By tim elhajj on Monday, July 9, 2001 - 07:59 pm:
Is anyone sick of X-10 pop-up advertisements?
Click to disable the ads for 1,000 days.
http://www.x10.com/home/optout.cgi?DAY=1000&PAGE=http://www.x10.com/x10ads1.htm
By Howie on Tuesday, July 10, 2001 - 09:14 am:
alternatively use Pop-Up Stopper from Panicware.com, AFAIK it only works in IE, but it's free and works like a charm.
By David E. Hunt (Davidcpa) on Tuesday, July 10, 2001 - 09:16 am:
I am sick of them also. The ads are odd in a way. They usually have an attractive woman in the ad and it seems to imply there is something you can do with the miniature camera and a woman. Anyone want to guess what they are implying? Or is my mind a little too far in the gutter?
I would identify more with the ad more if it included the picture of a baby/child since you could use the camera to watch your child while you are at your PC and they are sleeping or playing.
-DavidCPA
By Bub (Bub) on Tuesday, July 10, 2001 - 05:24 pm:
Exactly David,
That's why I find that particular ad so odious. Their trying to sell to the "American Pie" audience, and parents, alike.
-Andrew
By rob_merritt on Saturday, July 14, 2001 - 10:33 am:
You can also edit your lmhost table to have that server address point to something useful. :)
By Aszurom on Saturday, July 14, 2001 - 07:11 pm:
What's the syntax for that?
By Jeff Atwood (Wumpus) on Saturday, July 14, 2001 - 11:47 pm:
"I am sick of them also. The ads are odd in a way. They usually have an attractive woman in the ad and it seems to imply there is something you can do with the miniature camera and a woman. Anyone want to guess what they are implying? Or is my mind a little too far in the gutter?"
Totally agree. They've been pandering to lechers since mid-1999. I was appalled at the first ad I saw like this (on ZDNET somewhere, I think PCMAG), so much so that I sent a screencapture to a colleague of mine at the time.
Those ads must have worked like gangbusters because now I see them everywhere. Sheehs.
By Bub (Bub) on Sunday, July 15, 2001 - 12:58 am:
With American Pie as an advertising vehicle, it's no wonder...
-Andrew
By Mark Asher on Sunday, July 15, 2001 - 01:25 pm:
"Those ads must have worked like gangbusters because now I see them everywhere. Sheehs.
I read an article that stated that the traffic to their website increased dramatically after they started running the ads. I'm sure some people were pissed off and going there to complain, but the ads have worked.
They have an intriguing product that's cheap and panders to our salacious side. I'm not surprised that the ads have worked.
By David E. Hunt (Davidcpa) on Thursday, July 19, 2001 - 01:54 pm:
They have a new ad out today that goes more for the home security angle. There's even a picture of a little baby in the ad. Maybe they have been reading the QT3 messageboards.
-DavidCPA
By Bub (Bub) on Thursday, July 19, 2001 - 04:05 pm:
Probably just better targeting.
The unsuspecting lady angle is probably still in use at the skin sites.
-Andrew
By Aszurom on Friday, July 20, 2001 - 12:46 am:
Speaking of unsuspecting people...
http://rugby.about.com/library/weekly/aa033101.htm
I am NEVER playing rugby... EVER.
By Michael Murphy (Murph) on Friday, July 20, 2001 - 01:33 am:
Appropriately enough, I got the X-10 pop-up ad when visiting that site. You know, the one that says "Quit spying on people!" with the picture of the half-naked girl (okay, from behind) and lists all the "better" used for the camera.
(What could possibly be better than spying on unsuspecting half-naked girls from behind?) ;-)
Yes, that's a joke.
By Michael Murphy (Murph) on Friday, July 20, 2001 - 01:36 am:
Oh, and by the way, regarding that article:
Ewwww.
By Westyx (Westyx) on Friday, August 3, 2001 - 05:18 am:
Some people might be amused by this page: http://www.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=33025
Warning: Contains graphics, so may take a while for some people.