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Advertising on ticalc.org
Posted by Chris on 1 April 2001, 02:00 GMT
Although our policy always has been to avoid putting advertisements on the site, we were recently forced to decide between closing ticalc.org or finding immediate ways to cover what has become a very large monthly bandwidth bill. The site's level of traffic has attracted the interest of some large advertisers, and we are pleased to announce that we will be able to continue operating the site with their generous sponsorship in the form of banner advertisements at the top and bottom of our front page. We realize our visitors have come to appreciate the lack of ads on our pages, while nearly every other large web site blinks and flashes like a two-dimensional Las Vegas. We hope to return to an ad-free policy in the near future once we have secured alternative sources of funding. But for the time being, we plan to use our banner ads to benefit the community as well. In addition to commercial banners, we will also be accepting banners advertising other TI-related web sites and displaying these in our ad rotation at the bottom of the home page. If you would like to participate, please send your site's banner as a static or animated GIF file (dimensions 468x60, under 30k please) along with your site's URL to ads@ticalc.org. We hope this will make the presence of banners advantageous for both the site and for you, our visitors. Thank you for your understanding. Update (Chris): Of course we're kidding. Our regular visitors should know better than to believe anything we post on 1 April. If you missed the gag, here are the banners we concocted for the event: 
 Incidentally, the TI-81 web site is not fabricated, as some have insinuated. Our apologies to the author; it's nothing personal. :) We also received at least one earnest banner submission for a TI web site. Since we feel bad having the sender spend his time for nothing, here's a free plug.  Update (Eric): The newsletter, which was encoded in ROT13, can be read (in English) here. Update (Henrik): Don't forget to take the survey and tell us if you fell for it or not.
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The comments below are written by ticalc.org visitors. Their views are not necessarily those of ticalc.org, and ticalc.org takes no responsibility for their content.
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Gohan 
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yeah and when it says you can participate too just send a banner, BUT they wouldn't make money becuase it would only have to come from actual business people, I mean, this isn't a banner exchange :)
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1 April 2001, 09:06 GMT
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Re: Advertising on ticalc.org
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Mark Oport
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Ha ha! Very funny! This is a good joke: Advertising the top HP calculator on the top TI site. Also, tomorrow (April 2nd) is my birthday. No foolin'. I'm actually George Bush looking for a laugh. April fools! Isn't it obvious? Just as obvious as this HP ad on the site. What would really make me laugh would be if the ticalc.org guys were serious about this ad. The FAT engine is complete and the final version has been released. April fools (whatever)!
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1 April 2001, 10:51 GMT
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Jack Lau
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What I hate most about the Internet are adverts!
(Unless they are in classified directories such as Yellow Pages!)
I use GuideScope to stop them and now it's all blank! Grab GuideScope at http://www.guidescope.com
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1 April 2001, 13:09 GMT
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David Phillips
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I find it amusing that the text of the newsletter was run through rot13 before being sent out. Nice one!
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1 April 2001, 16:41 GMT
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Re: Advertising on ticalc.org
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AuroraBoriales
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I agree to this whole advritsing thing over closing this site down, but I cannot believe that the first ad that I see is HP!! HOW CAN THIS TI STRONGHOLD FINALLY COLLAPSE TO HP?? I hope in the future there will be more relavant ads.
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1 April 2001, 19:26 GMT
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Re: Advertising on ticalc.org
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Jmstuckman
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Looking at the date that this article was posted, it would seem like the April Fools article...
but why no "fake news" label? Is the TI staff trying to trick us or did they forget?
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1 April 2001, 20:01 GMT
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Pandrogas
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So the time has arrived. Oh well. As long as hundreds of ads don't pop up, I think its fine. Given the choice between ads and closing Ticalc, I'd choose the ads too. I don't mind them and I extend my hope that an alternate funding can be provided. :)
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1 April 2001, 20:31 GMT
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Re: Advertising on ticalc.org
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swainova
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obviously a april fools joke...a few of my favorite sites did similar things...that HP deal is a little extreme, though...of course, that only points more to the fact that this is a joke...
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1 April 2001, 20:41 GMT
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Toad
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lol.. now they have this dog food ad...
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1 April 2001, 21:13 GMT
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Re: Advertising on ticalc.org
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DWedit
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Now all we need is ThinkGeek ads...
WTF!
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1 April 2001, 21:36 GMT
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