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Subject: 
Re: "Ads by Goooooogle" at Brickshelf?
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Thu, 10 Mar 2005 23:09:38 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Tore Eriksson wrote:
> > I'm a little concerned about the boxes with "Ads by Goooooogle" that shows in my
> > browser at Brickshelf and other sites. As they make ads with Swedish topics,
> > there seems to be some kind of intelligence behind them(?), targeting the ads in
> > a creepy way. I wonder if this is some kind of spyware that has infested my PC
> > or if everyone gets these ads.
> > 
> > Any information on this would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> No insidious conspiracy here.  Brickshelf show these ads to everyone who hasn't
> donated to Brickshelf.

Mine aren't in Swedish, unless I'm greatly mistaken about what Swedish looks
like... :-) Not that I see any conspiracy necessarily, just good use of public
info.



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  Re: "Ads by Goooooogle" at Brickshelf?
 
(...) Well, IIRC, Swedish mostly consists of just one word, "bork". Generally repeated in groups of threes. Intonation an interspersed English homophones make up a small percentage of the rest. DaveE (22 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: "Ads by Goooooogle" at Brickshelf?
 
(...) No insidious conspiracy here. Brickshelf show these ads to everyone who hasn't donated to Brickshelf. -Orion (22 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)

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