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 Jan 17 2006, 01:54 AM
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 Forum Addict  Group: Members Posts: 2,159 Joined: 18-March 05 From: near Sydney, Australia Member No.: 14,809  |
 Imagedump seems to be getting itself together though its still pretty rough. Given BCs family friendly policy I don't think we're going to be recommending it soon though as the advertising is a little "mature age only": (Click the thumnail)  Scarlett - how about this? CAUTION
Photobucket, TinyPic and Imageshack may display advertisements of a deceptive nature disguised as system messages. Clicking on these ads may result in malware being installed on your system. Please do not click on any advertising content or other messages while using these sites. This post has been edited by Rimmer: Jan 17 2006, 02:02 AM -------------------- Soltek QBIC, Pentium 4 3.0GHz, 512MB RAM, 200GB SATA HDD, ATI Radeon 9600XT 256MB, Netgear 54Mb/s WAP, ridiculously expensive Satellite Broadband Windows XP Home SP2, Trend Micro Internet Security, Firefox, Thunderbird, AdAwareSE, Spybot S&D, SpywareBlaster, A-squared Free, Ewido Security Suite. |
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Jan 17 2006, 03:01 AM
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 Learning Daily Group: Members Posts: 4,543 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Washington State, USA Member No.: 1,322 |
That'll work.
I need the hair loss ads. I dunno 'bout the 19yr old onwebcam.  bottomline: clicking on advertising content can always be a source of problems ? -------------------- patiently patrolling, plenty of persisant pests n' problems ...
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Mar 14 2006, 11:30 PM
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 I can see what you post! Group: Members Posts: 6,374 Joined: 14-February 05 Member No.: 12,053 |
I use mooland.com for large files. However I still imageshack. I really don't see the point of trying to avoid it because of the ads. You can't control them, why not use the Firefox extension "nuke all."
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Mar 24 2006, 11:01 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 54 Joined: 16-August 04 Member No.: 2,085 |
perhaps imagehigh is a good, cleaner alternative ?
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Mar 24 2006, 11:41 PM
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 Bleeping GloDiva Group: Members Posts: 7,479 Joined: 25-April 04 From: As always I'm beside myself ;) Member No.: 228 |
Thanks *Desdinova*
That looks great! Do you use it? And if so for very long? --------------------  |
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Mar 25 2006, 01:10 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 54 Joined: 16-August 04 Member No.: 2,085 |
Hi Scarlett
Yes, I use it for about 6 weeks or so (not registrated), and personally I really like it  * Haven't experienced that the server was down by yet (Imageshack really has many and long downtimes lately) * You can upload lager files and simultaneously for more images * No disturbing ads when you click a thumbnail (Imageshack shows since a few days (?) a "falling" advertention in the middle of the hosted image when one clicks the thumbnail-version to enlarge it) * It's fast and easy to use Although that "Useful Links: StuffAllFree" at the bottom, might not be trustworthy  but if not, it is not "that" present as in Imageshack Enjoy 
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Mar 25 2006, 01:13 AM
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Bleeping GloDiva Group: Members Posts: 7,479 Joined: 25-April 04 From: As always I'm beside myself ;) Member No.: 228 |
Thanks for the quick reply, *Desdinova*.
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Mar 25 2006, 07:37 AM
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Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 2,159 Joined: 18-March 05 From: near Sydney, Australia Member No.: 14,809 |
*Desdinova* - Imagehigh looks very promising, thanks for the link!
yano - QUOTE I really don't see the point of trying to avoid it because of the ads. My point is that BC is a site with a strong bias toward helping novice computer users. It would seem to me to be irresponsible and counterproductive to then recommend (as we do) that those users go to sites that allow adverts, for very dubious products, disguised as fake system messages. You and I both know not to click on these ads because that may allow malware to be downloaded onto our systems, novice users may be more easily duped. The aim of this thread was threefold:
This post has been edited by Rimmer: Mar 25 2006, 07:47 AM -------------------- Soltek QBIC, Pentium 4 3.0GHz, 512MB RAM, 200GB SATA HDD, ATI Radeon 9600XT 256MB, Netgear 54Mb/s WAP, ridiculously expensive Satellite Broadband Windows XP Home SP2, Trend Micro Internet Security, Firefox, Thunderbird, AdAwareSE, Spybot S&D, SpywareBlaster, A-squared Free, Ewido Security Suite. |
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Mar 25 2006, 09:24 AM
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 Bleepin' cat's meow Group: BC Advisor Posts: 8,524 Joined: 11-January 05 From: Baton Rouge, La. Member No.: 9,323 |
Another solution for HSI user would be to use IIS to host your own pictures via a free DynDNS service.
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