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Old 11-09-2004, 11:18 AM  
StuartD
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Originally posted by 12clicks
dear surfer, I don't know how you found your way here but I'll explain how things work on the internet (I know it will be wasted on you, but my audience isn't entirely made up of dopey surfers)

The internet is not free. It costs money to keep a site online. The best way to make money to support your site is thru popups and exits. While the surfer may *like* to not see popups, he'd also like to not see commercials on TV.
Well, just as free TV would go away without commercials, a good bit of the internet will go away without popup ads and exits.
You see, in the end, the surfer doesn't win by blocking popups, they're just dumb enough to *think* they do.
translation:

dear surfer, we are only internet computer geeks and don't know how to make money without conning, scamming, tricking and spamming. We can't afford the $8.95 it costs to register a domain and the $20 a month to host it, so we figure out any method we can to swindle you out of your $24.95 a month or more just to line our pockets a little better. While you jerk off and get caught and get a divorce and lose your house and kids, we're going to buy a Ferrari with the money we tricked you out of... sure we'll burn in hell, but at least we aren't divorced and homeless.
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