Digital BW, The Print

Oops: I see that in the second paragraph below the "Web Ad Blocking" 
link didn't survive the initial quoting. Google found it first thing, 
but anyway, here's a link down to the page level at the site, which 
is at Cal State (CSU) Chico:

http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/spam/adblock.shtml

Sam McCandless        samcc@...


>Yahoo's ad's don't bother me much because I skim the individual
>posts, or at least their subjects, instead of going to Yahoo's site.
>But even Amazon, for example, has begun to annoy me with their
>popup/under ads. So I think I'll try the tactics suggested in the
>clip below from today's MacInTouch.com. But so far I've only visited
>the site to make sure it seems to provide relief for Windows as well
>as Mac users.
>
>
> > I came across a site that fellow readers may enjoy. [Web Ad
> >Blocking] describes how to use the hosts file feature not only on
> >the Mac, but on Windows and *nix platforms to eliminate these ads. I
> >took their example and modified it for my use. Within 5 minutes I
> >had it configured to eliminate the annoying pop-up/under ads of the
> >sites I uually visit during my workday."
>
>Sam McCandless               samcc@...