Recently researchers may have developed a better mousetrap or should I say ad-trap. Using new creative methods they have discovered perhaps what might be the best way of blocking ads yet.
I for one hope that the publishers find a way around this. This is because viewing an ad is the cost one pays to consume the content on that website. If you don’t want the ads don’t visit the site. Without ads much of the content we have today would not be available.
Just look at newspapers and magazines. The small amount you pay for an issue wouldn’t even scratch the service to cover the cost to generate the information you get. It probably barely covers the cost to print and get you that issue. With the Internet we don’t have those distribution and printing costs. Consequently, many publishers can rely on the advertisements to cover the cost of generating the content.
Take away the advertisements and the content would cease to exist. Im not just talking about the junk news sites of the 10 best this or that. I’m talking about CNN, Fox news or whatever news service you prefer. I’m talking about Facebook and Twitter. Im talking about YouTube and Google. Yes Google. They are at their heart an advertising company that just happens to have a search engine. This is why I don’t use ad blockers and hope they never take hold.
This will be a short one. The other day I was listening to the news and heard a story about one of the countries in central Asia that ended in “stan”. Being the inquisitive type I wanted to know what the “stan” means. This wasn’t the first time that had crossed my mind but it was the first time I actually did something about it. What I did was what any respectable person would do and I asked Google. I got a lot of results and a great article from The Atlantic spelled it all out for me. From it I learned that today there are 7 countries with the “-stan” ending. The ending simply means land and is from the Persian root istan. Now I have no idea what I will do with this amazing knowledge. Maybe go on Jeopardy.
This concerns me. I hadn’t realized that Trump has all but ignored the Office for Science and Technology Policy. Add that to the facts that just about the whole administration doesn’t believe in climate change and his Secretary of the treasury , Steven Mnuchin, is clueless about the affect of automation on jobs and it shows why we will very likely have dark days coming for tech in the US. The US has been at the forefront of tech and science for a very long time. With thinking like this we will loose that edge. It seems to me this administration is doing everything it can to try to kill our lead in tech and science while trying to bring back jobs in areas that are dying or won’t support them. I can only pray that when Trump realizes how vital it is for us to have a strong base in Science and Tech it won’t be too late to undo what he has done.
While surfing around today I came across a neat little video on YouTube claiming to expose False Facts about Star Trek you thought were true. I found it quite interesting as it disproved quite a few things I thought were true. If I find any more good ones I’ll be sure to share.
For my first attempt at a triathlon I feel as a whole I did fairly well. It was a lot of fun and I got to meet some interesting folks. The Sprint was a 750 meter open water swim, a 14.3 mile bike ride and a 5K
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Recently researchers may have developed a better mousetrap or should I say ad-trap. Using new creative methods they have discovered perhaps what might be the best way of blocking ads yet.