Google adsense ads on TheDailyWTF..

Blue

I find some of the google adsense ads truly amusing on this site.
Having been here for a little while, it would seem that most of us are
in agreement regarding the total suckitude of Crystal Reports and
Oracle, but since they are mentioned in the forums, adsense puts
up ads for training for them!

Too damned funny.

Dylan

Yes, agreed. I especially enjoy the ads for rubber stamps appearing on the 'Let's get a logo' thread.

phx

Just reading that the two ads were:

"Put AdSense on your site!"

and

"Search Engine Optimisations"

The latest ad on this forum was "Momma Slappin T-shirts".

Holy White Trash!![:D]

apapadimoulis

Here's an interesting combination I caught earlier ...

Goudinov

Wow, you can use SQL Server to prove/disprove evolution? That's pretty neato.

Blue

Sure, just try:

SELECT *

FROM

universe

WHERE

created_by = @@GOD;

If your resultant recordset has >0 rows, you've got a good argument to disprove evolution...

(Ok, that was lame, but someone had to do it.)

Dylan

Well, it may be a starting point, but proof of the existance of an
Intelligent Creator is not necessarily disproof of evolution. It would
seem odd to me to ascribe intelligence to any entity that couldn't come
up with a way of automating the process of creation, but perhaps that's
just the developer in me chiming up.

Don't get me started on the ID crowd, though. Let's not start implying
that religion has anything to do with science (or vice versa.)

[:S]Now that has to change the character of the google ads![:S]

apapadimoulis

<FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef">Shortly after posting De-evolutional Theory, I thought of a slightly improved title: Unintelligent Design vs De-evolutional Theory. Eh, eh, eh? [;)]</FONT>

Blue

Hmm, I was thinking more along the lines of "UDF-WTF?", or "Constantly UDF", but yours isn't bad!

Dylan

<font style="background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">Shortly after posting De-evolutional Theory, I thought of a slightly improved title: Unintelligent Design vs De-evolutional Theory. Eh, eh, eh? Wink </font>

heh heh heh.

Though I think the appropriate term might be Devolutionary.

<center><font size="4"> Norwegian Devolutionary Oath </font></center>
1. Vær som dine forfedre eller vær annerledes. Det spiller ingen rolle.
2. Den sterkeste skal overleve men den svake skal få leve allikevel.
3. Voks deg stor eller forbli liten.
4. Legg en million egg eller klekk ett. Slik skal ætten overleve.
5. Ubrukte organer skal forsvinne eller bestå.
6. Vinn en make ved kamp eller la være.
7. Bekjemp dine naboer eller slipp dem fri.
8. Gå med glorete klær eller unngå oppmerksomhet. Det er det samme.
9. Utvikle ben, vinger, hale hvis du vil -- de kan enten hjelpe deg eller ikke hjelpe deg.
10. Vi må gjenta!

English, Japanese, Pig-Latin and other versions at http://thingsihate.org/view/225/the_devolutionary_oath_around_the_world

Blue

I just got an adsense ad (while in the main forum) for a wizard to help
import text files into Access databases... I've only had limited
dealings with that horrible wannabe database, but I find it hard to
believe that it didn't come stock with the ability to import text files!

Dylan

It does indeed have the ability to import form text, and also to link
to a csv file (or similar) and treat it as a read-only table in the
system. It can also link to a variety of other formats and treat them
as tables in the system.

Blue

Too bad I was too lazy to actually click think link. Then I could
have made a nickel for Alex, and found out what kinda magical stuff
this import-text-file-into-access-wizard thingy does...

I just can't see what it could possibly do to improve on the simple art of importing data from text files.

Maybe it's for non-programmer types who just want to read in their
recipes and have no idea how to use access, and somehow think they need
this in order to accomplish it. (Ie, if there is an advertised
product to do this, there must not be any way to do it without such a
product.)

Blue

Damn, I wish I could edit. Yes, I know there is Preview, but
sometimes you only see it after you've looked at it a second time.

Alex, will the new forum software have that feature?

thetorpedodog

@Dylan said:

<font style="background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">Shortly after posting De-evolutional Theory, I thought of a slightly improved title: Unintelligent Design vs De-evolutional Theory. Eh, eh, eh? </font>

heh heh heh.

Though I think the appropriate term might be Devolutionary.

<center><font size="4"> Norwegian Devolutionary Oath </font></center>
1. Vær som dine forfedre eller vær annerledes. Det spiller ingen rolle.
2. Den sterkeste skal overleve men den svake skal få leve allikevel.
3. Voks deg stor eller forbli liten.
4. Legg en million egg eller klekk ett. Slik skal ætten overleve.
5. Ubrukte organer skal forsvinne eller bestå.
6. Vinn en make ved kamp eller la være.
7. Bekjemp dine naboer eller slipp dem fri.
8. Gå med glorete klær eller unngå oppmerksomhet. Det er det samme.
9. Utvikle ben, vinger, hale hvis du vil -- de kan enten hjelpe deg eller ikke hjelpe deg.
10. Vi må gjenta!

English, Japanese, Pig-Latin and other versions at http://thingsihate.org/view/225/the_devolutionary_oath_around_the_world

thetorpedodog

The forum ate my post. The AdSense ads are almost as funny as the Human Immortality Device advertised, which itself is almost as funny as the Time Cube.

thetorpedodog

I meant the Immortality Device advertised on the linked site.

Blue

For some reason, when I post from home (Firefox / cable modem), it
often just sits there until the browser times out.... I'm now in the
habit of copying my whole post to clipboard to be prepared for
retries... Is anyone else experiencing this, or is my home
machine just messed up?

torpedo, those are excellent links!

It's really hard to say which one had me laughing more. The Time Cube
probably is the funnier of the two, having paused before posting this
to consider it further. It still pales in comparison to

The Hedonistic Imperative

IMHO.

Perhaps we need a forum for WTF websites (that aren't related to code),
Alex? I know there's a bunch out there, but one for/by us might be
nice.

I find many entertaining ones currently from www.memepool.com , FWIW to the rest of ya.

Dylan

Woah, that time cube guy is seriously wired!

My favourite internut is www.deltastarr.org (I have read the 'Portfolio
of a Genius' cover to cover and still enjoy returning to it from time
to time. Imagine how the world would be if we all had this kind of
passion!)

Drak

Blue made this one appear, I guess [:O]

<FONT color=#000000 size=2>Memphis TN Hotels</FONT>
<FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,sans-serif">Stay At Memphis Tennessee
</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,sans-serif">Hotels Guaranteed
Low Hotel Rates. Aff. </FONT>

Drak

Blue

I think it is really funny how my thread on adsense is generating even
funnier adsense... People are going to start posting stuff just
to see what kind of adsense they can trigger[:D]

Drak

How much would this cost?

WTF?

It said

'Increase IQ now - www.ebay.com '
'Buy increase Iq now '
Google anzeigen

I tried to copy paste it and it came up with the result above... WTF

Drak

andyandy

It changes because it is an IFRAME, look at the source [:)]

So I guess it can change all the time [:)]

apapadimoulis

<FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef">Feel free to post weird ones you see, too .. :-D</FONT>

Drak

Need a dinosaur?
Find it with google!

LOL, it probably doesn't really say that, does it... btw: do you add images by dragging them into the editor? Or do you use the HTML view?

Drak

Drak

oooh, got that IQ one again.. Here's the original text:

<FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,sans-serif" color=#0000ff>Increase Iq</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10px" face=verdana,arial,sans-serif color=#009900> - www.eBay.com</FONT>
<FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,sans-serif">Increase Iq for sale. aff Check out the deals now! </FONT>

<SCRIPT></SCRIPT> <FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,sans-serif" color=#ffffff>Anúncios Google</FONT>

Drak

sas

<font style="font-size:11px; font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif; line-height:14px;">Sexy Girls & Sexy Guys</font>
<font style="font-size:10px; font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif; color:#000000; line-height:12px;">Conferencing & Mingling! Having Fun on the Internet </font>

Drak

<FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; LINE-HEIGHT: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,sans-serif" color=#000000>String Encoders</FONT>
<FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,sans-serif">Industrial, OEM, Miniature all ranges to 140 ft. [43 M] </FONT>

<SCRIPT></SCRIPT> <FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial,sans-serif" color=#000000>Ads by Goooooogle</FONT>

I use system.text.encoding for this [:^)]

Drak

rsynnott

Ah, yep, good old Google AdSense. On one page of mine that mentioned
the Linux Kernel, it advertised a Chinese website that sells seeds
(kernal/kernel). On a MySQL C API tutorial, it thought readers would
like to purchase George and Barbera Bush dolls. Currently on this site
it's giving me German-language ads for some reason (not a German
computer, don't live in Germany and so on).

lgeekery

ROFL. There's an adwords saying "don't sign up for adwords".

Hitsuji

I think this one has to be the best: