Nuking snapsh*t
The LiveJournal control is mal-designed.
The disable link doesn't work.
The cookie didn't last (and I didn't clear it.)
So it's come to this:
root@caspian # more /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.2 spa.snap.com # keeps the st00pid out.
I don't like fiddling with the hosts file like that and rightly I should not have to for this. Had LJ used a proper design that would let me say "Never show this" would have been better all around. But since the control was made by a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first up against the wall when the revolution comes*, the hosts file gets modified. Unfortunately that has to be done on every machine I use, rather than just be set once and work right everywhere afterward.
I want it OFF. I want it OFF everywhere. And I want it to stay OFF - forever. If I ever want it on, I'll turn it on. It's really just that simple. It should be a single control that gets set once. Instead, it seems that nuking snap.com from orbit is the only way to be sure.
* The same bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first up against the wall when the revolution comes that made the same st00pid bad design for deciding when to show or not show the AdNavStrip.