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Cannot view COW videos with Firefox
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Sorry Ron, didn’t mean to offend you. I paid for Boris software and on their website they sent me to your forum because for some reason they don’t have their own. I also paid for a subscription to your print magazine because I believe in supporting folk’s hard work even though I could read it online. I also fast forward through commercials when I DVR TV shows.
;o)
I hope you won’t block me.
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My Hardware:
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You didn’t offend me, James. I am just very direct and want people to understand that this is a business and if they are not paying for it, someone else is.
You aren’t the first person to run AdBlocker software but as time goes on, it becomes clearer to us that many sites that tried to do what we do are now premium sites that charge — we still don’t. We can do that because of the ads. They are not a nuisance, they are the reason that everyone gets this free.
That’s all I am trying to say, James. It was not personal and I didn’t mean what I said to be personal. It is merely that this costs a lot of money to run each month. Our authors and writers are paid, our staff is paid, our bandwidth suppliers and hardware suppliers get paid. It all has to come from somewhere.
That reality is unavoidable and we need to make that clear as we work on our redesign.
Thanks James and my apologies if my comments came across as a personal attack, they were merely a knee-jerk reaction to the thought of everyone using blockers. ;o)
Best regards,
Ronald Lindeboom
CEO, Creative COW LLC
Publisher, Creative COW Magazine
A 2011 FOLIO: 40 honoree as one of the 40 most influential publishers in America
http://www.creativecow.netCreativity is a process wherein the student and the teacher are located in the same individual.
“Incompetence has never prevented me from plunging in with enthusiasm.” – Woody Allen
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those that matter, don’t mind — and those that mind, don’t matter.” – Dr. Seuss
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I will second Ron on condemning AdBlocker and all the ad-blockers. If you ask a third party to run your computer`s business as far as the display is concerned, who knows how many advertisers innocent of abuse, advertisers who abuse, and trojans rolling by in your computer there will be, going by without the least attention or responsibility from you. “The price of liberty, and even common decency, is eternal vigilance.” -Aldous Huxley
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From adblockers to liberty, that’s a stretch. Do you have any evidence to support your fears?
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My Hardware:
Core i7 2.67GHz; Nvidia GTX580, 12 gig RAM Win7 64bit.My Software:
Vegas Pro V11 with Boris Continuum Complete 7, VASST Ultimate S; Bluff Titler; AE5; PhotoPaint and other stuff. -
For me, it is not a matter of fear. It is a matter of respect.
People who do not understand that this site survives and continues to offer free services because of the banners here, likely do not give much thought to the work that goes into this site.
So from my point of view, I understand the people who use blockers that log-in from nations around the world with smaller bandwidth connections. What I’ve never understood are the people who log-in with high bandwidth pipes and block the ads. To me, that is the same as saying that the COW should just close its doors and go away.
Your opinion may differ and that is fine, I am only offering mine.
Best regards,
Ronald Lindeboom
CEO, Creative COW LLC
Publisher, Creative COW Magazine
A 2011 FOLIO: 40 honoree as one of the 40 most influential publishers in America
http://www.creativecow.netCreativity is a process wherein the student and the teacher are located in the same individual.
“Incompetence has never prevented me from plunging in with enthusiasm.” – Woody Allen
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those that matter, don’t mind — and those that mind, don’t matter.” – Dr. Seuss
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I understand your concerns Ron and didn’t mean to open up any old wounds. I was addressing Fred’s implication that the use of adblockers somehow opens the user up to trojans and other bad stuff let alone the loss of liberty. 🙂
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My Hardware:
Core i7 2.67GHz; Nvidia GTX580, 12 gig RAM Win7 64bit.My Software:
Vegas Pro V11 with Boris Continuum Complete 7, VASST Ultimate S; Bluff Titler; AE5; PhotoPaint and other stuff. -
Just to clarify, they are not wounds, I don’t let it bother me that much. ;o)
And thank you for the kind words. They are appreciated.
Best regards,
Ronald Lindeboom
CEO, Creative COW LLC
Publisher, Creative COW Magazine
A 2011 FOLIO: 40 honoree as one of the 40 most influential publishers in America
http://www.creativecow.netCreativity is a process wherein the student and the teacher are located in the same individual.
“Incompetence has never prevented me from plunging in with enthusiasm.” – Woody Allen
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those that matter, don’t mind — and those that mind, don’t matter.” – Dr. Seuss
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James,when you use an ad- blocker, all that “bandwidth” or “total data” still pours down the internet and modem into your computer, it`s that it gets blocked before it takes up display and sound. Most examples of it are temporarily stored on your memory sticks only, a reason for client- style computers to not fiddle around with 64 MB of memory anymore. Other examples though can be recorded to your hard drive or similar and may take up others ideas of business, not necessarily yours, and await a deleting click from you that doesn`t happen. Manually choosing for and against what comes to your door is a win, win, situation.
Re: Cannot view COW videos with Firefox by, James Houghtaling on May 24, 2012 at 4:23:04 pm
I understand your concerns Ron and didn’t mean to open up any old wounds. I was addressing Fred’s implication that the use of adblockers somehow opens the user up to trojans and other bad stuff let alone the loss of liberty. 🙂
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