[Dixonary] OT: Ad Blocker

[Guerri Stevens]

There's an online puzzle that I like. I forget when this started - maybe
a couple of months ago. Now when I start it up it tells me that it would
load faster if I disabled my ad blocker. To the best of my knowledge, I
don't *have* an ad blocker. I cannot imagine what it is that makes it
think I have an ad blocker. If I did have one, presumably it would be
blocking ads and I wouldn't, therefore, be seeing ads.

I try to keep notes on the computer about things I do, like "installed
new version of XYZ software on such and such a date. This is not 100%
reliable, but having said that, I think I would have noted the
installation of an ad blocker. Of course it is possible that I installed
some update or some new software the installation of which took some
time and which didn't require my undivided attention and so I went off
to do something else. And it would have to have been the kind of
installation that was happy to make choices on my behalf without asking
or possibly giving me a chance to make my own decision but I was off
doing the laundry at that particular moment in time.

This is really just something odd, and a bit irritating. But I would
like to know why it is happening.

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[Debbie]

Guerri, I've had the same experience. I think when the browser updates
itself, it prevents certain java programs from running. So when I want to
play a game like Alchemy, I switch from Firefox to Opera to play. I also
have IE on my computer as certain sites only work with IE. They don't try
to make it easy for us! (Virus protection software prevents certain things
from opening also, but in this case, it is the browser update.)

On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 9:14 AM, Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) guerristevens (DOT) com>
wrote:

> There's an online puzzle that I like. I forget when this started - maybe a
> couple of months ago. Now when I start it up it tells me that it would load
> faster if I disabled my ad blocker. To the best of my knowledge, I don't
> *have* an ad blocker. I cannot imagine what it is that makes it think I
> have an ad blocker. If I did have one, presumably it would be blocking ads
> and I wouldn't, therefore, be seeing ads.
>
> I try to keep notes on the computer about things I do, like "installed new
> version of XYZ software on such and such a date. This is not 100% reliable,
> but having said that, I think I would have noted the installation of an ad
> blocker. Of course it is possible that I installed some update or some new
> software the installation of which took some time and which didn't require
> my undivided attention and so I went off to do something else. And it would
> have to have been the kind of installation that was happy to make choices
> on my behalf without asking or possibly giving me a chance to make my own
> decision but I was off doing the laundry at that particular moment in time.
>
> This is really just something odd, and a bit irritating. But I would like
> to know why it is happening.
>
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[Guerri Stevens]

You are right that no one makes it easy for us. A rule for a happy life
might be "don't expect anything to be easy".

Guerri
On 8/31/2018 12:07 PM, Debbie wrote:
> Guerri, I've had the same experience. I think when the browser updates
> itself, it prevents certain java programs from running. So when I want
> to play a game like Alchemy, I switch from Firefox to Opera to play. I
> also have IE on my computer as certain sites only work with IE. They
> don't try to make it easy for us! (Virus protection software prevents
> certain things from opening also, but in this case, it is the browser
> update.)
>
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 9:14 AM, Guerri Stevens
> <guerri (AT) guerristevens (DOT) com <mailto:guerri (AT) guerristevens (DOT) com>> wrote:
>
> There's an online puzzle that I like. I forget when this started -
> maybe a couple of months ago. Now when I start it up it tells me
> that it would load faster if I disabled my ad blocker. To the best
> of my knowledge, I don't *have* an ad blocker. I cannot imagine
> what it is that makes it think I have an ad blocker. If I did have
> one, presumably it would be blocking ads and I wouldn't,
> therefore, be seeing ads.
>
> I try to keep notes on the computer about things I do, like
> "installed new version of XYZ software on such and such a date.
> This is not 100% reliable, but having said that, I think I would
> have noted the installation of an ad blocker. Of course it is
> possible that I installed some update or some new software the
> installation of which took some time and which didn't require my
> undivided attention and so I went off to do something else. And it
> would have to have been the kind of installation that was happy to
> make choices on my behalf without asking or possibly giving me a
> chance to make my own decision but I was off doing the laundry at
> that particular moment in time.
>
> This is really just something odd, and a bit irritating. But I
> would like to know why it is happening.
>
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> from God?Â* Or will you spend eternity in the presence of God
> in heaven?Â*Â* Learn more so you can make your most important
> decision:
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> http://www.godlife.com/en/about-christianity*
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[Ryan McGill]

That's a useful rule. Perhaps not Good. But for good, at least.

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