[JimVT]

You think this is a "Free Republic" issue? Ha. Yes, you took a wrong turn. Whine and cheese is in aisle 4.

Yeah...I thought it was a Free Republic issue of general interest since more than likely other Freepers have encountered the same situation.

And it is at least as relevant as some of YOUR recent posts about "Topless Car Wash" or "Troubled by being short?"

Thanks for your courteous response.

[savedbygrace]

You're welcome. Glad to help. Always ready to inject humor into a thread.

You know Jim, if you walk out your front door and get hit in the face with a cream pie, and that happens for a dozen or so days in a row, at some point you learn that you should change your routine (or have the joker arrested for trespassing) or expect that the same thing is going to happen when you open the door.

It's like that with this Flash/Macromedia popup thing. It's going to happen, and you're not going to change the world by whining about it.

If you haven't gotten that message from this thread, then maybe some more humor IS in order. Either we laugh at something else, or we laugh at poor Jim, who doesn't get it. Your choice, maybe.

[Lazamataz]

And it is at least as relevant as some of YOUR recent posts about "Topless Car Wash" or "Troubled by being short?"

Darn, I missed the Topless Car Wash article. Please point me to it?

[fnord]

I thought it was a Free Republic issue of general interest since more than likely other Freepers have encountered the same situation.

Yes, many FReepers encounter this situation. In fact, every internet surfer encounters the exact same situation. You are among the few who see it as a 'problem'.

Among your solutions:

• Get an ad blocker (Norton, PopUp Stopper, etc.) Most of these notices are probably related to Flash ad content.
• Install the dang plug-in (if you discover an evil use of it, you will be the first!)
• Quit visiting sites with ads and/or Flash content.
• Simply live with saying 'no' when you insist on visiting sites with Flash stuff