blocking ads | GameDev.net

Samith · 2005-04-30T12:08:12+00:00
It seems Verizon has decided it would be a good idea to make the most annoying banner add possible. It's the one with the red boat and it's all like "omgomgomg verizon wireless 2X FASTAR." Normally, I wouldn't give a damn about their stupid ad, but this is different. This ad is done with Flash, and as such, while it's running it's using about 90% of the CPU, according to the task manager. I want those CPU cycles back, so …
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