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Date:      Mon, 4 May 1998 19:39:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org>
To:        "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
Cc:        Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org>, Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org>, Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, Matthew Hunt <mph@FreeBSD.ORG>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/www/ijb - Imported sources
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980504193423.306G-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980504112513.20104S-100000@sasami.jurai.net>

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On Mon, 4 May 1998, Matthew N. Dodd wrote:

> > No we're not.  We're talking about filtering ads.  Eivind long
> > ago agreed that a program which filters large, fat, unnecessary
> > gifs has definate potential use.  I agreed with him implicitly.
> 
> No, in the case where we filter ads we do so because they cause specific
> pages to be delayed in loading.  Altavista for example would not have
> their ads filtered because they load quickly and are fairly well
> integrated with the page.

Then you're not filtering their ads.  Continue not filtering ads
and keep your conscience clear.


> Since you're somewhat slow I'll explain how HTML/HTTP work with respect to
> loading these images.

Now you're just being silly.  I know quite well how the web and
the protocals it uses work.


> image loading completly if we desire.)  By use of IJB and others, we give
> ourselves the ability to do a number of useful things (not load images,
> de-interlace interlaced gifs, etc.)  

That's different from filtering ads!


> Just think of what web caching proxies do to banner stats on static pages.
> (Which is why most banners are on pages are dynamic and provide hints for
> caching proxies not to cache them.)

Advertising is all statistics.  For example, magazines do
surveys to see how much second-hand readership they get, for the
purposes of setting the ad-rates.


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