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To: opalapril who wrote (12223)	12/26/2000 10:20:05 PM
From: mike.com	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13157

Ok, now that I know what you're talking about, I don't think ACTV's technology will evolve that way. I too saw the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire show and the pop-up "baloons" you're talking about. I wasn't as put off by those as you, I guess mainly because they weren't used for advertising purposes, but I see how they could be and that would be annoying to any reasonably intelligent person. They're still not as annoying as those pop-up internet ads that suddenly surprise you when music starts up out of nowhere. Whoever thought those up is trying to usher in the demise of the internet. I think it's a sign of desperation in a declining internet advertising market. These firms just don't want to admit how ineffective internet advertising really is.