TOM WALKER wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

RJT>TW> It is all related to the "Flashy" ads that pay the
Freight. After
RJT>TW> all there is NO such thing as a "Free Lunch"  :-)  :-)
RJT>TW> Somepone, Somewhere PAYS. In the case of the Web sites it is
RJT>TW> Mostly the Ad sales.

RJT>Yeah,  but that doesn't mean I have to look at them!

TW>  NO and soem popup ad prograns stop them before they load. BUT the
TW> Sites  are keeping up as I have run across some sites that will not
TW> load at all when a pop up ad eliminator cuts off the ad before it 
TW> finishes loading.
TW> Which of course they mostly feed before any of the data you might
TW> be looking for.

So far I haven't had much of a problem with that.  Firefox with the adblock
plug-in is one of my favorite combinations...

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