Nice … the page you’re linking to carries a fat astrology ad! Shouldn’t we boycott a certain search engine that put it there until its programmers can teach it to tell good astronomy from bad from none at all …?
Gee, I kind of like the astrology, fundie, UFO, and other irrational ads, I click on them to see the newest crackpot websites, and it does give Phil a little income at the expense of the crazies.
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February 7th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Nice … the page you’re linking to carries a fat astrology ad! Shouldn’t we boycott a certain search engine that put it there until its programmers can teach it to tell good astronomy from bad from none at all …?
February 7th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
People still see ads on the Web?
February 8th, 2008 at 7:42 am
Gee, I kind of like the astrology, fundie, UFO, and other irrational ads, I click on them to see the newest crackpot websites, and it does give Phil a little income at the expense of the crazies.