Comments on: Pop-up University http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/pop-up-university.html Science Blog from Freelance Science Writer David Bradley Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:14:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/pop-up-university.html/comment-page-2#comment-110890 David Bradley Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:01:43 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/pop-up-university.html#comment-110890 Brad, I suspect it's just a case of the student-hacker (or cracker more properly) having the skills or access to embed a nasty where it shouldn't be. Brad, I suspect it’s just a case of the student-hacker (or cracker more properly) having the skills or access to embed a nasty where it shouldn’t be.

]]> By: Brad Parish http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/pop-up-university.html/comment-page-2#comment-110883 Brad Parish Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:18:06 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/pop-up-university.html#comment-110883 I too have come across trojan sites embedded within university websites and wondered how the hacker (or student) pulled that off. I too have come across trojan sites embedded within university websites and wondered how the hacker (or student) pulled that off.

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/pop-up-university.html/comment-page-2#comment-99785 David Bradley Wed, 09 May 2007 10:03:28 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/pop-up-university.html#comment-99785 The creator of Spybot S&D just got some kind of <a href="http://www.spybot.info/en/news/2007-05-08.html" rel="nofollow">legal threat</a> from a spyware-trojan type company and has slapped them back in the face with a great riposte. More kudos to Spybot-S&D The creator of Spybot S&D just got some kind of legal threat from a spyware-trojan type company and has slapped them back in the face with a great riposte. More kudos to Spybot-S&D

]]> By: Mitch http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/pop-up-university.html/comment-page-2#comment-40627 Mitch Thu, 09 Nov 2006 17:53:45 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/pop-up-university.html#comment-40627 The things people will do for beer money... Mitch The things people will do for beer money…

Mitch

]]> By: sciencebase http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/pop-up-university.html/comment-page-1#comment-40608 sciencebase Thu, 09 Nov 2006 17:00:12 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/pop-up-university.html#comment-40608 I do hope not... ...but I still think it was worth alerting them to it, should they happen to get any press interest from other more prominent bloggers or journalists. Imagine what an NYT journalist might say, for instance, seeing a pop-up ad for a dating agency on a US university website... If anything I think I may have saved them from serious embarassment. I do hope not…

…but I still think it was worth alerting them to it, should they happen to get any press interest from other more prominent bloggers or journalists. Imagine what an NYT journalist might say, for instance, seeing a pop-up ad for a dating agency on a US university website…

If anything I think I may have saved them from serious embarassment.

]]> By: Andrew Sun http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/pop-up-university.html/comment-page-1#comment-40600 Andrew Sun Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:55:25 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/pop-up-university.html#comment-40600 "... it’s someone in the department, a student with an affiliate ad account, perhaps, hoping to cash in on site visitors...they’d replied to say the ads had been removed." That student might possibly have been executed. “… it’s someone in the department, a student with an affiliate ad account, perhaps, hoping to cash in on site visitors…they’d replied to say the ads had been removed.”

That student might possibly have been executed.

]]> By: sciencebase http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/pop-up-university.html/comment-page-1#comment-40209 sciencebase Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:31:21 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/pop-up-university.html#comment-40209 I'm not sure to which site you're referring. This was a single page within the University site, not the whole site. I didn't specify a page, so how would you have been able to check. More to the point, I spoke to a contact at the U who checked it out and asked the owner of the page to remove the ads, which they did. I don't get what it was about my post that was insulting though. The academic page in question was hosting an annoying pop-up ad network showing ads for dating agencies and gambling sites, and Xboxes and stuff. Surely that's more insulting to readers than someone highlighting the fact that they're doing so? PS I tried to email you direct but your email address bounced, did you mistype it when you posted your comment? I’m not sure to which site you’re referring. This was a single page within the University site, not the whole site. I didn’t specify a page, so how would you have been able to check. More to the point, I spoke to a contact at the U who checked it out and asked the owner of the page to remove the ads, which they did. I don’t get what it was about my post that was insulting though. The academic page in question was hosting an annoying pop-up ad network showing ads for dating agencies and gambling sites, and Xboxes and stuff. Surely that’s more insulting to readers than someone highlighting the fact that they’re doing so?

PS I tried to email you direct but your email address bounced, did you mistype it when you posted your comment?

]]> By: John http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/pop-up-university.html/comment-page-1#comment-39988 John Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:53:14 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/pop-up-university.html#comment-39988 I don't see any popups on the site?? Maybe it is something on your computers? Spybot and Adaware don't catch everything you know. You might want to consider that before you make such an insulting post. *Just a voice of reason.* I don’t see any popups on the site?? Maybe it is something on your computers? Spybot and Adaware don’t catch everything you know. You might want to consider that before you make such an insulting post. *Just a voice of reason.*

]]> By: Mitch http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/pop-up-university.html/comment-page-1#comment-39680 Mitch Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:43:29 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/pop-up-university.html#comment-39680 Pop-ups are a pretty low thing to do no matter what kind of website you are running. I stick to adsense and it seems to do okay as long as traffic levels are kept above > 2000 uniques a day, although my needs are mainly extra beer money. Mitch Pop-ups are a pretty low thing to do no matter what kind of website you are running. I stick to adsense and it seems to do okay as long as traffic levels are kept above > 2000 uniques a day, although my needs are mainly extra beer money.

Mitch

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