v35_pilot
Whoops, there goes another AMU
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join:2005-12-12
Fayetteville, NY | End of an era
The end of an era. Another chapter closes in this journey we call life.
Remember the days when AOL was the stock to own? |
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axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC | I got the AOL 1.0 disks so I could play my first on-line game ;p Of course it wanted me to update to 2.0 as soon as I connected. I was so confused when I saw people typing emoticons, it took a day before someone explained that it was a smiley. |
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Corydon
Cultivant son jardin
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join:2008-02-18
Denver, CO
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| reply to v35_pilot
I remember being pissed when AOL started distributing its software on CD instead of floppy disk.
The floppy disks at least could be repurposed into something useful. The CDs were totally and completely worthless.
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supergirl
join:2007-03-20
Pensacola, FL
 ·Cox VOIP
·Skype
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·magicjack.com
| said by Corydon  :I remember being pissed when AOL started distributing its software on CD instead of floppy disk. The floppy disks at least could be repurposed into something useful. The CDs were totally and completely worthless. No, those CD cases were great. You could run over them with a car and they wouldn't break. I used to ask everyone I know to drop them off at my house when they got one.
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Saving the world keeps me busy. However, I find Earth very primitive from my home planet of Krypton.
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NY Tel
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join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
·VOIPo
| reply to v35_pilot
said by v35_pilot :The end of an era. Another chapter closes in this journey we call life. Remember the days when AOL was the stock to own? How about Prodigy? In 1994 we got a family account which connected at 9600 baud and the BIG upgrade was when you could finally send e-mails outside of the Prodigy system (which you could not do initially) and when they offered 14,400 as a "speed increase". |
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kpatz
MY HEAD A SPLODE
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join:2003-06-13
Manchester, NH
| reply to Corydon
said by Corydon :The floppy disks at least could be repurposed into something useful. The CDs were totally and completely worthless. The floppies were worthless too. They would develop bad sectors after a couple of uses.
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cableties
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join:2005-01-27
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to supergirl
said by supergirl : No, those CD cases were great. You could run over them with a car and they wouldn't break. I used to ask everyone I know to drop them off at my house when they got one. I still have a few unopened. If AOL goes under, collectable value increase! |
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james
join:2001-02-26
antarctica
| I wonder if it would increase that much (though even a value of $1 from it's current worth of $0 is an infinite increase) You may get buyers from our generation of internet users, but in 30 years AOL will be largely forgotten, even by those of us who lived through their rise and fall.
We truly have lived through the golden era of computing and the internet. Let us take some time to appreciate what we've been through, and pray that it doesn't come crashing down any time soon. |
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kfleming99
join:2004-02-17
Seminole, FL | reply to NY Tel
Oh Prodigy with my 2400 modem and 25 cents to send a email those were the days |
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asdfSpace
@comcast.net | reply to james
In 30 years most tech companies as we know today will be forgotten. |
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cdru
Go Colts
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join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN | reply to kpatz
It's called WORN media...Write Once - Read Never. Makes great backups as long as you don't have to restore. |
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NY Tel
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join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
·VOIPo
| reply to kfleming99
said by kfleming99 :Oh Prodigy with my 2400 modem and 25 cents to send a email those were the days Well for those of you who remember the Prodigy service, here is a bit of nostalgia which I preserved. I actually use it for new mail notifications.
Enjoy! |
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