ColumbusOHGamer Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 I was trying to find a way to earn some extra money to keep the site going and in my haste, decided on using some popups to see how it would go over t=with the users. Let me say this: I am truely sorry for allowing this kind of crap to get sent to you. I can't fix it now, but as soon as I get home, I will remove that code post haste. Again, I'm sorry about this. I had no idea that it would be sending you porn info. I certainly do not support those sites and will fix this ASAP. Please accept my humble apologies. COG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousOxide Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 Wooooohooooo!!!! Beastiality links! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 COG, You already have a PAYPAL account set up. You could also try selling books (WWII related) through someone like AMAZON or sumfink. I never made alot from selling books but what little i did get certainly helped towards paying the bills. Best of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 Sir, no problem it was just a shock. Hope nothing was said to offend you. MikeT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal DI FOLCO Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 Thanks COG, I was pretty sure you were tricked into this... Myself I'd rather pay a subscription to your site (a modest one ! ) than suffering that crap ... I don't mind porn but I can't stand this popups crashing IE :eek: ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoopenfaust2 Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 Yeah it was just a shock. I thought I had a virus but then I stepped back and said.... wait I've got a mac, impossible. Just got some anti-pop up software and no problem. Us complaining about free stuff...sheesh. Thanks COG for the website, it seems you are the only one doing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson & Crick Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 Hey Hoop, Who makes anti-popup software for the mac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson & Crick Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 double post [ December 05, 2002, 11:01 AM: Message edited by: Watson & Crick ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColumbusOHGamer Posted December 5, 2002 Author Share Posted December 5, 2002 Originally posted by MikeT: Sir, no problem it was just a shock. Hope nothing was said to offend you. MikeTBelieve me, no one said anything in their complaints about my popups that would have offended me. I feel bad for doing that to my loyal user base and hope they'll overlook my lapse of intelligence. I'm normally not that dumb... COG EDIT: Spellcheck... [ December 05, 2002, 11:13 AM: Message edited by: ColumbusOHGamer ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoopenfaust2 Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 Its shareware Pop-up zapper lite http://www.batista.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jKMkIII Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 webwasher works also in Macs. It is free for home and educational use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Tacticus Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 The Opera web browser has anti popup code integrated....very useful... And it's available for any OS you can think of...nearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColumbusOHGamer Posted December 5, 2002 Author Share Posted December 5, 2002 It's fixed!!! No more porn on my site! Well, just the stuff *I* download... I apologize to all of the loyal users of the CM Mod Database. It was a mistake that will not happen again. Thanks for understanding. COG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 Columbus Gamer, I have to say that I'm VERY offended by what I saw on your site. I'm really disappointed about what you did there. Ok, it's YOUR site and you can do what you want but it IMO leaves a bitter taste. I mean come on, I just visited your site, trying to find sheep porn (hi Mace!)pop-ups and what did I find? Nothing!!! No pop-ups, no banners, just a fantastic collection of amazing mods. I hope you understand my frustration. Otherwise than that your site is great, I love it, and I plan to name my firstborn after you. Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianc Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 Can't say I saw the popups (dammit), but it seems to me that you have somehow achieved a significant bandwidth bump in your site. Before your site was great, but kind of slow. I just downloaded Mr. Noobies MkIV F2 at around 40 KB/s however. Did you contract for more bandwidth somehow, or is it just due to the fact that I'm downloading at 13:25 PST? Regardless, you rock! ianc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degus Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 Is this why IE is crashing so much now? How to fix it without using Netscape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pud Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 Degus Popups cant cause IE to become faulty, prob just coincidence. If you have IE5.5 or 5 try upgrading to IE 6. PS popups are just pages generated by javascript or html and so dont effect your apps at all. They will have an impact on memory though so it "maybe" related to a memory problem on your system. [ December 05, 2002, 06:18 PM: Message edited by: Pud ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Canuck Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 Originally posted by ColumbusOHGamer: [QB]I was trying to find a way to earn some extra money to keep the site going and in my haste, decided on using some popups to see how it would go over t=with the users. I hope I'm not offending you(or anyone else) by asking this, and with the hope that your answer will help us decide just how much *assistance* we should be sending you. How much is the new site costing, I ask 'cause I do not want to lose it!! KC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_UXcva Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 Is this why IE is crashing so much now? How to fix it without using Netscape? Give it a boatload of memory,, that will help to a certain degree though it is a "crashy" app in general on a Mac. As per version #, the most current version is 5.1.6 for Mac (OS 9). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 For those using IE try PopUp Stopper by Panicware. It can be downloaded at www.panicware.com It's free and commercial free. Works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 Originally posted by ParaBellum: I plan to name my firstborn after you.Isn't your firstborn going to have problems explaining why he/she is named COG? Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 Originally posted by Michael emrys: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by ParaBellum: I plan to name my firstborn after you.Isn't your firstborn going to have problems explaining why he/she is named COG? Michael</font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiggles Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 Originally posted by General Tacticus: The Opera web browser has anti popup code integrated....very useful... As does Mozilla (aka. Netscape 7-ish), which is quite useable now for almost everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-E Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 Originally posted by jiggles: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by General Tacticus: The Opera web browser has anti popup code integrated....very useful... As does Mozilla (aka. Netscape 7-ish), which is quite useable now for almost everything.</font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColumbusOHGamer Posted December 6, 2002 Author Share Posted December 6, 2002 I hope I'm not offending you(or anyone else) by asking this, and with the hope that your answer will help us decide just how much *assistance* we should be sending you. How much is the new site costing, I ask 'cause I do not want to lose it!! KC[/QB]If the site is going to last, it needs to become self sustaining. I don't want to talk $$$, but you can go look at amertitech.com, covad.com or mpower.com and see that a *BUSINESS CLASS* (have to have business class for static IP and bandwidth usage) dsl line is not cheap. That's why I'm looking at advertising, especially popups/popunders as they are the most lucrative. But even with popups, it would be hard to make enough $$$ for the cheapest DSL (1/2 speed of my cable ISP) and almost impossible to make enough for an average DSL (same speed as cable). Then there is installation, electricity, a UPS, maye a tape backup, etc. And to top it all off, I have to pay taxes on the income generated by the site. Unless I register a non-profit org which is like $250 to file the paperwork with the state, not to mention the legal fees that would be involved. It would easily by over $1000 just to get it started. Behind all of that is she-who-must-be-obeyed. I love her with all my heart, but she's having a real problem with the money (not to mention the time) I would be spending on this. I can't blame her wither. Hell, *I'M* having trouble swallowing it sometimes. That's why it has to pay for itself. So you see my crazy freind , that unless I come up with some sort of revenue generation, my site will only last as long as my cable ISP doesn't notice me, which won't be much longer I fear. COG P.S. Sorry this was so long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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