# no ad at top...a debate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 24, 2000, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305 "2000-01-24T05:14:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gl0worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/779978/32.png) [@gl0worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gl0worm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/1 "2000-01-24T05:14:00Z")
If youre using the latest browsers youll notice at the top of the screen where the advertisement usually goes, i have replaced it. (some peeps may not be able to view it, o well) It started out that i just wanted to see if i could do it. Then i was like hmmm i wonder if this would qualify as a debate, like would it make peeps mad? So i figured i would find out. So, tell me what you think. I guess ill make an argument: the guy paying for the advertisment has that ad on every board, every topic, post, whatever. So, what do yall think? By the way, anyone who can do it, bring the advertisement back! its a challenge, this is pretty cool! (it can be done, you just have to know how to do it).\ \gl0worm\ ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Wing\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@Dark\_Wing\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Wing_Duck)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/2 "2000-01-24T05:30:00Z")
Gl0worm, I would bet you’re not going to survive here long enough to engage in any debate whatsoever. Not under your current name, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/3 "2000-01-24T05:38:00Z")
You IDIOT!! Are you cabable of thought? The admins can make it so this will never happen again, by simply DISABLING ALL HTML IN ALL POSTS. You nitwit, you’ll ruin things for everyone else just to do something you think is cool? What the hell goes on in your skull? Did the hamster die? Hell, with this sort of thing going on, the advertisers get pissed off and _poof_ no more SDMB. G-ddamn it you’re stupid! –John ---
**Author:** ![gl0worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/779978/32.png) [@gl0worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gl0worm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/4 "2000-01-24T05:45:00Z")
ok ok! that answers my question anyway! lemme see if i can make it go away (sorry to make anybody mad im just havin fun!!) but its all good ill fix it (i hope!) here goes… ---
**Author:** ![gl0worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/779978/32.png) [@gl0worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gl0worm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/5 "2000-01-24T05:50:00Z")
WAIT just a minute. the whole reason this thing exists is to cause debate, well im causing debate baby OH YEAH! haha seriously though, if the admins dont like it they can shut it down. but im not so sure they would do that, because i mean this is a debate! Im causing a real debate here and everyones gonna get mad?? dang ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/6 "2000-01-24T05:52:00Z")
btw - I am not 14. I do not refer to myself or other posters as “peeps”. If you choose to stick around, you would be well-advised to lose the peeps oh yeah, and like, find some caps. Sheesh. * * * Sue from El Paso Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Wing\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@Dark\_Wing\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Wing_Duck)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/7 "2000-01-24T05:55:00Z")
Well, gl0worm, it took me all of 5 minutes to figure out how to do that. And I don’t even actually know HTML. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/8 "2000-01-24T05:55:00Z")
The man has no concept whatsoever of private property. Worm(NO glow!), when you looked at the copyright notice and trademark, did you see YOUR name anywhere? If this board isn’t sponsered, it isn’t paid for. If it isn’t paid for, it will go away. How would you like it if a guest at your home redecorated your bedroom to their tastes without your permission? ---
**Author:** ![gl0worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/779978/32.png) [@gl0worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gl0worm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/9 "2000-01-24T05:58:00Z")
darkwing duck, thats awesome! im not trying to ruin anything here, im just adding fun to yo lives! everybody is always so mad in these things! ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Wing\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@Dark\_Wing\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Wing_Duck)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/10 "2000-01-24T06:02:00Z")
My point is, it’s NOT awesome. It’s very simple and not at all impressive. And you’re going to get thrown off the board if you continue screwing around with the ads. Not to mention 4000 people are going to be really pissed at you. ---
**Author:** ![gl0worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/779978/32.png) [@gl0worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gl0worm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/11 "2000-01-24T06:06:00Z")
whether or not its impressive is relative, it impressed me. and it doesnt matter how simple it is, the point is it worked. the simplest way would be the most obvious way to do it. anyway, they can shut me down, its obvious the things i want to debate are too much for some people (i guess). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/12 "2000-01-24T06:15:00Z")
In what way is screwing up other people’s property a “debate”? You have thrown a rock thrown a rock through someone else’s window and called yourself an artist. You are a cheap thug with little regard for anyone but yourself, and you will not be missed when you are kicked off this board. ---
**Author:** ![Astroglide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6de8d8/32.png) [@Astroglide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroglide)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/13 "2000-01-24T06:17:00Z")
Actually, I believe gl0worm has done a valuable service. He has pointed out the pitfalls of allowing DIV layers in accepted HTML code. I have several web sites, some with message boards and guestbooks, and will now adjust the perl script to remove DIV layers. So, in that sense, thanks to gl0worm. However, I like SDMB so I think gl0worm is a prick for screwing with it. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/14 "2000-01-24T06:18:00Z")
Listen, Glow, if you want to debate the propriety of changing someone else’s server without their permission, that’s fine - and a legitimate subject to discuss. But if you **do** it… that’s another. It’s no longer a debate; you’ve effectively forestalled debate and chosen unilateral action. It is no trick, by the way, to use the style key code with position set for absolute top left, black background, and manually defined width and height. I am willing to bet that’s what you did, without even looking at the HTML. Anyone even moderately versed in HTML knows this. This is not a debate. It is vandalism. - Rick ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/15 "2000-01-24T06:21:00Z")
I chose not to mention DIV layers, hoping that there wouldn’t be a flood of people trying the new trick. Ah, well. - Rick ---
**Author:** ![gl0worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/779978/32.png) [@gl0worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gl0worm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/16 "2000-01-24T06:24:00Z")
that may be true slythe, but i had fun doing it and believe me throwing a rock through someones window is a little worse than this (has anyone ever actually clicked that advertisment?) thats why i chose the ad, because i do care about other things than myself. but u see, not one post here is nice or friendly, i started the post being friendly, or at least not mean to anyone. my point is, all i ever see here is people getting mad! even though of the little nothing that i did to that ad, you’ll probably hate me for the rest of your life! doesnt that show you that maybe you should have a little more fun in your life? that you could so easily hate me? you call me a thug but im happy, you think youre civilized but i dont think youre happy. I GOTTA GO TO BED (MOMMY SAID SO!) cya later (if im still here!) ill always be yall’s’s’sss friend no matter what you think of me. 🙂 goodbye! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/17 "2000-01-24T06:32:00Z")
Somebody wipe the mess off the floor after he leaves and turn the light off. I’ll call his mommy and tell her he can’t come over anymore until he learns to play with others. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Wing\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@Dark\_Wing\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Wing_Duck)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/18 "2000-01-24T06:52:00Z")
Maria - this IS Maria, right? You could learn a lot from listening to the people on this board, and I bet you could contribute a lot, too, if you dropped the attitude. But after this debacle, you probably won’t get the chance. ---
**Author:** ![hardcore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@hardcore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardcore)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/19 "2000-01-24T06:54:00Z")
oh well… I missed a little trying to clean up… I must be tired… ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2000, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305/20 "2000-01-24T07:42:00Z")
In case the mods/admins need help cleaning up after this fucknut, I’m letting them know that he fucked up the banner ad in the [What’s with allegiance to the Confederate flag?](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001003.html) thread too. Asshole. * * * Remember when your dog ate my goldfish, and you lied and said I never had a goldfish? Then why did I have the bowl, Bart? Why did I have the bowl? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-ad-at-top-a-debate/17305.md?page=2)