As an internet surfer, I can unserstand the desire to not have ads appearing. As the person trying to pay the monthly server costs to run the web site, buy the software and hardware required for a site of this size and complexity, etc, etc, I'm not as thrilled. Ad blocking software has been around for awhile now. To me, ads aren't a big deal and there's no need to have blocks of blank space staring back at me, which I think is even uglier than an ad. But that's just me, and obviously I have a vested interested, i.e. keeping this site online.