EEV BLOG POP UP ADS ON VIDEOS DONT WORK? GOOGLE BULLSHIT? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 12:06:31 pm
content: THIS IS MY FIRST EEV BLOG POST. DONT KILL ME. I TYPE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. IS THIS AGAINST THE RULES?THE ISSUE IS GOOGLE AD POP UPS ON PAGE BOTTOMS DURING VIDEO TAPE BROADCASTS. I HAVE CLICKED ON 21 OF THEM TO OPEN THE AD. NOT 1 CLICK HAS WORKED SO FAR. THIS WOULD GIVE EEV BLOG WRONG NUMBERS. THIS WOULD TELL ADVERTISERS THERE IS LESS INTEREST BEING CLICKED ON AT EEV BLOG. THIS WOULD BE BAD NUMBERS FOR DAVE JONES.I TRY TO MAKE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION BY CLICKING ON ALL GOOGLE POP UP ADVERTISEMENTS. YET TO DATE IN FIRST WEEK OF EEV BLOG MEMBERSHIP NOT ONE OF 24 CLIC ON AD POP UPS HAVE WORKED.DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE SIMULAR EXPERIENCE -- GOOGLE POP UP ADS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE ON VIDEO BROADCASTS DO NOT WORK? GOOGLE BULLSHIT?PATRICK MARK ST DENISBSEE AA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGYLAS VEGAS -- LAUGHLIN NEVADA 89029 USA

author: dr.diesel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 12:15:19 pm
content: All caps and green, that is BS, I refuse to read.

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 12:18:33 pm
content: Quote from: USAMICROELECTRONICS on August 14, 2013, 12:06:31 pmDamn well should be...TL&HTR;DR

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 12:23:33 pm
content: Quote from: USAMICROELECTRONICS on August 14, 2013, 12:06:31 pmNot strictly, but please don't do it. Nor use green text. Doing so will just aggravate everyone and they won't read your posts. Follow everyone else's example.I have no other reports about the youtube ads not working.Please do not click on them just to improve my numbers, that will not help me.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 12:40:52 pm
content: Sorry about the all capital letters and green text on my first EEV blog post. I am independently wealthy multi-million dollar retired electronics engineer age 58. I don't work on any plantation. I have more money than the Pope.

author: dr.diesel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 12:43:41 pm
content: Too bad I don't have ban and delete privileges...

author: robrenz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 12:50:40 pm
content: This is a very friendly forum.... if you don't aggravate the general body with things like green all caps posts.

author: tinhead
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 12:50:56 pm
content: Quote from: USAMICROELECTRONICS on August 14, 2013, 12:40:52 pmthis is good, we still looking for some teardown pictures of Agilent DSA-X 96204Q. As you can, please buy one and make a teardown.The community will love you then!Btw: caps as well on linkedin, hmm

author: digsys
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 12:54:43 pm
content: Quote from: tinheadAND we'll let you use dark green letters :-)

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 12:59:23 pm
content: Hell, if you're going to tear down a DSA-X 96204Q for us you can use24ptalternatingpinkandyellowfor all I care

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 01:01:53 pm
content: What is a "prehensile pawn"? I thought 50% of them were prehensile pawns. Who else will be our garbage truck collectors to clean up the bad garbage smell. The question may be, what is a "sub-prehensile pawn". I deal with them daily. I have thick skin and weak noise. Breath the same atmospheric air as them? I do it part time because no person is an island.

author: robrenz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 01:15:44 pm
content: Am I detecting a faint whiff of spam?

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 01:24:52 pm
content: Quote from: dr.diesel on August 14, 2013, 12:43:41 pmDon't worry the report button is only a click away. Looks more like a joke/troll to me.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 01:34:52 pm
content: It was just a practical joke. Capital or all capital is word in English for both letters and money. Green is color of money. It's called a pun. I have over 30 units at University of California in English courses. I taught English at junior college.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 01:44:51 pm
content: I thought this was the general issue talk page. I thought this was the open ended rap page. I have said not one dirty word yet or made one foul statement yet. Next, I have multiple critics and thanks to moderator maybe I can talk more. I did no evil. Moderator mention the word "troll". Is there a difference between a good troll and a bad troll? In USA tiny long colored hair troll dolls for little girls made millions of dollars in toy sales in 1960's. Look up troll dolls on Internet. Peace.

author: nitro2k01
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 02:06:11 pm
content: I don't know what you're on about to be quite honest. The ads don't work? As if you have access to Dave's statistics. If your issue is that you're just tired of the ads... Just get some ad blocking software if you really need to. It should just be one search away. If that's not it, I can only assume you're here to collect your government-mandated 5 minutes of fame.

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 02:18:51 pm
content: What's up with the empty post ? Something green... I'm colorblind (don't see green)

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 02:34:51 pm
content: In the UK money is mostly an orange or blue colour. I hope you learnt geography too ?

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 02:44:07 pm
content: Quote from: free_electron on August 14, 2013, 02:18:51 pmI think you may be on to something.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 04:30:46 pm
content: I am sorry. I was probably confusing in my language. What I was trying to say, is that I like Google pop up ads for technology companies. I watch them all the time. I open the ads and then take the URL's and put the sites on a list. When I am less busy, I go back and review the ads. This way I can study ads from new technology all the time. The Google pop up ads can be very interesting and informing. What I tried to say, was that on EEV blog I am having trouble opening the fun and interesting pop up ads. I don't want to block the Google pop up ads. I read them later by a special URL link list, to evaluate investments into new electronics firms, if possible. I have 20Mbps bandwidth on USA Century Link the largest fiber optic network in North America. The Google pop up ad could open fast, yet for some reason they have not opened fast, after testing 21 different ads..

author: smashedProton
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 04:31:42 pm
content: Get the browser add on "ad blocker plus"... I havent seen an ad in 3 months

author: Phaedrus
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 04:45:44 pm
content: It's like an alien... I think it's trying to communicate?

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 04:47:29 pm
content: Quote from: Phaedrus on August 14, 2013, 04:45:44 pmI agree

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 04:51:06 pm
content: I think the Skynet just became self aware in some small way..........Either that or there is a lot of green 5 pointed leaves in the brownies, seeds pips and all. I think that is most likely, or there is a large amount of an organic acid lying around there.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 05:23:45 pm
content: I am USA alien. I have lived in USA my whole life. We are brainwashed to believe USA is number 1 best nation on earth. That offends people from smaller non super power nations. I try to be polite to all international people. I don't use list of dirty words to describe foreign people. That would be uncouth. What my knowledge from international affairs teaches me is this -- misery loves company. Some people are too busy being productive and have no time to waist being destructive with bad language. My experience shows me, that the bad language people, like the last one who just inserted the world "assh*le" onto the EEV blog server, have mental defects of their own and are trying to stabilize their egos by putting other people down. I didn't recruit a bunch of creeps to hangout on EEV blog. That was someone else's doing, not mine. This is my first day in 2013 on EEV blog. I regret that EEV blog has bad guys with dirty language as a standard feature. I am more prone to professional communication.

author: Skimask
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 05:27:00 pm
content: Quote from: USAMICROELECTRONICS on August 14, 2013, 05:23:45 pmWhen?

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 05:34:24 pm
content: This guys a joke. enjoy people but don't let it get out of hand. Rules apply to all !

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 05:38:34 pm
content: I have you names and business numbers Simon. Maybe we will meet face to face in a year or so from now. In the mean time have a nice pretend world of false security. This will be my last post on your little EEV blog. Thanks anyway.

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 05:39:07 pm
content: Quote from: USAMICROELECTRONICS on August 14, 2013, 05:23:45 pmEEVblog's got worse shit than the word "asshole"! Actually, if you look hard enough, you'll find that we have a fewrealassholes! Much worse.And yes, we have lots of bad language people. Australian website, remember?

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 05:40:12 pm
content: Quote from: USAMICROELECTRONICS on August 14, 2013, 05:38:34 pm

author: flolic
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 05:42:36 pm
content: Quote from: USAMICROELECTRONICS on August 14, 2013, 05:38:34 pmFinally!

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 06:07:42 pm
content: According to the Chocolate factory he is a real person.......Simon, do not go to Nevada under any circumstance. Area 51 is looking for you!From the Chocolate factory.Laughlin, Nevada - ?SENIOR ENGINEER USAMICROELECTRONICS.COM USANANOELECTRONICS.COMView PATRICK MARK ST DENIS's professional profile on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the world's largest business network, helping professionals like PATRICK MARK ...

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 06:12:10 pm
content: Oh, and I though area 51 was such a safe place

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 06:42:04 pm
content: I prefer when I was working just next door to the Z facility, that was a nice safe place.

author: Phaedrus
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 06:57:29 pm
content: Pft. Seriously guys, Black Mesa is where it's at. We have a triathlon!

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 07:05:21 pm
content: Quote from: Phaedrus on August 14, 2013, 06:57:29 pmBut they're a bunch of thieves! Aperture Science is where it's at.

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 07:09:54 pm
content: Maybe Black Mesa -- that was a joke -- ha ha.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 11:33:47 pm
content: Quote from: tom66 on August 14, 2013, 07:09:54 pmFat chance

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 11:47:47 pm
content: Quote from: USAMICROELECTRONICS on August 14, 2013, 05:23:45 pmThen what was your first and 2nd posts about?Seriously, they just had loony-bin written all over them. I was this close to hitting the ban button because of those (and looking at your website).

author: Phaedrus
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 14, 2013, 11:57:11 pm
content: Reading back, it seems like he was offended by me quoting the I-95 Asshole song in my sig? Huh. If it offends him so much maybe he should sue Fred Campbell. He can probably afford the lawsuit, being a multimillionaire retired electrical engineer and all.

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 12:03:09 am
content: No, Dave keep this going. I am looking forward to hearing from Simon how his call with this millionaire went.

author: David_AVD
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 12:21:06 am
content: Maybe this sums it up?

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 12:24:05 am
content: Quote from: Phaedrus on August 14, 2013, 11:57:11 pmYou know, after I gave him crap about being offended by "asshole", I realized...........QuoteI think there may be a troll under this here bridge.Quote from: Stonent on August 14, 2013, 11:33:47 pmScrew you guys, I've got a really annoying earworm now...

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 01:01:39 am
content: Oh... anyone who hasn't done it already......spend a few seconds here.... just hold your nose, wouldn't want to inhale the smoke...

author: David_AVD
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 01:15:53 am
content: Quote from: c4757p on August 15, 2013, 01:01:39 amWeb design done by a 10 year old?

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 01:28:31 am
content: Worse: a 70 year old.

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 01:45:06 am
content: Quote from: David_AVD on August 15, 2013, 01:15:53 amQuote from: c4757p on August 15, 2013, 01:28:31 amWorse: 70 year old using 10 year old word processor tested on NetscapeUsing Windows ME

author: talvor
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 06:42:12 am
content: OMG, I just looked at this guys web page and the section on EEVBLOG just creeped me out

author: PeterG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 08:43:02 am
content: Quote from: talvor on August 15, 2013, 06:42:12 amI have to say, i have not seen a website quite like his. It seems to be nothing more than 6 pages of random images and links. Weird.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 08:54:08 am
content: Quote from: c4757p on August 15, 2013, 01:28:31 amGee,it looks like I've only got a few days till my brain crumbles to mush,then.I'll have to stop posting on this forum,so as to not upset my younger betters!

author: smashedProton
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 08:55:21 am
content: He has Simon's avatar on his website... WTF

author: nitro2k01
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 09:17:58 am
content: Quote from: smashedProton on August 15, 2013, 08:55:21 amHe ought to use my avatar as background for that page.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 09:29:31 am
content: Quote from: talvor on August 15, 2013, 06:42:12 amI have a section?

author: liquibyte
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 09:39:28 am
content: If you think the site is scary, take a look at the source. If this is a troll, it's a very meticulous crafting because the code looks literally early 90ish save the doctype and the divs for tables. I see that he's using hostgator but hasn't figured out how to craft the site without their tools. I'm surprised there weren't any blink tags there. You can tell that the person spent time putting this together abeit badly.

author: vk3yedotcom
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 09:41:40 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on August 15, 2013, 09:29:31 amIndeed you do.There's a link and a snowy portrait. It's next to a guy who looks like a younger Mr Bean wrapped around a pole and a joker card.Scroll right down, deeper than you've every been before, down to the very bottom to see it.If you really really want to see a bad website then check outhttp://www.websitejim.com/and all the subpages. It makes the one discussed here look like the Mona Lisa.

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 12:32:10 pm
content: Quote from: PeterG on August 15, 2013, 08:43:02 amYou probably haven't seen Dr Gene RaysTime Cubethen.http://www.timecube.com/

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 12:36:31 pm
content: On the topic of webpage authoring, what is the current thing to use then? So far I've done all of mine in MSNotepadhaving learnt the required amount HTML from viewing the source of some pages created by Netscape about 15 years ago.I've got my own web domain now and have yet to begin building the content.

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 12:59:47 pm
content: Quote from: GK on August 15, 2013, 12:36:31 pmI'm happy with vi :-) But state of the art is to use a CMS with tons of security holes and plugins with even more security problems. You'll find a current list athttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems.

author: nitro2k01
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 01:19:56 pm
content: Screencapped for posterity. This guy will forever have a grudge with Dave. The crazy kind of grudge, as if Dave and everyone on the forum is secretly part of the Illuminati or something.

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 01:22:18 pm
content: Not sure that I like the idea of a CMS. I just want something that will generate HTML pages to current standards. I'm not interested in anything fancy; all my webpages are to be plain text with either .jpg or .png image files and the occasional YouTube video (which does the embedding itself, all I need to do is put in the link).

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 02:05:03 pm
content: Quote from: vk6zgo on August 15, 2013, 08:54:08 amHehe... sorry!

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 02:29:29 pm
content: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Green_ink

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 02:51:43 pm
content: Oh, I didn't know that!

author: liquibyte
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 02:53:50 pm
content: QuoteUsing notepad is fine, or at least a text editor. Stay away from wysiwyg editors as they usually break the standards quite badly at worst and usually aren't up to standards anyway at best. The new web is html5 and css3 for the most part on personal webpages but xhtml and xml are still quite valid with the correct doctype. The html5 webpage is the easiest to implement of all the standards so far but be warned that the spec still isn't complete and may change. For instance they just deprecated hgroup not too long ago. I suspect that not too much more will get added or removed, just the underlying implementations rules will get tweaked. I imagine this will apply more to browser code implementation rather than webpage code. My best suggestion is use html5 and css3 and stay away from the more exotic style until candidate recommendation.

author: envisionelec
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 03:08:53 pm
content: This guy lives in a Retirement Center in Laughlin. Give him a call sometime and ask how shuffleboard went last night.Moderator: Personal detail of another user removed.

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 03:11:07 pm
content: I think that whoever he is he has gone to some trouble to create a false online presence, the linkedin entry has no connections for a start, you cant be on linkedin for long without out some one making a connection whether you know them or not and that crazy website supposedly for an electronics co.

author: envisionelec
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 15, 2013, 03:15:30 pm
content: Quote from: USAMICROELECTRONICS on August 14, 2013, 12:06:31 pmI think you're being blocked at the Retirement Village's Computer Lab.

author: smashedProton
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 16, 2013, 03:02:20 am
content: Quote from: GK on August 15, 2013, 01:22:18 pmFor my stuff I just use wordpress with custom themes. Its much easier than doing anything else in my opinion. You have to hassle with SQL databases and stuff in the beginning to get it working but it is secure enough for personal use IMO.

author: Fsck
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 16, 2013, 03:41:50 am
content: I wonder if he's really gone or not.

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2013, 03:02:40 am
content: Quote from: liquibyte on August 15, 2013, 02:53:50 pmI think I'll stick with notepad. I've downloaded most of the HTML5/CSS standard and have started writing new pages.One thing I rather like is the <video> tag as that allows me to host my videos myself and not rely on YouTube; compatible with all major browsers so long as I convert and host each video in both MP4 and OGG formats. The only major exception is IE of version numbers <9. How many people are still stuck on <9 versions of IE?

author: Phaedrus
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2013, 04:42:25 am
content: Quote from: GK on August 19, 2013, 03:02:40 amMillions of people working for companies using proprietary software that won't work on an OS newer than XP and/or a browser newer than IE6.

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2013, 01:24:52 pm
content: OK, a better question: How many people with an interest in electronics engineering actually use IE anyway?My first attempt at a HTML5 page (not much yet) with embedded video:http://www.glensstuff.com/gk1/3dpu/3dpu.htmIt should work on any of the major browsers (mp4 and ogv files). If neither of them are supported a text box will appear instead with a direct link to download the video file in mp4 format.

author: liquibyte
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2013, 01:27:24 pm
content: What I like about the new stuff is the way you don't have to remember all that much code to get a compliant page. When I start a new design I use this:Code:<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta charset='utf-8'/><title></title><style></style></head><body><article><p></p></article><div></div></body></html>The nice thing about html5 is they finally removed the presentation from the content. The funny thing about that is most of the time your css will be larger than any particular page depending on the coolness factor. Have a look at one of mysitesand the code behind it. Very fluid design and almost all of the features work in almost all of the browsers. Coded with Geany, my brain, and the standards.Personally I don't worry too much about ie users as the majority will be on something modern. Those at companies that can't get with the times can be javascripted to a fallback version.

author: liquibyte
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2013, 01:34:09 pm
content: QuoteLooks good to me. I would suggest going to a hex format on your colors instead of rgb as it will make the code smaller, especially if you end up with a rather large stylesheet.

author: GeoffS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 19, 2013, 01:50:03 pm
content: Perhaps it's time to move the web design subject to a new thread?

author: liquibyte
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2013, 01:55:45 pm
content: Yeah, I was just thinking this got hijacked a bit. My apologies. I'll start a new thread.

author: mrflibble
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 19, 2013, 01:56:07 pm
content: Quote from: GK on August 15, 2013, 12:32:10 pmCrap, you beat me to it. Time Cube is awesome. XD The swirly patterns and cupcake anemometer on Mr Sillybrain's site had me seriously wondering if he was affiliated with the Time Cube site.

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 21, 2013, 01:30:02 pm
content: Quote from: AcHmed99 on August 19, 2013, 05:56:36 pmIt appears so:https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=time+cube+ray&oq=time+cube+ray&gs_l=youtube.3...1098.1718.0.2712.4.4.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.Until he starts talking about his time cube he actually appears quite normal; Not the scary, dysfunctional blabbering loon one might imagine after viewing his web pages. There is some truly bizarre short circuitry there........

author: digsys
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 21, 2013, 04:01:19 pm
content: Quote from: GKOne of the comments actually explained it quite well .. "Go home grandpa,? you're drunk"

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 21, 2013, 11:41:37 pm
content: That interviewer wasn't particularly sharp. If Mr Ray can claim that a cube only has 4 "sides" because it has a top and a bottom, the interviewer then could have claimed that it only has two sides as it also has a front and a back. Could have claimed his $10,000.