Only Thieves Block Pop-Ups 1376
aurelian writes "It's official: using browsing the web while blocking pop-up ads and other such exciting website enhancements is theft. Anti-leech.com are offering to protect your site from browsers blocking pop-ups (or 'theft tools' as they call them) - just try stealing from them with your favourite pop-up free browser. (I picked this up on the phoenix discussion forum...)"
how familiar (Score:5, Funny)
Taco...how could you??
Good! (Score:5, Funny)
sure.. and let's not forget... (Score:5, Funny)
Just maybe... (Score:5, Funny)
Tech fix (Score:5, Funny)
Well, I'd better free up 45-50 minutes for coding sometime in the next week.
Just stealing? (Score:1, Funny)
I think there should be more popups (Score:3, Funny)
Best Solution (Score:4, Funny)
LOL! (Score:1, Funny)
Some people have a lot of time to waste.
I like this message better. (Score:5, Funny)
Sometimes, you just have to... (Score:3, Funny)
Cool. (Score:5, Funny)
- A.P.
Man jailed for goat sex (Score:2, Funny)
That link is to an article about some man that had sex with a goat.
That denial message is pretty harsh! (Score:5, Funny)
And how about foolishly allowing people to alter the URL and change the message? How stupid is that?
Oakbox
Re:can't believe this (Score:3, Funny)
Some high quality coding right there. (Score:2, Funny)
Blocked by Anti-Leech.com [anti-leech.com]
Re:sure.. and let's not forget... (Score:5, Funny)
For any broadcaster that dares let their photons onto my property, prepare to meet the wrath of tresspassing charges. If you want to let your ads onto my property, I expect to be fully compensated for it at standard billboard rates (1 frame = 1 billboard). While I'm at it, I might as well sue Kiss-108 FM for giving me cancer due to their EM radiation, and deafness from their bad music.
Re:hmmm (Score:5, Funny)
Letter to their support address (Score:4, Funny)
You offer a much-needed service. As a future enhancement, you might consider simply releasing a list of your clients, so i can avoid attemtpting to view their pages altogether. I'd be more than willing to wwork on things on the server side to redirect free-loading http requests from a popup-blocker to a similar site which does not block access via your service.
Please let me know if you would like to collaborate, I'm offering my services for free, and I'll be sure to forward this same offer to any of your clients I come across, to prevent them from having to handle unneccessary traffic. In fact, it would probably be worthwhile for me to start collecting a list of your clients myself and making them available, along with lists of alternate sites with similar content. Please let me know if you'd like to help, as it should make your job a lot easier. If we can redirect all traffic from your client sites, you shouldn't have to worry much at all about blocking free-loaders. Thanks,
Henry Quinn
Brooklyn NY
Re:can't believe this (Score:3, Funny)
The solution to all this blocking is obvious: advertising in each packet. I can see it now...
This packet brought to you by the letters I and P, and the number 4.
Ewen
How many internet beats left... (Score:1, Funny)
How long before the internet basically turns into interactive television, with annoying, randomly timed advertisements...
Enjoy COKE! The refreshing flavor of Coca Cola is just what you need right NOW!
Just a thought...
Re:sure.. and let's not forget... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:can't believe this (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Just fine by me (Score:2, Funny)
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Actually, no. I just remember 19 year old assholes with no knowledge becoming paper millionaires. I think one of them just rang up my bill at the convenience store.
Re:Tech fix (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hey! I got that label on Slashdot (Score:2, Funny)
Hehehe.
hypocrits? not us (Score:5, Funny)
Load the page in Mozilla with "Open Unrequested Windows" disabled, and get a short message saying I'm not allowed to view the page b/c I'm using a pop-up blocker.
I disable Mozilla's popup blocker and load the page again. This time I get the anti-leech.com home page, along with the expected pop-up ad. Lo and behold, the popup ad is advertising Cable TV Descramblers.
So let me get this straight. They want me to stop stealing from them by using a popup blocker so they can try to sell me a way to steal from cable companies using a descrambler.
uhmmm, riiiiight. If you're going to be a hypocrit, at least try to be clever about it.
Re:Just fine by me (Score:3, Funny)
For a good laugh (Score:3, Funny)
then see all the source and links that are visible, and howly poorly written "your site" is.
Website access denied (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I Already Figured it Out... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Just fine by me (Score:5, Funny)
you just published a way to circunvent their protection mechanism, which falls under the DMCA. Expect a letter from our lawyers soon.
Sincerely,
Antileech.com
Re:Just fine by me (Score:5, Funny)
I'm a fucker for pointing this out, but somebody would've figured it out anyway. look. [anti-leech.com]
Be careful, kids. Get Phoenix and block images on a per-domain basis today!
very funny! (Score:3, Funny)
Comment removed (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Just fine by me (Score:3, Funny)
Best laugh I had all day...
Re:Just fine by me (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe they could end up bombed by leaving this so open... [anti-leech.com]
Oh well, just a bit of childish fun at the pop-up lovers expense.
Re:Hey! I got that label on Slashdot (Score:2, Funny)
Re:very funny! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Just fine by me (Score:3, Funny)
This just in... (Score:2, Funny)
Oh the hypocrisy of it all.... (Score:2, Funny)
Don't you just love hypocrisy in action??
Re:Just fine by me (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hey! I got that label on Slashdot (Score:2, Funny)
void wakeup( ){
...
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do_slashdot( );
do_coffee( );
}
Think I found the bug.
Re:Just fine by me (Score:2, Funny)
Your software counteracts the protection mechanism in our web browsers. Further, your web site discusses methods of circumventing that protection. You are in violation of the DMCA and will be contacted by our attourneys shortly.
Sincerely,
Slashdot.org
Re:Hey! I got that label on Slashdot (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Just fine by me (Score:3, Funny)
I use pop-up and cookie blocking in my browser. Am I a thief? You seem to think so, but I'd like you to say that in public, using my real name (Juan Carlos Castro y Castro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). I encourage you to say it as publicly and loudly as you can. (maybe a list of Known Thieves on your website, what about that?) No subterfuges, please. Say "XXX is a thief", with all letters. I'm kinda short on money, and a libel suit is as good a way to get some as any.