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DrSpike is offline DrSpike
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Sep 2001
time: 05:32
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Rasbelin seems extra grouchy lately, even for him.

panag is offline panag
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Oct 2000
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quote:
Originally posted by Rasbelin
If Panag's suggestion is implemented, I'm surely not going to stop blocking pop-ups on ACS for the nearby future. If ever. Ideas like that make ACS look like an adult entertainment website. Now you surely don't want ACS to be comparable with XXX pop-up jungles. The Gator and other scum was already enough. Now they'd better look into making reluctant members find interest in more openly supporting the site, rather than finding more plausible reasons not to accept being bugged.

Panag,

one pop-up at login; maybe, but heck there's others too. That calendar isn't anyway useful for me and many others, as the first day of the week is Sunday (American model, meh). Furthermore I have four unused vouchers from the banner making contests, so I can still redeem those and get to buy for the CafePress stock price. Actually I could as well make much cheaper a T-shirt locally with my own printer (I do have T-shirt iron on transfers) or get it done in a local store. Graphics can be easily obtained from Poly - just grab one of the logo images.

My point is that you won't get far by adding more pop-ups. Normal MSIE users will get scared away or get tired of having to close pop-ups. Also it undermines the interest of users like me who don't like aggressive ads, but would like to continue supporting ACS.


hi ,

, well some ideas about it , Mark could reduce the other pop ups maybe and put apolyton pop's before them , ....

as for the calender , knowing Mark , can this not be changed , to have sunday the first day , line or whatever , this has to be easy , ......

btw , in Israel and in the Jewish communities around the world we also start on sunday

so Mark , can it be done

have a nice day

MarkG is offline MarkG
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as for the calender , knowing Mark , can this not be changed , to have sunday the first day , line or whatever , this has to be easy , ......
if it were up to me, you'd know the answer
unfortunately, it is not....

-Jrabbit is offline -Jrabbit
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Feb 2002
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  Old Post 17-11-2003 19:05
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Careful what you suggest, Markos. This may be the part where you need to assert your intellectual property rights.

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but i dare you to make a decent looking t-shirt with the logo found on the web....


After all, it's not like T-shirts are a 300 dpi medium...
Cleaning up a text-based Web-res logo to textile-friendly standards shouldn't be that hard.

GhengisFarb is offline GhengisFarb
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May 2002
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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
I once bought a poly baseball cap - the world's most expensive cap after freight.

We need an official Apolyton Store in the US. That way North Americans by low priced Apoly stuff and Apoly can collect the royalties.

Anyone for starting up Apoly-Mart?

FlameFlash is offline FlameFlash
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Minnesota, USA
Dec 2001
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* FlameFlash shudders at 'poly thongs...

'poly hats, eh? Well, if my head wasn't so big I'd happily get one. The only baseball cap I can wear is my old Sonic cap from when I worked there a few summers ago. Every other baseball cap has always been too small.

Now some kind of ski cap, bucket hat, or golf cap and I'd be all over it.

Of course... I still have to order my t-shirt.

Alex is offline Alex
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Mar 1999
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Of course... I still have to order my t-shirt.


Me too. I really wanted to do this, but I think it will be too expensive... But if it is to support Poly, then why not? It's not like I'm going to buy a T-shirt every month or something like that.

PLATO is offline PLATO

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Dec 2002
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quote:
Originally posted by FlameFlash
Now some kind of ski cap, bucket hat, or golf cap and I'd be all over it.



From Markg:

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i've always said that if anyone wanted a product that we hadnt put it in, we'd do it on demand. well, you asked for it, i had the obligation to do it



From Wittlich:

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Markos, has there been any thought to expanding the variety of choices in the Apolyton Store? Currently, it VERY limited at best....


*PLATO wonders how far Markg will go*

alva is offline alva
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Sep 2001
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Say, couldn't you sell the stories from the eugh story forum?
Make them availlable for download or something.

FlameFlash is offline FlameFlash
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Say, couldn't you sell the stories from the eugh story forum?
Make them availlable for download or something.


Wouldn't those be public domain though...?

MarkG is offline MarkG
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Say, couldn't you sell the stories from the eugh story forum?
Make them availlable for download or something.
actually cafepress is adding options for data/audio cd's as well as books, but first we'd have to figure out how to share the couple of bucks we get to the creators....

Alexander's Horse is offline Alexander's Horse
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Jan 1970
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alva is offline alva
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actually cafepress is adding options for data/audio cd's as well as books, but first we'd have to figure out how to share the couple of bucks we get to the creators....

Great, but to me the point would be not to pay (and waste money meant for Poly) for delivery.., hence the 'download' option.

I like the book thing though
Perhaps you should talk to Vel too, some of the Candle'bre stories are really fantastic. ( if these would be included, I going to be very tempted to buy one )

panag is offline panag
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hi ,

, well a book from the owners might be intresting , .......

pens , ....... and other writing stuff with APOLYTON on it might also be intresting , .....


panag wonders when he would give a pen with " SUPPORT APOLYTON , our words are backed with nuclear weapons " written on it to certain people what would happen , ........

btw Mark , is there a figure somewhere that tells how many posters have bought something this year , ......

have a nice day

Rasbelin is offline Rasbelin

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Nov 1999
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Rasbelin seems extra grouchy lately, even for him.


Nah. Just getting fed up with all this advertising that isn't really effective and with Panag who keeps pushing for more stupid ideas. Like it would help to increase the number of pop-ups. The issue related to it was already addresses by me in this thread and several others from the last few months. Also seeing ACS becoming more and more filled with DG stuff is boring, as all other stuff seems to have no meaningful purpose. Neither do I enjoy this place as much before, as nowadays I have the reputation of an egghead around here.

I'm waiting for the day when ACS will introduce something else than more CafePress stuff or ads.

-Jrabbit is offline -Jrabbit
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actually cafepress is adding options for data/audio cd's as well as books, but first we'd have to figure out how to share the couple of bucks we get to the creators....


I'd be surprised if the creators wouldn't gladly donate their "couple of bucks" to the Poly Cause. I know I would...

MarkG is offline MarkG
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quote:
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all this advertising that isn't really effective
ads on apolyton are effective: they pay the bills....

Rasbelin is offline Rasbelin

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Oh, but you could get higher income by getting 100% of the earnings, rather than just a small part of what the advertising agency gets paid.

MarkG is offline MarkG
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Oh, but you could get higher income by getting 100% of the earnings, rather than just a small part of what the advertising agency gets paid.
true, i just need to form a marketing team

vovan is offline vovan
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Oct 2001
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Originally posted by Rasbelin
Oh, but you could get higher income by getting 100% of the earnings, rather than just a small part of what the advertising agency gets paid.


Of course, without that advertising agency, they wouldn't get payed per view of a pop-up or per click on a banner, now would they?

-Jrabbit is offline -Jrabbit
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Nah. Just getting fed up with all this advertising that isn't really effective and with Panag who keeps pushing for more stupid ideas.


Frankly, as long as Poly delivers eyeballs, the ads are effective enough, and a small price to pay for participation in this site IMHO.

Re Panag, I'm thinking he could use a marketing team -- or at least a decent publicist. His content contributions are generally ineffectual, yet somehow he still manages to consistently annoy. Probably due to his goofy "HAND" sign-off and oddball avatar...

quote:
Neither do I enjoy this place as much before, as nowadays I have the reputation of an egghead around here.


Hey, it's just like TV, Ras. You can always change the channel/URL. Oh, and don't worry, I certainly don't think of you as an egghead, although rumor has it yours is somewhat ovoid in shape...

quote:
I'm waiting for the day when ACS will introduce something else than more CafePress stuff or ads.


Like what?

Skanky Burns is offline Skanky Burns
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Aug 2001
time: 14:32
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Subscription / donation services.
Hopefully for a banner / popup-free surfing experience.

DrSpike is offline DrSpike
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Subscription / donation services.
Hopefully for a banner / popup-free surfing experience.


Sounds good to me.

Alexander's Horse is offline Alexander's Horse
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I often ponder whether I should spend more of my vast wealth on this site.

Skanky Burns is offline Skanky Burns
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Such a difficult decision, isn't it AH.

How was Europe, btw?

Locutus is offline Locutus
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Nov 1999
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as for the calender , knowing Mark , can this not be changed , to have sunday the first day , line or whatever , this has to be easy , ......


You already can...

Control Panel > Edit Options > Start of the week

Dis is offline Dis
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Feb 2000
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here is the problem I have with ads.

Attachment: apolydesktop.jpg
This has been downloaded 28 time(s).

FlameFlash is offline FlameFlash
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Why is that a problem, you're getting one less!

Alex is offline Alex
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If this site becomes subscribed-only, I'm outta here.

DrSpike is offline DrSpike
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Stop whinging. It has already been said several times that any subscription model considered will not be compulsory, and the main services will remain free to all.

 
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