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Eircom ad going.

DeVore · 2002-06-21 18:03:27

Its come to the end of its life and its going to be switched off. We're leaving the ads because a startup company wants to advertise (and support) Boards.ie in July and cloud is away for the next few days so I'm not going to hack the so that he has to hack it back in in 8 days. So, thanks for the support, it raised a few…

21-06-2002 6:03pm

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DeVore

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Its come to the end of its life and its going to be switched off.
We're leaving the ads because a startup company wants to advertise (and support) Boards.ie in July and cloud is away for the next few days so I'm not going to hack the so that he has to hack it back in in 8 days.

So, thanks for the support, it raised a few questions and a few eyebrows but it looks like we survived without any damage to our ability to criticise

DeV.

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#2 21-06-2002 6:09pm

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Its good that its gone, as we all know eircom are a bunch of stupid f uckwit braindead morons. Altho, it is great getting money from the bastards, pity i have to work for them tho. I could tell you a few stories....

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#3 21-06-2002 6:27pm

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More advertisers? Excellent, nice to be able to help to pay your way.

Glad to see RatMan going though, GF was wondering why I was doing that same mutter under my breath sitting in front of my PC that I do when I see Eircom vans.

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#4 21-06-2002 7:24pm

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Be nice to see this advertising trend continue and boards to start making money for its owners.

Originally posted by sceptre

Glad to see RatMan going though, GF was wondering why I was doing that same mutter under my breath sitting in front of my PC that I do when I see Eircom vans.

Woah, my dog does something like that too when it sees vans.

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#5 21-06-2002 8:01pm

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sceptre:
GF was wondering why I was doing that same mutter under my breath sitting in front of my PC that I do when I see Eircom vans.

yeah, do the same myself, and when I hear the 'Hi-Speed' ad on the radio/tv. I reckon it could be stoppedon the grounds of false advertising. "Large files in seconds" my arse.....

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#6 21-06-2002 8:24pm

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Arent word documents considered "Large Files"???

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#7 22-06-2002 1:27pm

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Originally posted by StrataGIST
no ads for me
http://www.adpurger.com/

nice wan tho take the monies

/me licks his lips

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#8 22-06-2002 4:07pm

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Originally posted by Mr.Applepie
Arent word documents considered "Large Files"???

More likely a blank file called "Large.txt".

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#9 22-06-2002 4:13pm

DeVore

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Originally posted by StrataGIST
no ads for me
http://www.adpurger.com/

nice wan tho take the monies

How can we take the money if you dont look at the ad?

If everyone took that approach we could pack up and go home.

DeV.

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#10 22-06-2002 5:48pm

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Originally posted by SyxPak

yeah, do the same myself, and when I hear the 'Hi-Speed' ad on the radio/tv. I reckon it could be stoppedon the grounds of false advertising. "Large files in seconds" my arse.....

It has been stopped. Complaints were made to the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland and the complaint was upheld. The Hi-Speed ads no longer feature the words 'Large Files in Seconds'.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?postid=479644#post479644

Who said Ireland Offline (and its members) make no difference?
Viva La Revolution

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#11 22-06-2002 7:25pm

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When will the menu be moved back to the top?

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#12 23-06-2002 11:43am

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Originally posted by StrataGIST
no ads for me
http://www.adpurger.com/

nice wan tho take the monies

Is it me, or does that prog remove the "new thread" link too?

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#13 23-06-2002 9:09pm

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I didnt see any ads at all.... cept the spin one.

/me scratches her head

I dont have any anti-ad things up either.

<< Fio >>

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#14 24-06-2002 12:08am

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How did you miss it???

That stupid eircom mouse flying across the banner add.

Maybe someone should make an interactive version where you can shoot him

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#15 24-06-2002 11:33am

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it only showed once every 10 pages, so its possible you never saw it...

DeV.

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#16 24-06-2002 1:41pm

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Originally posted by leeroybrown

Maybe someone should make an interactive version where you can shoot him

I'd like to endorse that product/service

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#17 24-06-2002 5:39pm

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Originally posted by yellum
Woah, my dog does something like that too when it sees vans.

Nah, for me it's shiny new BMWs parked in bus stops and ambulance bays (they never do work out what happens their wing mirrors).

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#18 29-06-2002 12:18pm

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Originally posted by StrataGIST
no ads for me
http://www.adpurger.com/

I for one do not mind looking at adds on free web pages
it's hard enuf for them too cover the cost of running some thing like boards.ie or any other free web page with out people trying to kill the last chance of them surviving with out becoming a pay web site (not saying that boards would do that) but it makes life a lot harder if advertisers know that people will not see the adds they will not pay for them.

I would never mind boards haveing 1-2 adds per page if it helps boards.ie.

Coyote

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#19 29-06-2002 3:41pm

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Originally posted by smiles
I didnt see any ads at all.... cept the spin one.

i think its all a big scam to have a spin solutions ad on boards....

we'll use the eircon ad...as a front....say that we are getting money from it..after a month the eircon ad is gone and our ad stays....gwan spin solutions!!!

ok i i'll go home and unlock my coffee now...

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