ROCINANTE 2112
Original Member 007
join:1999-06-29
Hartsdale, NY
clubs: | Solid proof that AOL users are idiots...
Read the article and the Jokeaday.com link to see the reason.
Case closed. |
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DSL Robot
Premium
join:2000-12-23
Carson, CA
|  Re: Solid proof that AOL users are idiots?
I'm not an AOL user, but isn't it possible that aol.exe could contain a virus? What's so dumb about that? What if some other program modified aol.exe?
Maybe some of the so-called "dumb" people deleted it and re-installed. Better safe then sorry.
I think it's a rotten hoax. I hope the hoaxer's systems crash big time, preferably from a virus. 
[text was edited by author 2001-06-09 10:54:11] |
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DSLTech
join:2000-12-30
San Jose, CA | Finally a useful hoax.
Considering the cast of characters that make up AOL, I'm surprised we still have people using it after this hoax is done. |
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JrFreud
join:2001-03-14
Glen, NH
clubs: |  reply to DSL Robot
Re: Solid proof that AOL users are idiots?
Couldn't happen to one of my more "favorite" companies. ROFLMAO.
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Anon
| reply to DSL Robot
I hope he gets sued. I've said it before - those of us at the top of the IT food chain benefit from AOL's 30 million in many ways. They keep up the demand for broadband or even just plain bandwidth, they have driven the usability standards in software over the last 8 years, and they keep the computer industry mainstream enough that some of us can make a living in it. Bandwidth and computer parts would not be cheap if it was just a million or so hackers buying it. Lay off them - they have their purpose. |
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radmish
Hi
join:2000-04-15
Oakland, NJ | It was on a joke site! He was joking and never claimed it was truth. The people who couldn't figure that out are at fault not for him. Since when can't you tell a joke? |
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dave
Premium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio
 ·Verizon Online DSL
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to DSL Robot
said by RR Robot:
I'm not an AOL user, but isn't it possible that aol.exe could contain a virus? What's so dumb about that? What if some other program modified aol.exe?
It's dumb to follow instructions from people you don't know, without having some reason to believe that they know what they're talking about, and without being sure that they mean you no harm.
(That's how viruses spread)
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CylonRed
Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County
| reply to DSLTech
Re: Finally a useful hoax.
said by DSLTech:
Considering the cast of characters that make up AOL, I'm surprised we still have people using it after this hoax is done.
And you have just proved your ignorance about who uses AOL..... |
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DSL Robot
Premium
join:2000-12-23
Carson, CA
| reply to dave
Re: Solid proof that AOL users are idiots?
said by daveporter:
It's dumb to follow instructions from people you don't know, without having some reason to believe that they know what they're talking about, and without being sure that they mean you no harm.
(That's how viruses spread)
I agree with you, but as one of the article links mentioned, some people got the warning from people they know, like their sister or brother. So maybe somebody along the line was "idiotic", but they ended up making it look valid.
I think the hoax itself turned into a nasty virus. Again, better safe then sorry. So what if somebody deleted aol.exe and reinstalled.
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jerry013
join:2000-12-06
Van Nuys, CA | Delete AOL =
GOOD idea, why didn't I think of that before?
 )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) BIG Ha, Ha! |
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BrooklynZoo
For Everthing Else, There's Mastercard
join:2001-04-01
Atlanta, GA |  Two Words for ya.....
Whatever Man!!!! |
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Aol User
@aol.com
| reply to ROCINANTE 2112
Re: Solid proof that AOL users are idiots...
Common sense should prevail over any kind of technobabble and computer knowledge.
WARNING: KEEPING THIS FILE ON THE SYSTEM AFTER
JUNE 8 WILL COST YOU $2.90 MORE PER MONTH!
AOL advertises this price increase to every user by placing it on their Welcome Screen about a week or 2 ago. Common sense AOLers!
FAILURE TO REMOVE THIS FILE WILL KEEP YOUR
"UPPER MEMORY MANAGEMENT" MODULE OF YOUR
INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT (IQ OVER 85) BLOCKED.
DELETING AOL.EXE WILL FREE YOUR IQ TO GO ABOVE
85!!!
Anybody with common sense would know a file on the computer is not going to affect your IQ, this isn't exactly the Alzheimer's disease. I don't know much about computers but I had enough sense to know what IQ stands for.?
DELETING THIS FILE WILL ALLOW YOU TO SPELL
CORRECTLY AND USE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
PROPERLY.
Again, I think common sense would tell me this is a joke.
It's affecting my spelling skills and the ability to use the English language so I can't speak or write to people.
I am not computer literate, but I can read. :P My sisters could understand this is a joke and they don't even go on the Internet. The references to spelling, IQ, and english language is a dead give a way. |
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Aol User
@aol.com | Aol.exe is not a vital component or file of windows. Duh! I had my PC before AOL ever got on it. I can reinstall AOL with the AOL CD. |
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frogcement$
join:2000-05-04
Erie, PA
| Sad But True.....
Its a shame to say this but AOL is a virus,if everyone would delete that nasty aol.exe virus on their computers and get real internet accesss the world would be a much nicer place to live.
SO TAKE HEED THIS IS NOT A HOAX delete that aol.exe as fast as you can and run *dont walk* run to a real isp!
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Tom
Premium
join:2000-09-10
Wheaton, IL
| Funny letter..
This was a funny letter posted below the article:
said by clueless computer user #27845382:
From Katie with hotmail:
No!! Any file ending in .EXE is a necessary file to your computer. Wherever you got that information they're wrong. You need that file. I have learned this the wrong way. Don't delete any file ending in .EXE Please pass this on to everybody.
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TieryEyed
join:2000-10-29
New Orleans, LA
| Name change!!!
From "America On-Line" to "Anyone On-Line?" After reading all the posts here, you guys are treating dial-up people like Jerry's Kid's. Give many of them the benefit of the doubt that the only reason they are dial-up is because they can't get anything else even if they wanted to. Also, for you people who live & die by the internet, you hopefully have AOL as back-up for when your DSL line goes down. Each of us who are out on the net owe AOL something whether directly or indirectly. But, DAMN! That is one funny spoof. Rock On! AOL user's...
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pazuzu
@home.com | reply to Anon
Re: Solid proof that AOL users are idiots?
AOL (tried hard to avoid using 'AOHell') driving usability standards? Haha, whatever you are smoking! Ever heard of Apple Computer? |
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DSLTech
join:2000-12-30
San Jose, CA | reply to CylonRed
Re: Finally a useful hoax.
Hm. I am suffering from being ignorant of the ignorant.
My what an illness.
Doesnt that cancel itself out? |
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Aol User
@aol.com | reply to TieryEyed
Re: Name change!!!
Nobody here has taken a shot at dial up people. It's Aol users. AOL Time Warner is a dsl and satellite broadband provider. It's a shot at common sense. |
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bmorrisj
join:2001-04-11
Buena Park, CA | haha
i feel sorry for all those computer illiterate people which AOL is mostly comprised of. |
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