[quote user="blakeyrat"] [quote user="Lorne Kates"]How do these ads even get on ad networks? Sound? Pop-up? "Bad ads".[/quote] They don't get on reputable ad networks. Only sleazy ones.[/quote]No true Scotsman...

[quote user="blakeyrat"]It means... well you defined it like 4 posts up, so look.[/quote]Yup. I did when I posted it - you are clearly misreading it to.. what was it? Ah, that was it: [quote user="blakeyrat"]shares all my[blakeyrat's] opinions[/quote] Self-regulation happens to either enhance regulation that already ...

[quote user="blakeyrat"][quote user="PJH"]You're violently agreeing with me.[/quote] No.[/quote]Yes. [quote user="blakeyrat"]The pharmaceutical industry self-regulates[/quote]Uh-huh...[quote user="blakeyrat"]so does the ad serving industry[/quote]It demonstrably does not. Why else would it allow, ...

[quote user="blakeyrat"][quote user="PJH"]"Self-regulation" is:[quote]The regulatory authority could be applied in addition to some form of government regulation, or it could fill the vacuum of an absence of government oversight and regulation.[/quote]i.e. they're aiming for a higher standard than merely the ...

[quote user="MiffTheFox"][quote user="DaveK"][quote user="Arnavion"] Besides, somehow, I don't think anyone would want to run a Linux binary compiled using gcc on Windows on their servers. I certainly wouldn't. [/quote] Why not?  Given the same target headers and libs, a GCC cross-compiler should ...

[quote user="blakeyrat"][quote user="PJH"]Of course those weight loss adverts are offensive - they're fucking lying. Why ad networks permit them is the reason that perhaps there should be regulation on ad networks banning them before they even hit an ad blocker. Oh - hang on - didn't you say earlier that they do ...

[quote user="blakeyrat"]"lose weight in 30 days!" - offensive, block [/quote]Of course those weight loss adverts are offensive - they're fucking lying. Why ad networks permit them is the reason that perhaps there should be regulation on ad networks banning them before they even hit an ad blocker. Oh - hang on - ...

[quote user="Lorne Kates"]I've stopped checking. I think I only ever got 1 in there when Google thought the forum emails were spam.[/quote]... well technically, some of them are...

[quote user="morbiuswilters"]And what if you have to get up to take a piss? Do you have to get permission so you're not walking behind the anchors while they're talking?[/quote]BBC newsroom criticised by staff over health and safety concerns:[quote]In early April a paramedic went into the newsroom after a staff member was taken ...