TOM WALKER wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

RJT>Fast forward a couple of years.  Now they have a "browser
RJT>capability test" you have to get past to use the site.  Their list 
RJT>of "ok" browsers also includes Mozilla,  but my copy of firefox,  
RJT>which is based on Mozilla, wouldn't get past it.  It barfed on the 
RJT>browser name,  it barfed on the version number (!),  and it barfed on 
RJT>such things as me not having flash enabled/installed.  Excuse me?  
RJT>WTF to I need that for?

TW> It is all related to the "Flashy" ads that pay the Freight. After
TW> all there is NO such thing as a "Free Lunch"  :-)  :-)
TW> Somepone, Somewhere PAYS. In the case of the Web sites it is
TW> Mostly the Ad sales.

Yeah,  but that doesn't mean I have to look at them!

There was some guy quoted in a magazine some time back who was having a fit
about people who were taping tv shows to watch later on.  He didn't think
that folks should be "allowed" to fast-forward past the
commercials!

In the meantime,  my absolute favorite plug-in for firefox is adblock, 
which I use often,  and the list just keeps on growing...

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