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On 08/06/2010 01:21 AM, DanS wrote:

 

>>

 

>> Just goes to show that if you have enough advertising

 

>> money, you can sell anything. Remember how many idiots

 

>> bought AOL?

 

>

 

> If it wasn't for those 'idiots', the internet wouldn't be what

 

> it is today.....

 

>

 

> Before AOL, it was 1200 baud BBS....(OK, maybe 9600)

 

>

 

> AOL marketing is what opened up the entire online world to

 

> America.

 

>

 

> It was friggin' genius........pump out disk's and CD's millions

 

> at a time making them cost very little per unit, then dump them

 

> off at every POS location in the country and have them labelled

 

> free....as well as a mailing campaign.

 

>

 

> The shear numbers of AOL subscribers dwarfed any other single

 

> online service, like Compuserve......

 

>

 

> And AOL made a killing right up until the merger with T/W.

 

>

 

> That being said, that doesn't mean they were the best provider,

 

> but, I really don't think we'd be where we are today w/AOL.

 

>

 

> ......(or Compuserve if that would have taken off and been the

 

> leader, or maybe even some other company....but it was in fact

 

> AOL.)

 

 

 

In the USA, yes. In Europe, AOL was only successful in Germany and

 

England. I don't think AOL had anything to do with the increased speed.

 

They died when broadband hit the scene and people realized how fucked up

 

AOL was.

 

 

 

--

 

Alias

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Alias wrote in

 

news:i3fioa$ic9$1@news.eternal-september.org:

 

 

> On 08/06/2010 01:21 AM, DanS wrote:

 

>>>

 

>>> Just goes to show that if you have enough advertising

 

>>> money, you can sell anything. Remember how many idiots

 

>>> bought AOL?

 

>>

 

>> If it wasn't for those 'idiots', the internet wouldn't be

 

>> what it is today.....

 

>>

 

>> Before AOL, it was 1200 baud BBS....(OK, maybe 9600)

 

>>

 

>> AOL marketing is what opened up the entire online world to

 

>> America.

 

>>

 

>> It was friggin' genius........pump out disk's and CD's

 

>> millions at a time making them cost very little per unit,

 

>> then dump them off at every POS location in the country

 

>> and have them labelled free....as well as a mailing

 

>> campaign.

 

>>

 

>> The shear numbers of AOL subscribers dwarfed any other

 

>> single online service, like Compuserve......

 

>>

 

>> And AOL made a killing right up until the merger with T/W.

 

>>

 

>> That being said, that doesn't mean they were the best

 

>> provider, but, I really don't think we'd be where we are

 

>> today w/AOL.

 

>>

 

>> ......(or Compuserve if that would have taken off and been

 

>> the leader, or maybe even some other company....but it was

 

>> in fact AOL.)

 

>

 

> In the USA, yes. In Europe, AOL was only successful in

 

> Germany and England.

 

 

 

It *was* called AMERICA Online, not Europe Online, or TheWorlD

 

Online.

 

 

> I don't think AOL had anything to do

 

> with the increased speed. They died when broadband hit the

 

> scene and people realized how fucked up AOL was.

 

 

 

No, not f'd up. How limited is was, or that it was only

 

usefull as a middleman to get to the internet, and that was

 

when other dial-up internet providers started coming out of

 

the woodwork and offering unlimited usage for $20/month.

On 08/06/2010 06:35 PM, DanS wrote:

 

> Alias wrote in

 

> news:i3fioa$ic9$1@news.eternal-september.org:

 

>

 

>> On 08/06/2010 01:21 AM, DanS wrote:

 

>>>>

 

>>>> Just goes to show that if you have enough advertising

 

>>>> money, you can sell anything. Remember how many idiots

 

>>>> bought AOL?

 

>>>

 

>>> If it wasn't for those 'idiots', the internet wouldn't be

 

>>> what it is today.....

 

>>>

 

>>> Before AOL, it was 1200 baud BBS....(OK, maybe 9600)

 

>>>

 

>>> AOL marketing is what opened up the entire online world to

 

>>> America.

 

>>>

 

>>> It was friggin' genius........pump out disk's and CD's

 

>>> millions at a time making them cost very little per unit,

 

>>> then dump them off at every POS location in the country

 

>>> and have them labelled free....as well as a mailing

 

>>> campaign.

 

>>>

 

>>> The shear numbers of AOL subscribers dwarfed any other

 

>>> single online service, like Compuserve......

 

>>>

 

>>> And AOL made a killing right up until the merger with T/W.

 

>>>

 

>>> That being said, that doesn't mean they were the best

 

>>> provider, but, I really don't think we'd be where we are

 

>>> today w/AOL.

 

>>>

 

>>> ......(or Compuserve if that would have taken off and been

 

>>> the leader, or maybe even some other company....but it was

 

>>> in fact AOL.)

 

>>

 

>> In the USA, yes. In Europe, AOL was only successful in

 

>> Germany and England.

 

>

 

> It *was* called AMERICA Online, not Europe Online, or TheWorlD

 

> Online.

 

 

 

But only one country in America was stupid enough to fall for it. It

 

wasn't called USA Online, now was it?

 

 

>

 

>> I don't think AOL had anything to do

 

>> with the increased speed. They died when broadband hit the

 

>> scene and people realized how fucked up AOL was.

 

>

 

> No, not f'd up. How limited is was, or that it was only

 

> usefull as a middleman to get to the internet, and that was

 

> when other dial-up internet providers started coming out of

 

> the woodwork and offering unlimited usage for $20/month.

 

>

 

>

 

 

 

It was fucked up, mouse oriented, gardened off from the real Internet

 

and a bitch to remove from a computer.

 

 

 

--

 

Alias

On 8/6/2010 9:40 AM, Alias wrote:

 

> On 08/06/2010 06:35 PM, DanS wrote:

 

>> Alias wrote in

 

>> news:i3fioa$ic9$1@news.eternal-september.org:

 

>>

 

>>> On 08/06/2010 01:21 AM, DanS wrote:

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> Just goes to show that if you have enough advertising

 

>>>>> money, you can sell anything. Remember how many idiots

 

>>>>> bought AOL?

 

>>>>

 

>>>> If it wasn't for those 'idiots', the internet wouldn't be

 

>>>> what it is today.....

 

>>>>

 

>>>> Before AOL, it was 1200 baud BBS....(OK, maybe 9600)

 

>>>>

 

>>>> AOL marketing is what opened up the entire online world to

 

>>>> America.

 

>>>>

 

>>>> It was friggin' genius........pump out disk's and CD's

 

>>>> millions at a time making them cost very little per unit,

 

>>>> then dump them off at every POS location in the country

 

>>>> and have them labelled free....as well as a mailing

 

>>>> campaign.

 

>>>>

 

>>>> The shear numbers of AOL subscribers dwarfed any other

 

>>>> single online service, like Compuserve......

 

>>>>

 

>>>> And AOL made a killing right up until the merger with T/W.

 

>>>>

 

>>>> That being said, that doesn't mean they were the best

 

>>>> provider, but, I really don't think we'd be where we are

 

>>>> today w/AOL.

 

>>>>

 

>>>> ......(or Compuserve if that would have taken off and been

 

>>>> the leader, or maybe even some other company....but it was

 

>>>> in fact AOL.)

 

>>>

 

>>> In the USA, yes. In Europe, AOL was only successful in

 

>>> Germany and England.

 

>>

 

>> It *was* called AMERICA Online, not Europe Online, or TheWorlD

 

>> Online.

 

>

 

> But only one country in America was stupid enough to fall for it. It

 

> wasn't called USA Online, now was it?

 

>

 

>>

 

>>> I don't think AOL had anything to do

 

>>> with the increased speed. They died when broadband hit the

 

>>> scene and people realized how fucked up AOL was.

 

>>

 

>> No, not f'd up. How limited is was, or that it was only

 

>> usefull as a middleman to get to the internet, and that was

 

>> when other dial-up internet providers started coming out of

 

>> the woodwork and offering unlimited usage for $20/month.

 

>>

 

>>

 

>

 

> It was fucked up, mouse oriented, gardened off from the real Internet

 

> and a bitch to remove from a computer.

 

>

 

hehehe...so you admit you were stupid enough to fall for the aol hell

 

scam huh?...Hahahaha...that's funny!

On 08/07/2010 06:15 PM, Frank wrote:

 

> On 8/6/2010 9:40 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>> On 08/06/2010 06:35 PM, DanS wrote:

 

>>> Alias wrote in

 

>>> news:i3fioa$ic9$1@news.eternal-september.org:

 

>>>

 

>>>> On 08/06/2010 01:21 AM, DanS wrote:

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> Just goes to show that if you have enough advertising

 

>>>>>> money, you can sell anything. Remember how many idiots

 

>>>>>> bought AOL?

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> If it wasn't for those 'idiots', the internet wouldn't be

 

>>>>> what it is today.....

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> Before AOL, it was 1200 baud BBS....(OK, maybe 9600)

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> AOL marketing is what opened up the entire online world to

 

>>>>> America.

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> It was friggin' genius........pump out disk's and CD's

 

>>>>> millions at a time making them cost very little per unit,

 

>>>>> then dump them off at every POS location in the country

 

>>>>> and have them labelled free....as well as a mailing

 

>>>>> campaign.

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> The shear numbers of AOL subscribers dwarfed any other

 

>>>>> single online service, like Compuserve......

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> And AOL made a killing right up until the merger with T/W.

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> That being said, that doesn't mean they were the best

 

>>>>> provider, but, I really don't think we'd be where we are

 

>>>>> today w/AOL.

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> ......(or Compuserve if that would have taken off and been

 

>>>>> the leader, or maybe even some other company....but it was

 

>>>>> in fact AOL.)

 

>>>>

 

>>>> In the USA, yes. In Europe, AOL was only successful in

 

>>>> Germany and England.

 

>>>

 

>>> It *was* called AMERICA Online, not Europe Online, or TheWorlD

 

>>> Online.

 

>>

 

>> But only one country in America was stupid enough to fall for it. It

 

>> wasn't called USA Online, now was it?

 

>>

 

>>>

 

>>>> I don't think AOL had anything to do

 

>>>> with the increased speed. They died when broadband hit the

 

>>>> scene and people realized how fucked up AOL was.

 

>>>

 

>>> No, not f'd up. How limited is was, or that it was only

 

>>> usefull as a middleman to get to the internet, and that was

 

>>> when other dial-up internet providers started coming out of

 

>>> the woodwork and offering unlimited usage for $20/month.

 

>>>

 

>>>

 

>>

 

>> It was fucked up, mouse oriented, gardened off from the real Internet

 

>> and a bitch to remove from a computer.

 

>>

 

> hehehe...so you admit you were stupid enough to fall for the aol hell

 

> scam huh?...

 

 

 

Nope, a friend of mine from the USA came here with her computer and AOL

 

Hell on it. I removed it for her -- for free.

 

 

 

Hahahaha...that's funny!

 

 

 

What, that you guessed wrong again? Not funny, sport, pathetic.

 

 

 

--

 

Alias

On 8/7/2010 9:25 AM, Alias wrote:

 

> On 08/07/2010 06:15 PM, Frank wrote:

 

>> On 8/6/2010 9:40 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>>> On 08/06/2010 06:35 PM, DanS wrote:

 

>>>> Alias wrote in

 

>>>> news:i3fioa$ic9$1@news.eternal-september.org:

 

>>>>

 

>>>>> On 08/06/2010 01:21 AM, DanS wrote:

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> Just goes to show that if you have enough advertising

 

>>>>>>> money, you can sell anything. Remember how many idiots

 

>>>>>>> bought AOL?

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> If it wasn't for those 'idiots', the internet wouldn't be

 

>>>>>> what it is today.....

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> Before AOL, it was 1200 baud BBS....(OK, maybe 9600)

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> AOL marketing is what opened up the entire online world to

 

>>>>>> America.

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> It was friggin' genius........pump out disk's and CD's

 

>>>>>> millions at a time making them cost very little per unit,

 

>>>>>> then dump them off at every POS location in the country

 

>>>>>> and have them labelled free....as well as a mailing

 

>>>>>> campaign.

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> The shear numbers of AOL subscribers dwarfed any other

 

>>>>>> single online service, like Compuserve......

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> And AOL made a killing right up until the merger with T/W.

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> That being said, that doesn't mean they were the best

 

>>>>>> provider, but, I really don't think we'd be where we are

 

>>>>>> today w/AOL.

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> ......(or Compuserve if that would have taken off and been

 

>>>>>> the leader, or maybe even some other company....but it was

 

>>>>>> in fact AOL.)

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> In the USA, yes. In Europe, AOL was only successful in

 

>>>>> Germany and England.

 

>>>>

 

>>>> It *was* called AMERICA Online, not Europe Online, or TheWorlD

 

>>>> Online.

 

>>>

 

>>> But only one country in America was stupid enough to fall for it. It

 

>>> wasn't called USA Online, now was it?

 

>>>

 

>>>>

 

>>>>> I don't think AOL had anything to do

 

>>>>> with the increased speed. They died when broadband hit the

 

>>>>> scene and people realized how fucked up AOL was.

 

>>>>

 

>>>> No, not f'd up. How limited is was, or that it was only

 

>>>> usefull as a middleman to get to the internet, and that was

 

>>>> when other dial-up internet providers started coming out of

 

>>>> the woodwork and offering unlimited usage for $20/month.

 

>>>>

 

>>>>

 

>>>

 

>>> It was fucked up, mouse oriented, gardened off from the real Internet

 

>>> and a bitch to remove from a computer.

 

>>>

 

>> hehehe...so you admit you were stupid enough to fall for the aol hell

 

>> scam huh?...

 

>

 

> Nope, a friend of mine from the USA came here with her computer and AOL

 

> Hell on it. I removed it for her -- for free.

 

 

 

Sure you did...LOL!

 

>

 

> Hahahaha...that's funny!

 

>

 

> What, that you guessed wrong again?

 

 

 

I nailed your lying ass....again...as usual!

 

 

 

Not funny, sport, pathetic.

 

 

 

Yes, you are the most pathetic, lying, POS excuse for a human being to

 

ever post in any ng.

 

Oops!

 

>

On 08/07/2010 06:48 PM, Frank wrote:

 

> On 8/7/2010 9:25 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>> On 08/07/2010 06:15 PM, Frank wrote:

 

>>> On 8/6/2010 9:40 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>>>> On 08/06/2010 06:35 PM, DanS wrote:

 

>>>>> Alias wrote in

 

>>>>> news:i3fioa$ic9$1@news.eternal-september.org:

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>>> On 08/06/2010 01:21 AM, DanS wrote:

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> Just goes to show that if you have enough advertising

 

>>>>>>>> money, you can sell anything. Remember how many idiots

 

>>>>>>>> bought AOL?

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> If it wasn't for those 'idiots', the internet wouldn't be

 

>>>>>>> what it is today.....

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> Before AOL, it was 1200 baud BBS....(OK, maybe 9600)

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> AOL marketing is what opened up the entire online world to

 

>>>>>>> America.

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> It was friggin' genius........pump out disk's and CD's

 

>>>>>>> millions at a time making them cost very little per unit,

 

>>>>>>> then dump them off at every POS location in the country

 

>>>>>>> and have them labelled free....as well as a mailing

 

>>>>>>> campaign.

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> The shear numbers of AOL subscribers dwarfed any other

 

>>>>>>> single online service, like Compuserve......

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> And AOL made a killing right up until the merger with T/W.

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> That being said, that doesn't mean they were the best

 

>>>>>>> provider, but, I really don't think we'd be where we are

 

>>>>>>> today w/AOL.

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> ......(or Compuserve if that would have taken off and been

 

>>>>>>> the leader, or maybe even some other company....but it was

 

>>>>>>> in fact AOL.)

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> In the USA, yes. In Europe, AOL was only successful in

 

>>>>>> Germany and England.

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> It *was* called AMERICA Online, not Europe Online, or TheWorlD

 

>>>>> Online.

 

>>>>

 

>>>> But only one country in America was stupid enough to fall for it. It

 

>>>> wasn't called USA Online, now was it?

 

>>>>

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>>> I don't think AOL had anything to do

 

>>>>>> with the increased speed. They died when broadband hit the

 

>>>>>> scene and people realized how fucked up AOL was.

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> No, not f'd up. How limited is was, or that it was only

 

>>>>> usefull as a middleman to get to the internet, and that was

 

>>>>> when other dial-up internet providers started coming out of

 

>>>>> the woodwork and offering unlimited usage for $20/month.

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>

 

>>>> It was fucked up, mouse oriented, gardened off from the real Internet

 

>>>> and a bitch to remove from a computer.

 

>>>>

 

>>> hehehe...so you admit you were stupid enough to fall for the aol hell

 

>>> scam huh?...

 

>>

 

>> Nope, a friend of mine from the USA came here with her computer and AOL

 

>> Hell on it. I removed it for her -- for free.

 

>

 

> Sure you did...LOL!

 

 

 

Yep, I sure did. AOL wasn't offered in Spain, DUMB FUCK!

 

 

>>

 

>> Hahahaha...that's funny!

 

>>

 

>> What, that you guessed wrong again?

 

>

 

> I nailed your lying ass....again...as usual!

 

 

 

See above, stupid.

 

 

>

 

> Not funny, sport, pathetic.

 

>

 

> Yes, you are the most pathetic, lying, POS excuse for a human being to

 

> ever post in any ng.

 

> Oops!

 

 

 

You just got punked and you are too stupid to realize it and too

 

arrogant to admit it.

 

 

 

 

 

--

 

Alias

On 8/7/2010 9:54 AM, Alias wrote:

 

> On 08/07/2010 06:48 PM, Frank wrote:

 

>> On 8/7/2010 9:25 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>>> On 08/07/2010 06:15 PM, Frank wrote:

 

>>>> On 8/6/2010 9:40 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>>>>> On 08/06/2010 06:35 PM, DanS wrote:

 

>>>>>> Alias wrote in

 

>>>>>> news:i3fioa$ic9$1@news.eternal-september.org:

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> On 08/06/2010 01:21 AM, DanS wrote:

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>> Just goes to show that if you have enough advertising

 

>>>>>>>>> money, you can sell anything. Remember how many idiots

 

>>>>>>>>> bought AOL?

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> If it wasn't for those 'idiots', the internet wouldn't be

 

>>>>>>>> what it is today.....

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> Before AOL, it was 1200 baud BBS....(OK, maybe 9600)

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> AOL marketing is what opened up the entire online world to

 

>>>>>>>> America.

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> It was friggin' genius........pump out disk's and CD's

 

>>>>>>>> millions at a time making them cost very little per unit,

 

>>>>>>>> then dump them off at every POS location in the country

 

>>>>>>>> and have them labelled free....as well as a mailing

 

>>>>>>>> campaign.

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> The shear numbers of AOL subscribers dwarfed any other

 

>>>>>>>> single online service, like Compuserve......

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> And AOL made a killing right up until the merger with T/W.

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> That being said, that doesn't mean they were the best

 

>>>>>>>> provider, but, I really don't think we'd be where we are

 

>>>>>>>> today w/AOL.

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> ......(or Compuserve if that would have taken off and been

 

>>>>>>>> the leader, or maybe even some other company....but it was

 

>>>>>>>> in fact AOL.)

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> In the USA, yes. In Europe, AOL was only successful in

 

>>>>>>> Germany and England.

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> It *was* called AMERICA Online, not Europe Online, or TheWorlD

 

>>>>>> Online.

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> But only one country in America was stupid enough to fall for it. It

 

>>>>> wasn't called USA Online, now was it?

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> I don't think AOL had anything to do

 

>>>>>>> with the increased speed. They died when broadband hit the

 

>>>>>>> scene and people realized how fucked up AOL was.

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> No, not f'd up. How limited is was, or that it was only

 

>>>>>> usefull as a middleman to get to the internet, and that was

 

>>>>>> when other dial-up internet providers started coming out of

 

>>>>>> the woodwork and offering unlimited usage for $20/month.

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> It was fucked up, mouse oriented, gardened off from the real Internet

 

>>>>> and a bitch to remove from a computer.

 

>>>>>

 

>>>> hehehe...so you admit you were stupid enough to fall for the aol hell

 

>>>> scam huh?...

 

>>>

 

>>> Nope, a friend of mine from the USA came here with her computer and AOL

 

>>> Hell on it. I removed it for her -- for free.

 

>>

 

>> Sure you did...LOL!

 

>

 

> Yep, I sure did. AOL wasn't offered in Spain, DUMB FUCK!

 

 

 

You could use aol in spain.

 

>

 

>>>

 

>>> Hahahaha...that's funny!

 

>>>

 

>>> What, that you guessed wrong again?

 

>>

 

>> I nailed your lying ass....again...as usual!

 

>

 

> See above, stupid.

 

 

 

See about, stupid.

 

>

 

>>

 

>> Not funny, sport, pathetic.

 

>>

 

>> Yes, you are the most pathetic, lying, POS excuse for a human being to

 

>> ever post in any ng.

 

>> Oops!

 

>

 

> You just got punked...

 

 

 

 

 

....yes, you did!

 

Oops!

 

 

 

and you are too stupid to realize it and too

 

> arrogant to admit it.

 

 

 

Yes, you are!...LOL!

 

Oops!

 

>

 

>

On 08/07/2010 07:36 PM, Frank wrote:

 

> On 8/7/2010 9:54 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>> On 08/07/2010 06:48 PM, Frank wrote:

 

>>> On 8/7/2010 9:25 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>>>> On 08/07/2010 06:15 PM, Frank wrote:

 

>>>>> On 8/6/2010 9:40 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>>>>>> On 08/06/2010 06:35 PM, DanS wrote:

 

>>>>>>> Alias wrote in

 

>>>>>>> news:i3fioa$ic9$1@news.eternal-september.org:

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> On 08/06/2010 01:21 AM, DanS wrote:

 

>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>> Just goes to show that if you have enough advertising

 

>>>>>>>>>> money, you can sell anything. Remember how many idiots

 

>>>>>>>>>> bought AOL?

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>> If it wasn't for those 'idiots', the internet wouldn't be

 

>>>>>>>>> what it is today.....

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>> Before AOL, it was 1200 baud BBS....(OK, maybe 9600)

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>> AOL marketing is what opened up the entire online world to

 

>>>>>>>>> America.

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>> It was friggin' genius........pump out disk's and CD's

 

>>>>>>>>> millions at a time making them cost very little per unit,

 

>>>>>>>>> then dump them off at every POS location in the country

 

>>>>>>>>> and have them labelled free....as well as a mailing

 

>>>>>>>>> campaign.

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>> The shear numbers of AOL subscribers dwarfed any other

 

>>>>>>>>> single online service, like Compuserve......

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>> And AOL made a killing right up until the merger with T/W.

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>> That being said, that doesn't mean they were the best

 

>>>>>>>>> provider, but, I really don't think we'd be where we are

 

>>>>>>>>> today w/AOL.

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>> ......(or Compuserve if that would have taken off and been

 

>>>>>>>>> the leader, or maybe even some other company....but it was

 

>>>>>>>>> in fact AOL.)

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> In the USA, yes. In Europe, AOL was only successful in

 

>>>>>>>> Germany and England.

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> It *was* called AMERICA Online, not Europe Online, or TheWorlD

 

>>>>>>> Online.

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> But only one country in America was stupid enough to fall for it. It

 

>>>>>> wasn't called USA Online, now was it?

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> I don't think AOL had anything to do

 

>>>>>>>> with the increased speed. They died when broadband hit the

 

>>>>>>>> scene and people realized how fucked up AOL was.

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> No, not f'd up. How limited is was, or that it was only

 

>>>>>>> usefull as a middleman to get to the internet, and that was

 

>>>>>>> when other dial-up internet providers started coming out of

 

>>>>>>> the woodwork and offering unlimited usage for $20/month.

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> It was fucked up, mouse oriented, gardened off from the real Internet

 

>>>>>> and a bitch to remove from a computer.

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>> hehehe...so you admit you were stupid enough to fall for the aol hell

 

>>>>> scam huh?...

 

>>>>

 

>>>> Nope, a friend of mine from the USA came here with her computer and AOL

 

>>>> Hell on it. I removed it for her -- for free.

 

>>>

 

>>> Sure you did...LOL!

 

>>

 

>> Yep, I sure did. AOL wasn't offered in Spain, DUMB FUCK!

 

>

 

> You could use aol in spain.

 

 

 

News to me.

 

 

>>

 

>>>>

 

>>>> Hahahaha...that's funny!

 

>>>>

 

>>>> What, that you guessed wrong again?

 

>>>

 

>>> I nailed your lying ass....again...as usual!

 

>>

 

>> See above, stupid.

 

>

 

> See about, stupid.

 

 

 

About what?

 

 

>>

 

>>>

 

>>> Not funny, sport, pathetic.

 

>>>

 

>>> Yes, you are the most pathetic, lying, POS excuse for a human being to

 

>>> ever post in any ng.

 

>>> Oops!

 

>>

 

>> You just got punked...

 

>

 

>

 

> ...yes, you did!

 

> Oops!

 

 

 

No, you did.

 

 

>

 

> and you are too stupid to realize it and too

 

>> arrogant to admit it.

 

>

 

> Yes, you are!...LOL!

 

> Oops!

 

 

 

No, you are.

 

 

 

--

 

Alias

On 8/7/2010 10:52 AM, Alias wrote:

 

> On 08/07/2010 07:36 PM, Frank wrote:

 

>> On 8/7/2010 9:54 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>>> On 08/07/2010 06:48 PM, Frank wrote:

 

>>>> On 8/7/2010 9:25 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>>>>> On 08/07/2010 06:15 PM, Frank wrote:

 

>>>>>> On 8/6/2010 9:40 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>>>>>>> On 08/06/2010 06:35 PM, DanS wrote:

 

>>>>>>>> Alias wrote in

 

>>>>>>>> news:i3fioa$ic9$1@news.eternal-september.org:

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>> On 08/06/2010 01:21 AM, DanS wrote:

 

>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>> Just goes to show that if you have enough advertising

 

>>>>>>>>>>> money, you can sell anything. Remember how many idiots

 

>>>>>>>>>>> bought AOL?

 

>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>> If it wasn't for those 'idiots', the internet wouldn't be

 

>>>>>>>>>> what it is today.....

 

>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>> Before AOL, it was 1200 baud BBS....(OK, maybe 9600)

 

>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>> AOL marketing is what opened up the entire online world to

 

>>>>>>>>>> America.

 

>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>> It was friggin' genius........pump out disk's and CD's

 

>>>>>>>>>> millions at a time making them cost very little per unit,

 

>>>>>>>>>> then dump them off at every POS location in the country

 

>>>>>>>>>> and have them labelled free....as well as a mailing

 

>>>>>>>>>> campaign.

 

>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>> The shear numbers of AOL subscribers dwarfed any other

 

>>>>>>>>>> single online service, like Compuserve......

 

>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>> And AOL made a killing right up until the merger with T/W.

 

>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>> That being said, that doesn't mean they were the best

 

>>>>>>>>>> provider, but, I really don't think we'd be where we are

 

>>>>>>>>>> today w/AOL.

 

>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>> ......(or Compuserve if that would have taken off and been

 

>>>>>>>>>> the leader, or maybe even some other company....but it was

 

>>>>>>>>>> in fact AOL.)

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>> In the USA, yes. In Europe, AOL was only successful in

 

>>>>>>>>> Germany and England.

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> It *was* called AMERICA Online, not Europe Online, or TheWorlD

 

>>>>>>>> Online.

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> But only one country in America was stupid enough to fall for it. It

 

>>>>>>> wasn't called USA Online, now was it?

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>> I don't think AOL had anything to do

 

>>>>>>>>> with the increased speed. They died when broadband hit the

 

>>>>>>>>> scene and people realized how fucked up AOL was.

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> No, not f'd up. How limited is was, or that it was only

 

>>>>>>>> usefull as a middleman to get to the internet, and that was

 

>>>>>>>> when other dial-up internet providers started coming out of

 

>>>>>>>> the woodwork and offering unlimited usage for $20/month.

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> It was fucked up, mouse oriented, gardened off from the real

 

>>>>>>> Internet

 

>>>>>>> and a bitch to remove from a computer.

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> hehehe...so you admit you were stupid enough to fall for the aol hell

 

>>>>>> scam huh?...

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> Nope, a friend of mine from the USA came here with her computer and

 

>>>>> AOL

 

>>>>> Hell on it. I removed it for her -- for free.

 

>>>>

 

>>>> Sure you did...LOL!

 

>>>

 

>>> Yep, I sure did. AOL wasn't offered in Spain, DUMB FUCK!

 

>>

 

>> You could use aol in spain.

 

>

 

> News to me.

 

 

 

Not surprising, seeing as how you are the most uninformed, ill-informed

 

person in here.

 

>

 

>>>

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> Hahahaha...that's funny!

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> What, that you guessed wrong again?

 

>>>>

 

>>>> I nailed your lying ass....again...as usual!

 

>>>

 

>>> See above, stupid.

 

>>

 

>> See about, stupid.

 

>

 

> About what?

 

 

 

See above, about how stupid you are.

 

>

 

>>>

 

>>>>

 

>>>> Not funny, sport, pathetic.

 

>>>>

 

>>>> Yes, you are the most pathetic, lying, POS excuse for a human being to

 

>>>> ever post in any ng.

 

>>>> Oops!

 

>>>

 

>>> You just got punked...

 

>>

 

>>

 

>> ...yes, you did!

 

>> Oops!

 

>

 

> No, you did.

 

 

 

You don't even know what that means.

 

>

 

>>

 

>> and you are too stupid to realize it and too

 

>>> arrogant to admit it.

 

>>

 

>> Yes, you are!...LOL!

 

>> Oops!

 

>

 

> No, you are.

 

 

 

Your stupidity is only exceeded by your arrogance. Nice combo huh?

 

>

On 08/07/2010 08:26 PM, Frank wrote:

 

> On 8/7/2010 10:52 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>> On 08/07/2010 07:36 PM, Frank wrote:

 

>>> On 8/7/2010 9:54 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>>>> On 08/07/2010 06:48 PM, Frank wrote:

 

>>>>> On 8/7/2010 9:25 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>>>>>> On 08/07/2010 06:15 PM, Frank wrote:

 

>>>>>>> On 8/6/2010 9:40 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>>>>>>>> On 08/06/2010 06:35 PM, DanS wrote:

 

>>>>>>>>> Alias wrote in

 

>>>>>>>>> news:i3fioa$ic9$1@news.eternal-september.org:

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>> On 08/06/2010 01:21 AM, DanS wrote:

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> Just goes to show that if you have enough advertising

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> money, you can sell anything. Remember how many idiots

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> bought AOL?

 

>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>> If it wasn't for those 'idiots', the internet wouldn't be

 

>>>>>>>>>>> what it is today.....

 

>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>> Before AOL, it was 1200 baud BBS....(OK, maybe 9600)

 

>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>> AOL marketing is what opened up the entire online world to

 

>>>>>>>>>>> America.

 

>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>> It was friggin' genius........pump out disk's and CD's

 

>>>>>>>>>>> millions at a time making them cost very little per unit,

 

>>>>>>>>>>> then dump them off at every POS location in the country

 

>>>>>>>>>>> and have them labelled free....as well as a mailing

 

>>>>>>>>>>> campaign.

 

>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>> The shear numbers of AOL subscribers dwarfed any other

 

>>>>>>>>>>> single online service, like Compuserve......

 

>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>> And AOL made a killing right up until the merger with T/W.

 

>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>> That being said, that doesn't mean they were the best

 

>>>>>>>>>>> provider, but, I really don't think we'd be where we are

 

>>>>>>>>>>> today w/AOL.

 

>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>> ......(or Compuserve if that would have taken off and been

 

>>>>>>>>>>> the leader, or maybe even some other company....but it was

 

>>>>>>>>>>> in fact AOL.)

 

>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>> In the USA, yes. In Europe, AOL was only successful in

 

>>>>>>>>>> Germany and England.

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>> It *was* called AMERICA Online, not Europe Online, or TheWorlD

 

>>>>>>>>> Online.

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> But only one country in America was stupid enough to fall for

 

>>>>>>>> it. It

 

>>>>>>>> wasn't called USA Online, now was it?

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>> I don't think AOL had anything to do

 

>>>>>>>>>> with the increased speed. They died when broadband hit the

 

>>>>>>>>>> scene and people realized how fucked up AOL was.

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>> No, not f'd up. How limited is was, or that it was only

 

>>>>>>>>> usefull as a middleman to get to the internet, and that was

 

>>>>>>>>> when other dial-up internet providers started coming out of

 

>>>>>>>>> the woodwork and offering unlimited usage for $20/month.

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> It was fucked up, mouse oriented, gardened off from the real

 

>>>>>>>> Internet

 

>>>>>>>> and a bitch to remove from a computer.

 

>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> hehehe...so you admit you were stupid enough to fall for the aol

 

>>>>>>> hell

 

>>>>>>> scam huh?...

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> Nope, a friend of mine from the USA came here with her computer and

 

>>>>>> AOL

 

>>>>>> Hell on it. I removed it for her -- for free.

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> Sure you did...LOL!

 

>>>>

 

>>>> Yep, I sure did. AOL wasn't offered in Spain, DUMB FUCK!

 

>>>

 

>>> You could use aol in spain.

 

>>

 

>> News to me.

 

>

 

> Not surprising, seeing as how you are the most uninformed, ill-informed

 

> person in here.

 

>>

 

>>>>

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> Hahahaha...that's funny!

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> What, that you guessed wrong again?

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> I nailed your lying ass....again...as usual!

 

>>>>

 

>>>> See above, stupid.

 

>>>

 

>>> See about, stupid.

 

>>

 

>> About what?

 

>

 

> See above, about how stupid you are.

 

>>

 

>>>>

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> Not funny, sport, pathetic.

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> Yes, you are the most pathetic, lying, POS excuse for a human being to

 

>>>>> ever post in any ng.

 

>>>>> Oops!

 

>>>>

 

>>>> You just got punked...

 

>>>

 

>>>

 

>>> ...yes, you did!

 

>>> Oops!

 

>>

 

>> No, you did.

 

>

 

> You don't even know what that means.

 

 

 

Yes, I do, punk.

 

 

>>

 

>>>

 

>>> and you are too stupid to realize it and too

 

>>>> arrogant to admit it.

 

>>>

 

>>> Yes, you are!...LOL!

 

>>> Oops!

 

>>

 

>> No, you are.

 

>

 

> Your stupidity is only exceeded by your arrogance. Nice combo huh?

 

 

 

No, you are and the only combo you can understand is sold at fast food

 

joints.

 

 

 

 

 

--

 

Alias

On 8/7/2010 12:52 PM, Alias wrote:

 

> On 08/07/2010 08:26 PM, Frank wrote:

 

>> On 8/7/2010 10:52 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>>> On 08/07/2010 07:36 PM, Frank wrote:

 

>>>> On 8/7/2010 9:54 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>>>>> On 08/07/2010 06:48 PM, Frank wrote:

 

>>>>>> On 8/7/2010 9:25 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>>>>>>> On 08/07/2010 06:15 PM, Frank wrote:

 

>>>>>>>> On 8/6/2010 9:40 AM, Alias wrote:

 

>>>>>>>>> On 08/06/2010 06:35 PM, DanS wrote:

 

>>>>>>>>>> Alias wrote in

 

>>>>>>>>>> news:i3fioa$ic9$1@news.eternal-september.org:

 

>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>> On 08/06/2010 01:21 AM, DanS wrote:

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just goes to show that if you have enough advertising

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>> money, you can sell anything. Remember how many idiots

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>> bought AOL?

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> If it wasn't for those 'idiots', the internet wouldn't be

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> what it is today.....

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> Before AOL, it was 1200 baud BBS....(OK, maybe 9600)

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> AOL marketing is what opened up the entire online world to

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> America.

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> It was friggin' genius........pump out disk's and CD's

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> millions at a time making them cost very little per unit,

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> then dump them off at every POS location in the country

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> and have them labelled free....as well as a mailing

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> campaign.

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> The shear numbers of AOL subscribers dwarfed any other

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> single online service, like Compuserve......

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> And AOL made a killing right up until the merger with T/W.

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> That being said, that doesn't mean they were the best

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> provider, but, I really don't think we'd be where we are

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> today w/AOL.

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> ......(or Compuserve if that would have taken off and been

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> the leader, or maybe even some other company....but it was

 

>>>>>>>>>>>> in fact AOL.)

 

>>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>> In the USA, yes. In Europe, AOL was only successful in

 

>>>>>>>>>>> Germany and England.

 

>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>> It *was* called AMERICA Online, not Europe Online, or TheWorlD

 

>>>>>>>>>> Online.

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>> But only one country in America was stupid enough to fall for

 

>>>>>>>>> it. It

 

>>>>>>>>> wasn't called USA Online, now was it?

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>> I don't think AOL had anything to do

 

>>>>>>>>>>> with the increased speed. They died when broadband hit the

 

>>>>>>>>>>> scene and people realized how fucked up AOL was.

 

>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>> No, not f'd up. How limited is was, or that it was only

 

>>>>>>>>>> usefull as a middleman to get to the internet, and that was

 

>>>>>>>>>> when other dial-up internet providers started coming out of

 

>>>>>>>>>> the woodwork and offering unlimited usage for $20/month.

 

>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>>> It was fucked up, mouse oriented, gardened off from the real

 

>>>>>>>>> Internet

 

>>>>>>>>> and a bitch to remove from a computer.

 

>>>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>> hehehe...so you admit you were stupid enough to fall for the aol

 

>>>>>>>> hell

 

>>>>>>>> scam huh?...

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> Nope, a friend of mine from the USA came here with her computer and

 

>>>>>>> AOL

 

>>>>>>> Hell on it. I removed it for her -- for free.

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> Sure you did...LOL!

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> Yep, I sure did. AOL wasn't offered in Spain, DUMB FUCK!

 

>>>>

 

>>>> You could use aol in spain.

 

>>>

 

>>> News to me.

 

>>

 

>> Not surprising, seeing as how you are the most uninformed, ill-informed

 

>> person in here.

 

>>>

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> Hahahaha...that's funny!

 

>>>>>>>

 

>>>>>>> What, that you guessed wrong again?

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> I nailed your lying ass....again...as usual!

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> See above, stupid.

 

>>>>

 

>>>> See about, stupid.

 

>>>

 

>>> About what?

 

>>

 

>> See above, about how stupid you are.

 

>>>

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> Not funny, sport, pathetic.

 

>>>>>>

 

>>>>>> Yes, you are the most pathetic, lying, POS excuse for a human

 

>>>>>> being to

 

>>>>>> ever post in any ng.

 

>>>>>> Oops!

 

>>>>>

 

>>>>> You just got punked...

 

>>>>

 

Hahaha..thanks for proving my point...*PUNK*!

 

>>>>

 

>>>> ...yes, you did!

 

>>>> Oops!

 

>>>

 

>>> No, you did.

 

>>

 

>> You don't even know what that means.

 

>

 

> Yes, I do, punk.

 

>

 

>>>

 

>>>>

 

>>>> and you are too stupid to realize it and too

 

>>>>> arrogant to admit it.

 

>>>>

 

>>>> Yes, you are!...LOL!

 

>>>> Oops!

 

>>>

 

>>> No, you are.

 

>>

 

>> Your stupidity is only exceeded by your arrogance. Nice combo huh?

 

>

 

> No, you are and the only combo you can understand is sold at fast food

 

> joints.

 

 

 

You're stoned again, right?

 

Figures!

On 08/08/2010 12:31 AM, Frank wrote:

 

> You're stoned again, right?

 

> Figures!

 

 

 

Nope, you're lying again.

 

 

 

--

 

Alias

On 8/7/2010 3:35 PM, Alias wrote:

 

> On 08/08/2010 12:31 AM, Frank wrote:

 

>> You're stoned again, right?

 

>> Figures!

 

>

 

> Nope, you're lying again.

 

>

 

You don't even know the difference, do you?

 

Figures!

On 08/08/2010 01:24 AM, Frank wrote:

 

> On 8/7/2010 3:35 PM, Alias wrote:

 

>> On 08/08/2010 12:31 AM, Frank wrote:

 

>>> You're stoned again, right?

 

>>> Figures!

 

>>

 

>> Nope, you're lying again.

 

>>

 

> You don't even know the difference, do you?

 

> Figures!

 

 

 

I know you're a liar.

 

 

 

--

 

Alias

On 8/7/2010 5:45 PM, Alias wrote:

 

> On 08/08/2010 01:24 AM, Frank wrote:

 

>> On 8/7/2010 3:35 PM, Alias wrote:

 

>>> On 08/08/2010 12:31 AM, Frank wrote:

 

>>>> You're stoned again, right?

 

>>>> Figures!

 

>>>

 

>>> Nope, you're lying again.

 

>>>

 

>> You don't even know the difference, do you?

 

>> Figures!

 

>

 

> I know you're a liar.

 

>

 

hehehe...I can't believe that you keep bending over for me so that I can

 

continually kick your lying scumbag ass.

 

You must really like it!

 

Oops!

On 08/08/2010 05:11 AM, Frank wrote:

 

> On 8/7/2010 5:45 PM, Alias wrote:

 

>> On 08/08/2010 01:24 AM, Frank wrote:

 

>>> On 8/7/2010 3:35 PM, Alias wrote:

 

>>>> On 08/08/2010 12:31 AM, Frank wrote:

 

>>>>> You're stoned again, right?

 

>>>>> Figures!

 

>>>>

 

>>>> Nope, you're lying again.

 

>>>>

 

>>> You don't even know the difference, do you?

 

>>> Figures!

 

>>

 

>> I know you're a liar.

 

>>

 

> hehehe...I can't believe that you keep bending over for me so that I can

 

> continually kick your lying scumbag ass.

 

 

 

Frank thinks he's winning when he's losing again.

 

 

> You must really like it!

 

> Oops!

 

>

 

 

 

Keep your sick fantasies to yourself.

 

 

 

--

 

Alias

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