[thelist] blocking doubleclick

isaac forman wrote:
> i tried chris' tip this morning, and just removed it then. i'd love to block
> doubleclick, but it effects browsing slashdot and other news sites (as laurel
> mentioned).

What exactly does it affect on slashdot for you?
 
> <?>
> if slashdot is so pro-privacy, and insist that they have control over slashdot
> despite the two sell-outs, why wouldn't they require that any advertisements
> come from a verified pro-privacy banner advertiser?
> </?>

Slashdot doesn't use doubleclick to serve their banner ads, rather a
homebuilt solution called adfu - which is written in perl.