairly regularly -- after all, I might miss something good if I didn't! :D	Susan B (19)
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