Further correspondence from Channel 4 CEO

Heracles Pollux wrote:
Evil things popup windows. See what I miss by using a popup blocker?!


There is nothing "evil" about pop-ups or RED DOTs.

I hate them. I block them. They take up bandwidth I pay for and clutter my
screen unnecessarily. You say yourself that integrating them into the main
page would be no bother. They're an unnecessary pain in the backside. If you
took notice of the opinions of the one-time visitors, the ones that don't
come back because of the annoying popups all over the place, you'd know
that. Catering for your crowd of yes-men and lackeys hardly counts as
listening to your users. Heads up - here's an unhappy user, what are you
going to do to ensure I'm satisfied with your site. It's your responsibility
after all.

And I never mentioned red bleeding dots.

[snip rant]

Conversely, the RED DOT is targeted at my kids,

How? Specifically. How, in advertising terms, is a little red dot or a
little banner that reads "Press Red" targetted at kids, as opposed to
everyone else, for whom it is displayed in precisely the same manner?

ignores my pressing of
"BACK UP"

So it works properly now huh?

violates the CMA 1990 Section 1,

If you think so, go ahead and prosecute

aims to steal money from
the unauthorised use by under 16 year olds,

If you don't have control of your kids use of the TV, you're doing something
wrong.

fails to Inform or
Educate, and is pretty poor value at entertaining.

I'll give you that one, as it is *just a little red dot*

nwsy wrote:
Heracles Pollux wrote:
Evil things popup windows. See what I miss by using a popup
blocker?!


There is nothing "evil" about pop-ups or RED DOTs.

And don't think I haven't noticed which of my posts you've chosen not to
respond to.

nwsy wrote:
Heracles Pollux wrote:
Evil things popup windows. See what I miss by using a popup
blocker?!


There is nothing "evil" about pop-ups or RED DOTs.

And don't think I haven't noticed which of my posts you've chosen not to
respond to.

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 01:31:54 +0100, "nwsy" wrote:

Heracles Pollux wrote:
Evil things popup windows. See what I miss by using a popup blocker?!


There is nothing "evil" about pop-ups or RED DOTs.

I hate them. I block them. They take up bandwidth I pay for and clutter my
screen unnecessarily.

Using pop-ups is incredibly bad nettiquette as not only do they soak up
bandwidth, but also CPU and RAM depending on the operating system and browser
used. This is why pop-up blockers are rather popular.

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On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 01:31:54 +0100, "nwsy" wrote:

Heracles Pollux wrote:
Evil things popup windows. See what I miss by using a popup blocker?!


There is nothing "evil" about pop-ups or RED DOTs.

I hate them. I block them. They take up bandwidth I pay for and clutter my
screen unnecessarily.

Using pop-ups is incredibly bad nettiquette as not only do they soak up
bandwidth, but also CPU and RAM depending on the operating system and browser
used. This is why pop-up blockers are rather popular.

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| Nick Humphries -- -- http://www.egyptus.co.uk |
| ZX Spectrum stuff * Your Sinclair archive * Time-lapse weather MPEGs |
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On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 01:41:03 +0100, "nwsy" wrote:

nwsy wrote:
Heracles Pollux wrote:
Evil things popup windows. See what I miss by using a popup
blocker?!


There is nothing "evil" about pop-ups or RED DOTs.

And don't think I haven't noticed which of my posts you've chosen not to
respond to.

Yesss... he mentioned yesterday in an unrelated thread that he wouldn't say
much unless he's misquoted.

Yep, referencing someone's post on Google is misquoting in his book. It's
almost as if he doesn't WANT to appear two-faced...

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| Nick Humphries -- -- http://www.egyptus.co.uk |
| ZX Spectrum stuff * Your Sinclair archive * Time-lapse weather MPEGs |
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On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 01:41:03 +0100, "nwsy" wrote:

nwsy wrote:
Heracles Pollux wrote:
Evil things popup windows. See what I miss by using a popup
blocker?!


There is nothing "evil" about pop-ups or RED DOTs.

And don't think I haven't noticed which of my posts you've chosen not to
respond to.

Yesss... he mentioned yesterday in an unrelated thread that he wouldn't say
much unless he's misquoted.

Yep, referencing someone's post on Google is misquoting in his book. It's
almost as if he doesn't WANT to appear two-faced...

--
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| Nick Humphries -- -- http://www.egyptus.co.uk |
| ZX Spectrum stuff * Your Sinclair archive * Time-lapse weather MPEGs |
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Nick Humphries wrote:
On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 01:41:03 +0100, "nwsy"
wrote:

nwsy wrote:
Heracles Pollux wrote:
Evil things popup windows. See what I miss by using a popup
blocker?!


There is nothing "evil" about pop-ups or RED DOTs.

And don't think I haven't noticed which of my posts you've chosen
not to respond to.

Yesss... he mentioned yesterday in an unrelated thread that he
wouldn't say much unless he's misquoted.

Convenient huh?

Yep, referencing someone's post on Google is misquoting in his book.
It's almost as if he doesn't WANT to appear two-faced...

Miserable faliure alert! Miserable faliure alert!

Credibility shutdown in 5...4...3...2...

Nick Humphries wrote:
On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 01:41:03 +0100, "nwsy"
wrote:

nwsy wrote:
Heracles Pollux wrote:
Evil things popup windows. See what I miss by using a popup
blocker?!


There is nothing "evil" about pop-ups or RED DOTs.

And don't think I haven't noticed which of my posts you've chosen
not to respond to.

Yesss... he mentioned yesterday in an unrelated thread that he
wouldn't say much unless he's misquoted.

Convenient huh?

Yep, referencing someone's post on Google is misquoting in his book.
It's almost as if he doesn't WANT to appear two-faced...

Miserable faliure alert! Miserable faliure alert!

Credibility shutdown in 5...4...3...2...

On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 21:07:02 +0000 (UTC), "loz"
wrote:

It is also a bit like saying because I choose to download my email it is my
fault I now have a virus on my PC, and that the solution to such problems is not
to use email.

No, email is a point-to-point relay, not a one-to-many broadcast.