Re: Blocking Banner ads (Was - Re: Why reply to list and Cc author?)

[Gevaerts Frank]

>All you have to do is compare the net pre-1994 with the net post-1994, 
>and you'll see just how important ads actually are. (Without banner ads,
>the net would be nowhere near as expansive, informative, or popular as it
>is now... having a domain would still just be for the "wow" factor of a few 
>friends, not the "necessity" that it is today.)

pre 1994, the net was more fun than it is now, in part because of
commercial interests.

Frank