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I keep getting lots of internal server errors with this one. I check several other script sites but even the two best ones, the sites are either broken or updates are from 2003.
:S
Why's it so difficult to find a good script? =(
:S
Why's it so difficult to find a good script? =(
I use XP Pro and had a hard disk change, and graphics card change and had to phone and re registar my copy Pro that said I have formatted my PC many times now and its no trouble to re activate, and its a free call.
I admit I have the same copy installed on more than one PC and that has not proved a problem to activate either, these overseas call centres were fine with it.
Kev
Bob_The_Moose wrote:
>>
> Of course, XP pro didn't have all this stuff which meant it was
> useless against piracy because all the priates got Pro, so the
> only thing this did was accuse loads of legitimate customers of
> being criminals. I didn't feel this was the best way to ensure
> repeat business.
I admit I have the same copy installed on more than one PC and that has not proved a problem to activate either, these overseas call centres were fine with it.
Kev
Bob_The_Moose wrote:
>>
> Of course, XP pro didn't have all this stuff which meant it was
> useless against piracy because all the priates got Pro, so the
> only thing this did was accuse loads of legitimate customers of
> being criminals. I didn't feel this was the best way to ensure
> repeat business.
Yeah I dont like them checking whether I'm using a legal copy all the time. So Bob you wouldnt give Vista a go? One of my friends installed it and it's always giving him a headache.
I'd like to try linux and maybe even Mac (.mov). I have a hate-hate relationship with Microsoft =)
I'd like to try linux and maybe even Mac (.mov). I have a hate-hate relationship with Microsoft =)
Machie wrote:
> This might be a silly question, but why did you decide to leave
> Windows? =)
>
> It was annoying earlier, Windows decided to download an update
> and then it went on to check whether I had a legal copy or not.
> Then it wanted to show me the benefits I now have because I
> have a legal copy =S I couldnt find it out because it took me to
> the Windows website and I was using Firefox at the time, so the
> video didnt load.
>
> Stupid Microsoft, stop with all these checks, I proved to you
> last year that I bought this Windows. Stop bothering me about
> it!!
Because I decided when XP was released that it wasn't a good idea to remain reliant on Microsoft ;) Mostly because of those utterly stupid activation things. Back in the day, I had a legal copy of XP home which came with my computer. What I didn't realise at the time was that it could only be installed on one computer at once, which is a bit crap really... I wasn't going to spend another ~£100 for the privilege of having it on two computers. If I was a business then I could understand that, but for home users? Secondly, it had that thing where if you change too much of your hardware then it'll think it's a different computer and you'll have to phone up MS and ask for permission to use your computer again.
Of course, XP pro didn't have all this stuff which meant it was useless against piracy because all the priates got Pro, so the only thing this did was accuse loads of legitimate customers of being criminals. I didn't feel this was the best way to ensure repeat business.
> This might be a silly question, but why did you decide to leave
> Windows? =)
>
> It was annoying earlier, Windows decided to download an update
> and then it went on to check whether I had a legal copy or not.
> Then it wanted to show me the benefits I now have because I
> have a legal copy =S I couldnt find it out because it took me to
> the Windows website and I was using Firefox at the time, so the
> video didnt load.
>
> Stupid Microsoft, stop with all these checks, I proved to you
> last year that I bought this Windows. Stop bothering me about
> it!!
Because I decided when XP was released that it wasn't a good idea to remain reliant on Microsoft ;) Mostly because of those utterly stupid activation things. Back in the day, I had a legal copy of XP home which came with my computer. What I didn't realise at the time was that it could only be installed on one computer at once, which is a bit crap really... I wasn't going to spend another ~£100 for the privilege of having it on two computers. If I was a business then I could understand that, but for home users? Secondly, it had that thing where if you change too much of your hardware then it'll think it's a different computer and you'll have to phone up MS and ask for permission to use your computer again.
Of course, XP pro didn't have all this stuff which meant it was useless against piracy because all the priates got Pro, so the only thing this did was accuse loads of legitimate customers of being criminals. I didn't feel this was the best way to ensure repeat business.
Bob_The_Moose wrote:
> Yeah Opera has something but as far as I can see it's just like
> AdBlock for Firefox - in that it just keeps a list of URLs to
> filter out... not intelligently working out what's an ad and
> what's not, so it shouldn't cause any problems unless people go
> out of their way to add your ads to the filter. But then again
> how many people use Opera? :P
heh, not many but I imagine the figures have gone up now that they've finally gotten rid of their own banners ^^
I'm a little worried that some might block images that are standard ad sizes too. My ads will be the most common ad sizes. Though I've seen more people doing skyscrapper banners, which I think are a bit too big.
> Yep I've been using
> Fedora
> (the free continuation of RedHat) since about August/September
> now. Can't remember the last time I started my computer up into
> Windows.
This might be a silly question, but why did you decide to leave Windows? =)
It was annoying earlier, Windows decided to download an update and then it went on to check whether I had a legal copy or not. Then it wanted to show me the benefits I now have because I have a legal copy =S I couldnt find it out because it took me to the Windows website and I was using Firefox at the time, so the video didnt load.
Stupid Microsoft, stop with all these checks, I proved to you last year that I bought this Windows. Stop bothering me about it!!
> Yeah Opera has something but as far as I can see it's just like
> AdBlock for Firefox - in that it just keeps a list of URLs to
> filter out... not intelligently working out what's an ad and
> what's not, so it shouldn't cause any problems unless people go
> out of their way to add your ads to the filter. But then again
> how many people use Opera? :P
heh, not many but I imagine the figures have gone up now that they've finally gotten rid of their own banners ^^
I'm a little worried that some might block images that are standard ad sizes too. My ads will be the most common ad sizes. Though I've seen more people doing skyscrapper banners, which I think are a bit too big.
> Yep I've been using
> Fedora
> (the free continuation of RedHat) since about August/September
> now. Can't remember the last time I started my computer up into
> Windows.
This might be a silly question, but why did you decide to leave Windows? =)
It was annoying earlier, Windows decided to download an update and then it went on to check whether I had a legal copy or not. Then it wanted to show me the benefits I now have because I have a legal copy =S I couldnt find it out because it took me to the Windows website and I was using Firefox at the time, so the video didnt load.
Stupid Microsoft, stop with all these checks, I proved to you last year that I bought this Windows. Stop bothering me about it!!
Machie wrote:
> They do, I'm not sure if Opera does some ad blocking aswell,
> because sometimes I use it and it blocks some of the ads for
> me.
Yeah Opera has something but as far as I can see it's just like AdBlock for Firefox - in that it just keeps a list of URLs to filter out... not intelligently working out what's an ad and what's not, so it shouldn't cause any problems unless people go out of their way to add your ads to the filter. But then again how many people use Opera? :P
> Oh I see, I wondered what it was because I kept seeing all these
> articles about Ubuntu and had no idea what it was :) Are you a
> linux user then Bob?
Yep I've been using Fedora (the free continuation of RedHat) since about August/September now. Can't remember the last time I started my computer up into Windows.
> They do, I'm not sure if Opera does some ad blocking aswell,
> because sometimes I use it and it blocks some of the ads for
> me.
Yeah Opera has something but as far as I can see it's just like AdBlock for Firefox - in that it just keeps a list of URLs to filter out... not intelligently working out what's an ad and what's not, so it shouldn't cause any problems unless people go out of their way to add your ads to the filter. But then again how many people use Opera? :P
> Oh I see, I wondered what it was because I kept seeing all these
> articles about Ubuntu and had no idea what it was :) Are you a
> linux user then Bob?
Yep I've been using Fedora (the free continuation of RedHat) since about August/September now. Can't remember the last time I started my computer up into Windows.
Nuts =( I tried installing the more advanced banner system and it's not working. I keep getting...
It's annoying when you follow instructions exactly and still something goes wrong :/
edit: that's odd, I reloaded the page. It came up then went to a 500 internal error, gah!
edit 2: ah it's working now =) I guess the scripts need a bit of time to warm up. =P
Premature end of script headers: /home/######/public_html/cgi-bin/adspro/admin.plIt's annoying when you follow instructions exactly and still something goes wrong :/
edit: that's odd, I reloaded the page. It came up then went to a 500 internal error, gah!
edit 2: ah it's working now =) I guess the scripts need a bit of time to warm up. =P
Bob_The_Moose wrote:
> Are these ads going to be physically located on your site's
> server?
Yes they will be :)
> If it's not being provided by a known ad-server then you won't
> have any troubles from things like Adblock or whatever it's
> called (Firefox extension) since they just keep a list of
> filtered URLs.
Ah that's what I thought. That's good then ^_^
> I don't know what other things people do though, don't some
> security packages (AV/firewall suites I mean) have some kind of
> ad-blocking features?
They do, I'm not sure if Opera does some ad blocking aswell, because sometimes I use it and it blocks some of the ads for me.
> Oh and Linux is called Unix-like and it is the one that comes in
> different flavours, though the majority of them are pretty
> similar really. It's just some are aimed at being rock solid
> stable, and others provide newer but sometimes unstable
> software. Ubuntu is one, yep, it's based on Debian (big solid
> distro) but modified for user-friendliness.
Oh I see, I wondered what it was because I kept seeing all these articles about Ubuntu and had no idea what it was :) Are you a linux user then Bob?
> Are these ads going to be physically located on your site's
> server?
Yes they will be :)
> If it's not being provided by a known ad-server then you won't
> have any troubles from things like Adblock or whatever it's
> called (Firefox extension) since they just keep a list of
> filtered URLs.
Ah that's what I thought. That's good then ^_^
> I don't know what other things people do though, don't some
> security packages (AV/firewall suites I mean) have some kind of
> ad-blocking features?
They do, I'm not sure if Opera does some ad blocking aswell, because sometimes I use it and it blocks some of the ads for me.
> Oh and Linux is called Unix-like and it is the one that comes in
> different flavours, though the majority of them are pretty
> similar really. It's just some are aimed at being rock solid
> stable, and others provide newer but sometimes unstable
> software. Ubuntu is one, yep, it's based on Debian (big solid
> distro) but modified for user-friendliness.
Oh I see, I wondered what it was because I kept seeing all these articles about Ubuntu and had no idea what it was :) Are you a linux user then Bob?
cjh wrote:
> At the very least, don't put your banners in a folder called
> 'banners', dead give-away :)
>
> I think text ads are the safest bet - quick to load and harder
> to block.
heh yeah, probably not a good idea to put them in a folder called 'banners' or 'ads' so I'll name the folder 'flippety-floppety-flew' :D perfect
I'll have some google text ads but as I'll be selling ads to other webcomics, text ads probably wont do it for them. =)
> My dogs are nicer :)
I don't know about that :) not seen any photographic proof ^^
> At the very least, don't put your banners in a folder called
> 'banners', dead give-away :)
>
> I think text ads are the safest bet - quick to load and harder
> to block.
heh yeah, probably not a good idea to put them in a folder called 'banners' or 'ads' so I'll name the folder 'flippety-floppety-flew' :D perfect
I'll have some google text ads but as I'll be selling ads to other webcomics, text ads probably wont do it for them. =)
> My dogs are nicer :)
I don't know about that :) not seen any photographic proof ^^
Machie wrote:
> Very true. I need to find out how they block these ads. It's
> pretty ridiculous though. I'll only be able to run my site
> through ads. If people are blocking the ads. Then how am I going
> to run my site for them =S
Are these ads going to be physically located on your site's server?
If it's not being provided by a known ad-server then you won't have any troubles from things like Adblock or whatever it's called (Firefox extension) since they just keep a list of filtered URLs.
I don't know what other things people do though, don't some security packages (AV/firewall suites I mean) have some kind of ad-blocking features?
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Oh and Linux is called Unix-like and it is the one that comes in different flavours, though the majority of them are pretty similar really. It's just some are aimed at being rock solid stable, and others provide newer but sometimes unstable software. Ubuntu is one, yep, it's based on Debian (big solid distro) but modified for user-friendliness.
> Very true. I need to find out how they block these ads. It's
> pretty ridiculous though. I'll only be able to run my site
> through ads. If people are blocking the ads. Then how am I going
> to run my site for them =S
Are these ads going to be physically located on your site's server?
If it's not being provided by a known ad-server then you won't have any troubles from things like Adblock or whatever it's called (Firefox extension) since they just keep a list of filtered URLs.
I don't know what other things people do though, don't some security packages (AV/firewall suites I mean) have some kind of ad-blocking features?
--
Oh and Linux is called Unix-like and it is the one that comes in different flavours, though the majority of them are pretty similar really. It's just some are aimed at being rock solid stable, and others provide newer but sometimes unstable software. Ubuntu is one, yep, it's based on Debian (big solid distro) but modified for user-friendliness.
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