fubarobfusco comments on A brief history of ethically concerned scientists - Less Wrong

68 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 09 February 2013 05:50AM

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Comment author: MaoShan 10 February 2013 03:06:26AM 1 point [-]

The word "pay" in paragraph 1, the word "details" in paragraph 5, and the word "money" in paragraph 7. It's possible that either my computer or the LW site has some very creative adware.

Comment author: fubarobfusco 10 February 2013 07:16:16AM 1 point [-]

Your computer probably has a badware problem. If you are running Windows, try anti-spyware programs such as Spybot. Otherwise, check your browser proxy settings and browser extensions ....

Comment author: MaoShan 11 February 2013 12:54:24AM 2 points [-]

I think it actually may have been an add-on that was intentionally (or just carelessly) installed into Firefox by another family member. I can shut it off myself. Seriously, who would download a program that explicitly promises more popups? (facepalm)

Comment author: CCC 11 February 2013 07:30:32AM *  3 points [-]

Seriously, who would download a program that explicitly promises more popups?

Depends how it's marketed. Or whether the person downloading it knew what they were downloading. Or even that they were downloading/installing something.

Comment author: [deleted] 11 February 2013 07:41:55PM 0 points [-]

Seriously, who would download a program that explicitly promises more popups?

(emphasis added)

Comment author: [deleted] 11 February 2013 07:43:24PM 2 points [-]

(Again, I should stop replying to comments without reading their ancestors first.)