On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 03:32:44PM -0600, Andrew McNabb wrote: > The point was that money has to be dealt with according to university > policy.
Of couse - but you're almost making the assumption that the current preidency isn't, and then telling them what policies they must follow. > I shouldn't have to use adblocking software when I go to the UUG page. > I can't believe that a potential UUG webmaster would say something like > that. Agreed - but at the same time - I don't whitelist sites for adblock plus - it just hits everything. I'm always amazed when I got to a site I frequent from home from a different computer, and discover that they use ads. It usually takes me a minute to figure out that they have always used ads, and that I just never see them. And for FYU - I actually don't like the ads, or ads in general, especially flash ads. I hate just about everything about flash (and java for that point) being used online except for its uses as a video container. I was more just bringing up the devils advocate point, and trying to defend the person who put the ads there in the first place (I at least know that he has good reasons for not telling the list about their placement, whatever the reason). I find that people are jumping to conclusions way to fast here. As far as trying to attack my ability to program simply because I use adblocking software, I think you are being a little presumptious. The decision to put the ads there weren't mine, and I had no say in the matter. Just because I was saying that I was surprised that people don't use adblocking software doesn't mean that I wouldn't change things if elected. Personally, I would take them off, for various reasons. Everything I've ever seen the uug have in terms of hardware, binary-grab-bags, or advertising, have been donated by the CS department or other supporting orginazations - like AST, GuruLabs, or the Utah Open Source Supporting Group (name?). But I diverge. Andrew, shame on you for openly attacking someone without learning the truth. I expected more. As for me - I've said my peace and am now out of this conversation. Hopefully Peter will say something about this tonight when he gets home from work. -- Jonathan Wilson -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
