NVIDIA flash animation advert slows my computer to a crawl!

I'm turning back into a COW addict, but the last week or so I keep getting the spinning beachball of death, and it's making me want to spend less time here. I'm 99% sure it's related to this flash advertisement (screenshot):



I don't know why it's happening, but I can't be the only one pounding my keyboard when this is the ad randomly chosen for me. Can we take it off? Or ask NVIDIA to drop the resolution, or... whatever it takes?

(Just trying to help optimize the site -- thanks COW Team!)

Ben Unguren
Motion Graphics & Editing
http://www.mostlydocumentary.com

[aaaaaaargh!]

Ben Unguren
Motion Graphics & Editing
http://www.mostlydocumentary.com