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I have the following blocked:

http://ads.rubiconproject.com/...
http://adserver-us.adtech.adve...;
http://ak.sail-horizon.com/hor...
http://ak.sail-horizon.com/sco...
http://cdn.krxd.net/controltag...
http://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/...
http://cdn.tinypass.com/xbuild...
http://player.ooyala.com/ooyal...
http://player.ooyala.com/stati...
http://staticxx.facebook.com/c...
http://www.googletagmanager.co...
http://www.googletagservices.c...
https://bam.nr-data.net/1/4b41...
https://static.chartbeat.com/j...
https://staticxx.facebook.com/...

Maybe the tinypass is the thing to block?

I also have RefControl and GreaseMonkey installed. Those might help.

What about that epson ad for a NP31S? I didn't know they made adult toys.

ads typically aren't served directly through Akamais caching technology

Ads are served "directly" for their advertising customers. Akamai definitely serves up lots of other stuff. But, on a per request basis, ads are probably at the top of the list. These links are a bit old, but I'm sure there are others:

Yahoo! To Offer Targeted Local Advertising

Advertising.com Teams With Akamai to Advance Intelligent Advertising Distribution

Hitplay Media and Akamai Technologies Forge Strategic Technology Alliance for Ad Insertion

Solbright Joins Akamai's Alliance Partner Program to Provide Enhanced Delivery of Rich Media Advertising

Right on. I always install Adblock with Firefox or Mozilla. I haven't seen a pop-up or flash advertisement for months. They all seem to come from a few advertisers. Here is my adblock list:

http://.mediaplex.com/* http://.tribalfusion.com/*
http://.doubleclick.net/* http://.adbureau.net/*
http://.atdmt.com/* http://.emode.com/*
http://.advertising.com/* http://.tickle.com/*
http://.fastclick.net/* http://.falkag.net/*
http://.e.akamai.net/* http://.yieldmanager.com/*
http://.casalemedia.com/* http://.serving-sys.com/*
http://.pointroll.com/* http://.thinktarget.com/*
http://.zedo.com/* http://.com.com/cnwk.*/Ads/*
http://.qnsr.com/* http://ar.atwola.com/*
http://ads.guardian.co.uk/* http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/*
http://.starwave.com/* http://ads.ign.com/advertisers/*
http://ads.space.com/RealMedia/ads/* http://gfx.dvlabs.com/*

Also, maybe you should try to be a little less mean spirited in your replies.

Good point. Though my style varies depending on how many luddite posts I read before replying. :) Still, sorry for being too harsh.

Regarding the main point, first and foremost, I don't think there is anything wrong with being a cyborg. Just think for a moment - where are you getting your cyborg-related ideas from? My bet would be on sci-fi books and movies. Am I right? If so, than you must realise that the authors had very little reason to be objective and all the reasons to be entertaining. There are very few authors who tactfully handled this issue, very few books which were nautral and matter-of-factual towards the cyborgisation. Too much attention was paid to how cyborgs would be different and too little to how they would be the same (in a good sense). So if your concerns about it are really based on fiction, better think again about the pros and cons.

Next, your partially (or overall) positive attitude towards tech doesn't mean you are not at all a luddite. The people led by Ned Ludd in early 19th century might have been extremely positive towards such exciting developments as steam locomotive, city lighting, photography, battery but would like engineers and scientists to leave the textile industry alone, thank you very much. So, excuse me, but you still look very much like a luddite, and there is no principal difference between you and christian fundamentalist opposing stem cells research. Because of your personal beliefs (cyborgs are BAD) you oppose the technological developments. I don't like that, but the worst thing is that you are doing this because you are not informed very well. :(

BTW, Dictionary.com, which I used to look up the years when luddites first appeared, had a very fitting ad:

Supersize your brain (tm)
Subscribe to Dictionary.com Premium for exclusive features & services!

Don't you think it would be great if we had instant access to Dictionary.com and thousands of other reference sources? Would that make us inhuman? Should we stop trying to do that? Even though some people like the idea?

• TeknoSurf.com (has moved to www.advertising.com - you'll get a redirect)
  
  • A mix of pay per clickthrough and pay per banner, with mainly pay per click
  • Minimum 1000 impressions per month
• ValueClick
  • Pay per click only
  • Minimum 15000 impressions per month
• CyberBounty
  • Seems to be pay per user that accept free stuff from sponsors through them, or buy stuff from sponsors (mostly the former)
  • Minimum 350 unique visitors per day

Eivind.