AIM, AOL's instant messaging service, is to shut down December 15 after 20 years of operation. I'm just re-tweeting this from hash-tag (something catchy but useless)
Well, it’s definitely something that lead a generation into the bright and blight of the internet. While it’s far from relevant anymore, it will be missed. On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 3:09 PM Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
AIM, AOL's instant messaging service, is to shut down December 15 after 20 years of operation.
I'm just re-tweeting this from hash-tag (something catchy but useless)
-- Normal Person: Hey, it seems that you know a lot. Geek: To be honest, it's due to all the surfing I do. Normal Person: So you go surfing? Normal Person: But I don't think that has anything to do with knowing a lot... Geek: I think that's wrong on a fundamental level. Normal Person: Huh? Huh? What?
AOL made me lots of side cash back in the day. They got millions of newbies online, most of whom needed help setting up thier modems and tweaking windows. "What is this email thing and why do I need it?" Good times. On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 6:11 AM Joseph Oprysko via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Well, it’s definitely something that lead a generation into the bright and blight of the internet.
While it’s far from relevant anymore, it will be missed.
On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 3:09 PM Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
AIM, AOL's instant messaging service, is to shut down December 15 after 20 years of operation.
I'm just re-tweeting this from hash-tag (something catchy but useless)
-- Normal Person: Hey, it seems that you know a lot. Geek: To be honest, it's due to all the surfing I do. Normal Person: So you go surfing? Normal Person: But I don't think that has anything to do with knowing a lot... Geek: I think that's wrong on a fundamental level. Normal Person: Huh? Huh? What?
Honestly I didn't know it was even still in operation. I assumed it had been gone for a while. Last time I used it was probably 9 or 10 years ago. On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 11:18 AM, Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
AOL made me lots of side cash back in the day. They got millions of newbies online, most of whom needed help setting up thier modems and tweaking windows. "What is this email thing and why do I need it?" Good times.
On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 6:11 AM Joseph Oprysko via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Well, it’s definitely something that lead a generation into the bright and blight of the internet.
While it’s far from relevant anymore, it will be missed.
On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 3:09 PM Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
AIM, AOL's instant messaging service, is to shut down December 15 after 20 years of operation.
I'm just re-tweeting this from hash-tag (something catchy but useless)
-- Normal Person: Hey, it seems that you know a lot. Geek: To be honest, it's due to all the surfing I do. Normal Person: So you go surfing? Normal Person: But I don't think that has anything to do with knowing a lot... Geek: I think that's wrong on a fundamental level. Normal Person: Huh? Huh? What?
Yet another vintage ... thingy ... bites the dust. On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 9:58 AM, Drew Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Honestly I didn't know it was even still in operation. I assumed it had been gone for a while. Last time I used it was probably 9 or 10 years ago.
On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 11:18 AM, Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
AOL made me lots of side cash back in the day. They got millions of newbies online, most of whom needed help setting up thier modems and tweaking windows. "What is this email thing and why do I need it?" Good times.
On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 6:11 AM Joseph Oprysko via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Well, it’s definitely something that lead a generation into the bright and blight of the internet.
While it’s far from relevant anymore, it will be missed.
On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 3:09 PM Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
AIM, AOL's instant messaging service, is to shut down December 15 after 20 years of operation.
I'm just re-tweeting this from hash-tag (something catchy but useless)
-- Normal Person: Hey, it seems that you know a lot. Geek: To be honest, it's due to all the surfing I do. Normal Person: So you go surfing? Normal Person: But I don't think that has anything to do with knowing a lot... Geek: I think that's wrong on a fundamental level. Normal Person: Huh? Huh? What?
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