Slashdot offers ad-free subscription

Slashdot.org, the popular website for techies, is offering a subscription service that will enable their visitor to view content without the hassle of banner ads. This precedes the website's decision to allow bigger, more bandwidth-hungry advertising. Says website founder, Rob Malda, "The large ads that you may see on many other sites are coming here. We really don't have an option: these are what advertisers want, and if we don't provide them, we won't be around much longer."