Hmmm... cool.

[paruhd0x]

Well... I was sick and tired of seeing the darn AMD banner ad to the left. So I sat here and thought for a minute how could I make the madness stop!? I checked the source code and found where the ad was coming from... blocked it with my D-link Router/Firewall. And... Voila!

 

[minendo]

Wow you are cool.

 

[amdskip]

you = a tool

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: paruhd0x
Well... I was sick and tired of seeing the darn AMD banner ad to the left. So I sat here and thought for a minute how could I make the madness stop!? I checked the source code and found where the ad was coming from... blocked it with my D-link Router/Firewall. And... Voila!

Awsome, maybe because of you, AMD will decide to quit giving Anandtech ad money, and the site will shut down! That IS cool!

 

[DaveSimmons]

almost as easy as editing your hosts file, but personally I want Anand to get his $0.0001 since I can't subscribe

 

[SagaLore]

Great job. If everyone on ATOT did this we'd shutdown ATOT since it lost it's funding. :beer:

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: SagaLore
Great job. If everyone on ATOT did this we'd shutdown ATOT since it lost it's funding. :beer:

Boo hoo.

They could have my money if they wanted it, but they don't.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: paruhd0x
Well... I was sick and tired of seeing the darn AMD banner ad to the left. So I sat here and thought for a minute how could I make the madness stop!? I checked the source code and found where the ad was coming from... blocked it with my D-link Router/Firewall. And... Voila!

Awsome, maybe because of you, AMD will decide to quit giving Anandtech ad money, and the site will shut down! That IS cool!

Aww, that brought a tear to my eye.. Perhaps after my Comcast cable internet gets turned on this Monday I'll re-edit my hosts file to allow the ad.

Or not.

 

[paruhd0x]

I wouldn't have had the motivation to do this if they didn't have animated and very annoying flashy advertisements distracting you while you read. If it wasn't animated I most likely could care less if it shown or not

The previous text advertisements were far more useful... and less intrusive.

 

[Cerb]

*yawn*
There's still something in the ad space. For me it says "Advertisement" and the gray space underneath is completely blank.

Note: no, I did not do this. I have no direct control over the firewall.

 

[bootymac]

Originally posted by: paruhd0x
I wouldn't have had the motivation to do this if they didn't have animated and very annoying flashy advertisements distracting you while you read. If it wasn't animated I most likely could care less if it shown or not

The previous text advertisements were far more useful... and less intrusive.

Yeah, it was making me dizzy for a while

 

[Kaervak]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
almost as easy as editing your hosts file, but personally I want Anand to get his $0.0001 since I can't subscribe

For those of us that are too dense to figure out ow to do that (read: me) care to explain the process? If the add wasn't animated I wouldn't care, still want the forum to get credit for the add displaying though.

 

[Tom]

i clicked thru, suprisingly i got no results when i searched amd's site for 'squirrel' but 5 for 'bubble'.

 

[IEatChildren]

Try right clicking the ad and unchecking "Loop"