u235

I like my computer. I use it a lot. A whole hella lot more than I use a TV. In fact getting information from my computer is my preferred method of data intake. I read the news, get recipes, even watch episodes of things I wouldn't watch on TV (like the episode of South Park that spoofed WoW for example). Lately the sanctity of my data has been smirched with animations and flash based advertisements. Personally when I'm reading the last fucking thing I want is some shit flashing in my peripheral vision. I've learned to adapt however, after almost a decade of "punch the monkey" and "hit the ball" flash banners I'm pretty immune.

Now there is a new evil on the horizon. With the advent of sickeningly high bandwidth for most consumers, institutions like the Times have taken to looping actual film and TV advertisements. In some cases you can't even pause or disable the crap. What makes this particularly repugnant is that since it is a news page, it refreshes after a certain period which causes the video to kick off again.

Frankly it's gotten to where I actually select "low bandwidth" versions of sites if I'm given the option. Since instead of receiving glossier or additional information that I'm interested in, my connection is used instead for additional advertisements.

I'm beginning to think my next computer upgrade is going to be a terminal. Anyone have a VT220 I can use?