{"id":5706,"date":"2004-01-20T13:10:56","date_gmt":"2004-01-20T20:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/01\/20\/because-what-the-world-needs-is-tv-quality-commercials-on-your-web-browser.html"},"modified":"2004-01-20T13:10:56","modified_gmt":"2004-01-20T20:10:56","slug":"because_what_th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/01\/20\/because_what_th.html","title":{"rendered":"Because what the world needs is TV-quality commercials on your web browser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New background-downloading TV-video-quality ads are on the way that don&#8217;t (they say) slow down your browsing, they just lie in wait until you go to another page.<\/p>\n<p>Quoth <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/01\/19\/technology\/19ecom.html\">the story<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">Mr. Vail, of Pepsi, said he would monitor online viewers&#8217; reactions through a tracking study conducted by the research firm Dynamic Logic, to determine how much use Pepsi will make of such ads in the future. &#8220;Yes, it&#8217;s intrusive,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But I think customers will like it, because it will be so far superior to anything they&#8217;ve seen online.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Quoth <a title=\"Stupid Evil Bastard: TV commericals in your browser.\" href=\"http:\/\/stupidevilbastard.com\/archives\/2004\/01\/20\/tv_commericals_in_your_browser.php\">Les<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">Allow me to give Mr. Vail a clue at no charge: Internet users don&#8217;t dislike intrusive ads because the <i>quality <\/i>sucks. 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