On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:43:33 -0600, wrote:

On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:46:56 -0600, larry wrote:

Oren wrote:
On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:10:04 -0600, wrote:


I could not continue to add filters every day.


http://www.youfail.org/

blocking macromedia crap was the FIRST filter I added ;-)

You too !!!!!!

I blocked that stuff entirely. Not only does it take too long to
download on my dialup connection but it's an easy way to get spyware.
I have one browser setup that does allow flash media, and I only use
that on youtube for some of their decent videos. I found it easier to
just have a separate browser setup, than to keep toggling flash on and
off.


How are you getting YouTube on usenet?

For a web browser, you can use Firefox with the NoScript extension.
That allows scripts (including Flash) to be enabled on particular
sites but blocked on others.

I also do not generally go to weblinks from newsgroup messages.

Generally safe if you block scripts and don't enter any sensitive
information.

Thats
a spammer trick, and even if it's not spam, I dont have all day to
keep jumping to websites, when people can post the text on a newsgroup
if it's worth saying.

I don't go to unidentified sites, such as there the usenet message
contains NOTHING but a URL or just something meaningless like "cool
site".

If the article is huge, at least they can post
the first paragraph so I can decide if I want to read the whole thing.


--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"I have found Christian dogma unintelligable. Early
in life I absented myself from Christian assemblies."
-- Benjamin Franklin