http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:10:14 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/10/170533.php#comment-519224 Alexandra Pelosi, speaking about her documentary on red state evangelicals, said it's possible for everyone to get along if we can get past the hot-button issues of abortion and gay marriage. She may be overly optimistic... 519224@blogcritics.org Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:10:14 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/10/170533.php#comment-102809 it just shows the unthinknig nature of many advertisers. Also, I suspect (in fact, I know) that with some adware stuff, the company(ies)/product(s) being advertised are not directly responsible - as in, they have some kind of affiliate scheme, so some wiseass goes and makes an adware program with the hope of gaining some comission (or even just hits, as some companies are still prepared to buy raw hits rather than real potential customers) 102809@blogcritics.org Sat, 11 Dec 2004 10:42:42 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/10/170533.php#comment-102696 Yeah, that Virtual Bouncer is a nasty one. I like how it warns you about how your computer is infected with Adwares and you should register it. Yeah right. Anyway, I've always wondered about the effectiveness of this adware (and the spam) tactic. I mean, who in their right minds would actually buy something from these things, but I guess people do, otherwise it wouldn't be such a prevalent way of advertising. Then again, in the case of the adwares, it often cripples the machine so badly that you probably couldn't even surt to the site to buy whatever product they're advertising. 102696@blogcritics.org Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:12:17 EST