it shouldn't be hard to find the code for the ad background color that would match the background of the site. as it is, the white kinda clashes.

inside the script tags, just add the following to match the background color:

google_color_bg = "FFF7EF";

It's funny, but as an early investor in Google I have yet to click on one of their ads....on any site.

I am afraid I am so addicted to GCA that if it was necessary to view three ads a day I would do it, but reluctantly.

Bob

53 posts, and nobody knows FOR SURE what happened...

...God I love GCA sometimes.  

No ads on Safari.

Interesting!!  I didn't think this was such a big deal, that it was a way to fund more extensive essays, etc. and that Ran was fully aware.

I'm a little more concerned if Ran wasn't involved or even aware!  Sounds like a hosting problem.....

Jamey

WOW!!! This is a perfect example of how wild and unsubstantiated threads take on a life of their own! Rather than waiting on Ran to comment some guys decided to accuse, hold trial, and convict all in the course of one day!

Patience, my friends, is a virtue.

I hope Jason reinstates his membership.

Hey Ran, btw, if you ever need to generate some revenue to pay for expenses, you can always put some unobtrusive Google Ads on the top of each page. Nobody here will even notice .

WOW!!! This is a perfect example of how wild and unsubstantiated threads take on a life of their own! Rather than waiting on Ran to comment some guys decided to accuse, hold trial, and convict all in the course of one day!

Patience, my friends, is a virtue.

I hope Jason reinstates his membership.

My question is why didn't Jason send an IM to Ran, why start a thread on it ... ?

Michael,

You ask, "My question is why didn't Jason send an IM to Ran, why start a thread on it ... ?"

What does it matter? After all, Jason simply came to the same conclusion that ALL OF US DID, he just came to view his conclusion as having a different meaning than most of the rest did.

By the way, it would appear that MOST of US didn't email Ran either... We just assumed that we were in agreement with him.

The biggest irony is that it appears that Jason, who appears to have been in the extreme minority, was also the one who most thought as Ran himself did...

Phil,

Please don't lump me in that category, and I think my post above shows that.

Ran - and of course, you are even more pissed that they somehow foisted Google on you.  If it were Yahoo you'd be all for it, right?

 

Can someone tell me where the term "knee jerk" comes from?

Joe

Joe - there's this thing called the internet.  One can do searches on it and find out basically anything.  You really ought to try it.

 

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9045782/knee-jerk-reflex

It would seem the medical term has carried over into common usage.

TH  
 
 

Quote from: Joe Hancock on January 28, 2008, 12:50:54 PM

Can someone tell me where the term "knee jerk" comes from?

Joe

Joe - there's this thing called the internet.  One can do searches on it and find out basically anything.  You really ought to try it.

 

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9045782/knee-jerk-reflex

It would seem the medical term has carried over into common usage.

TH  
 
 

My understanding is that while the medical term has existed for something like 125 years, the usage Joe is referencing, at least as far as figurative usage goes, dates back to around 1963, when it was used to describe liberal politicians (that's American-style liberals).  By 1969 the usage apparently extended to conservatives as well.

The more-narrowly scoped figurative usage of Joe's post ("knee-jerk reaction") is newer still, probably 1970.

But that's the 2nd Ed of the OED and they tend to be conservative -- not sure what they picked up for the 3rd.  

Phrases.org.uk sources the figurative usage to 1925, but I'm not sure what they cite technically qualifies.  It just notes a Broadway preacher getting only "an occasional knee-jerk."

Oops...sorry, thought this was the etymology discussion board! (Will the new website have that under the OT section?)

Mark

The ads are back, at least on my machine.  I don't care one way or another, but it seems they can't be stopped.