The_Reaper Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 What the hell´s this?It appeared when I acessed th main site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThetaOrionis01 Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 Dark0ne succumbing to the lure of capitalism again? :P Or maybe it's a fiendishly complex psychological experiment to see how people would react to such a message.... :ph34r: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Reaper Posted September 15, 2003 Author Share Posted September 15, 2003 "You have won an $1600 Travel Shopping Spree ™Your confirmation number is *****Call within the next 4 minutes and you will also receive an addedbonus of a 4 Day/3 Night Bahamas Cruise Vacation!"What the hell? :blink: "There is no catch!Resorts and hotels are operating at only a 50-60% occupancy at the moment. They are desperate for travelers. They would rather have someone stay almost free than not stay at all. In other words, the resorts are sponsoring your $1600 Travel Shopping Spree!"What? :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switch Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 u being... serious? :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Reaper Posted September 15, 2003 Author Share Posted September 15, 2003 I kid you not! :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark0ne Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 Think he's talking about the pop-under advertising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switch Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 wot people can make pop-ups appear on sites that dont specifically have them? :blink: how low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldritch Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 Welcome to the Brave New World. Years ago there was a Sci-Fi story about people being inundated with holographic advertisements every waking minute. It seems to be an accurate prediction. I recently read a similar story concerning spamming on cell phones and the Net, anything driven by chips. I'm glad I'm old and won't live to see the logical culmination of this trend; however, given the exponential growth rate of technology (particularly that which has an immediate perceived pay-off) I'll probably see more of it than I want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switch Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 yep. even i have this annoying little spam program on my PC that shoots up an ad every 15 minutes or so. cant seem 2 get rid of it. so far its been anti-spam program sites (using spam to advertise, of course), a bit of porno here and there, and now i have dr.feelgood telling me i can get prescription drugs! yay. :rolleyes: as if i dont get enuf of this cr@p in my inbox already <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldritch Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 Get RegCleaner and/or run MsConfig. You can kill a lot of that crud (a suitable euphisism for c**p) with those two programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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