Dear Dr. Bob: While looking at porno, I've often been irritated by the pop-up windows. You know, the ones that open on your desktop when you try to close the porno window that you're looking at. What can be done to stop this potentially embarrassing problem?
Dr. Bob: Sorry to hear, Andy, that you're still suffering from the whack-off humor you contracted from Conan O'Brien. To be fair, you'll experience the same priapic ad popup problem trying to download some guy's Civil War history page on GeoCities or Tripod. When traveling to such low-lying districts, you need to turn off JavaScript on your browser. On Netscape, do this by going to Edit, Preferences, Advanced, and uncheck the Enable JavaScript option. On Explorer, go to Tools, Internet Options, Security, Internet, Custom Level, and disable Active Scripting. Keep in mind that to stay in stealth mode, I'd clear both the cache and browser history after each session. The options for these appear on a browser's Preferences tab. I know, it's probably just research for your role in that Robert Altman movie. But be careful: Art films will put hair on your palms.
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