In general you are absolutely correct. There is the interesting discussion that advertisers have actually ruined their market by producing ads that are so annoying that people develop countermeasures. If the ads weren't so damned annoying programs like junkbuster wouldn't be such hot items. I suspect advertisers are spoiled by the captive audiences of TV, radio and billboard.

<sidenote>In the city where I am, billboards are forbidden, and shops may only advertise on their extrnal walls, or with a reasonable 'shingle'. The only place where anything goes is the industrial district. As a result, every other large city I see reminds me of our industrial district, which is also our red light district.</sidenote>

All this is slightly beside the point that I had left the ads for the monastery switched on due to the vague thought that since someone at EDC put them there, the ads were doing some good. Until I discovered 24Mb of identical Perlmonks ads sitting in my cache.

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In reply to Re: Re (tilly) 1: Banner ads by jepri
in thread Banner ads by jepri

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