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Man oh man, I hear you. I've been in charge of the design of the AIM plugin framework, and while I think we are going to have some real good stuff there, I'm also really trying to get us to dial back on the bundled crap - I think it really turns off developers to install something that drops lots of other stuff on your machine.

But we're going to have a nice platform, with web services, SIP gateways, client plug-ins, and a client SDK; there's different levels of intergration depending on what you're trying to do. I just hope that the clever developers out there look at this as an opportunity to build something that millions of people could be using, and aren't put off by prejudice against AIM/AOL.

Anyway - if you want us to "do it right", I'd appreciate it if you would let us know what you would like to see! Email me at juberti [aol.com], or post to my [new] blog on this topic. http://journals.aol.com/juberti/runningman

I have to agree with you there. If it's gonna include toys, then this and this should have made the list far afront of Elmo.

By the same criteria, even this qualifies.

There certainly are - they can walk like an egyptian

In that case every single adult should only own a bycycle or motorcycle because you aren't actually using your other seats. Why have a trunk if you don't use it?

How's your mailbox, btw, Mr. JNighthawk? Still spam free?

...even though:

1. In the last 15 years, the majority of most of these scientist's time has been spend under a Democratic president;

2. The "Union of Concerned Scientists" has been a liberal activist organization throughout its history, originally organized to protest the Vietnam war, and with less than 10% of its membership actually from the scientific community[1];

3. Most scientists in FWS reported no such pressure;

To quote the submitter: "I'm not surprised anymore when I read these things."

But since it's an organization with a decidedly and unabashedly liberal political agenda, I guess they must be telling the truth 100%, whereas anyone on the conservative or Republican side of the spectrum is a greedy, money grubbing liar who would just LOVE to see an end to all environmental concerns. Because, you know, there's no balance or anything in environmentalism. I mean, economic development is always bad, and any edict on "endangered species", no matter how shaky, is always good, right?

[1], more: In 1969, forty-eight professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology formed the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) to protest America's involvement in the Vietnam War. The group conducted a highly publicized strike in March 1969, that included such speakers as leftist MIT professor Noam Chomsky, and Eric Mann of the Weatherman faction of the Students for a Democratic Society. (SDS was the terrorist organization responsible for bombing the U.S. Capitol Building in 1971.) The Union used the strike as a forum to declare that "misuse of scientific and technical knowledge presents a major threat to the existence of mankind." This philosophy was starkly articulated by key organizer, Jonathan Kabat: ""You've got to say, 'No, we want capitalism to come to an end."

The Union's trendy radicalism launched it into money, power and influence. A permanent office was opened in Cambridge, and UCS grew into a multimillion dollar activist organization. Three of its original founders still sit on the board: James A. Fay, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering (MIT); Kurt Gottfried, Chairman of the Physics Department at Cornell University; and Victor Weisskopf, Professor Emeritus of Physics (MIT). The Board of Directors of this organization also includes the standard litany of corporate America special interests, liberal nonprofit foundations, and former government agency employees.

Political activism in UCS's early years was confined primarily to opposing nuclear power and the military defense establishment. Emphasis later shifted to include all energy policy issues and global warming. In 1989, the Union commissioned Republican pollster Vince Breglio of Research/Strategy/Management to conduct a survey on global warming and environmental protection. Breglio found that "the environment is becoming a political issue with some bite." This poll convinced the group to change its focus. In 1990, UCS brought together forty-nine Nobel laureates, and 700 members of the U.S. Academy of Scientists to sign an appeal for action against global warming. The event was highly publicized and called for tougher fuel efficiency standards for U.S. automobiles, centralized government control of energy issues and the continued deactivation of America's nuclear power generating industry. That same year, however, 425 scientists and intellectual leaders presented another document to the world at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janerio. Entitled The Heidelberg Appeal, it condemned UCS's document as "an irrational ideology which is opposed to scientific and industrial progress and impedes economic and social development." Today, more than 2,700 signatories, including dozens of Nobel Prize winners, from 102 countries have signed The Heidelberg Appeal.

No need to create a new one. Use this one.

3rd quarter, see here.

1. Screen Names that were previously used on AOL but have been cancelled, can no longer be used on AIM. This includes both master accounts and sub-accounts.
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3. An account may be terminated for violations for the terms of service.

1. Screen Names that were previously used on AOL but have been cancelled, can no longer be used on AIM. This includes both master accounts and sub-accounts.
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3. An account may be terminated for violations for the terms of service.

From: http://beta.aol.com/aolbrowser/index.html?

Desktop Search: Now you can find files, photos, songs, pictures and other files on your computer's hard drive just as easily as you search the Web. And you don't even have to leave your Web browser to do it.

Tabbed Browsing: Keep tabs on your Internet experience! The new AOL Browser uses convenient tabs to help organize all your open browser windows, so you can quickly switch back and forth among multiple Web sites, easily finding--and getting to--the one you want.

Clear My Footprints: Whether you like it or not, your computer keeps track of everywhere you go online. But the new AOL Browser helps protect your privacy and stop snoops with just one click. Quickly and easily clear your Internet history, cookies, caches and more. You can even choose exactly which footprints you want to clear--making sure you erase what you want, when you want.

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While I appreciate this is the first planet in the solar system to display this - is it not all relative? The scientists that found this vortex did not estimate the temperature at the pole. Saturn has to be by and large pretty bloody cold. The fact that the pole is warmer than the rest of the planet is not necessarily all that meaningful is it? I mean it could still be way way below the freezing mark. I mean if ithe average temperature of saturn is -130C (http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/bobalien99/table.htm ) and the pole is even 30 degrees C warmer then the pole is only -100C! Still not much going to be happening there I would think.

Perhaps someone else can help me see the real significance of this. (Really I am interested).

So in bundling it all together we have a symbol, a symbol that for two hundred years has signified honor, valor, justice, responsibility, perseverance, hardiness and commonweal. That symbol has been the banner that millions of Americans have marched and sailed and flown with int the maws of death. They have been proud of that symbol and in turn it has slowly and patiently nurtured their common good to the extent that America stands head and shoulders over most of the world.

Please tell me it's nothing like this? :)

(Oh, I was going to say John is confident he got it, but I rechecked the page and apparently he got denial from Sanborn on 21th)

It's called baghead. 100% GUARANTEED*!!.

*Doesn't cover situations of high wind. Avoid use near candles or fire. Patent pending.

You joke, but it can be done. Take this site containing a few scans out of the Star Wars Manga Comic Book. Some of drawings work really well surprisingly.

There's actually another way to cancel AOL and it works: Fax

From http://www.aol.com/support/index.adp?toc=billing&p age=23...

Send a fax to 1-904-232-4879 with:

"Please Note: If you choose to write or fax us, please include the nature of your request and account owner's full name, phone number, address, and handwritten signature. Additionally, for account security purposes please provide ONE of the following:

- Primary Master AOL Screen Name (this is the first Screen Name in the drop down menu on the AOL login screen)
- The last four digits of the payment method used on the account - for your security, please send only the last four digits
- The answer to your Account Security Question"

I cancelled an account recently (had to sign up for my free ipod =P) and I just did

"CANCELLATION REQUEST

Hi my name is BLAH and I want to cancel my account.

My address is BLAH

My phone number is BLAH

My primary master sceen name is BLAH
My last 4 digits of my credit card are BLAH
My answer to my security question is BLAH

Thanks,
MY SIGNATURE"

Yeah I included all 3 validation parts even though they only need 1, I wanted to be sure =P

Anyway it went through easily with no problems

AOL search had audio/video search for a long time. I have used it once in a while to watch videos of some concerts.

http://search.aol.com/aolcom/avhome

An eaxmple search:
http://search.aol.com/aolcom/av?invocationType=top searchbox.av&avType=&category=&duration=&query=bil l+gates

AOL search had audio/video search for a long time. I have used it once in a while to watch videos of some concerts.

http://search.aol.com/aolcom/avhome

An eaxmple search:
http://search.aol.com/aolcom/av?invocationType=top searchbox.av&avType=&category=&duration=&query=bil l+gates

If you read HERE You will see on the 21st of Jan 2005 that Sanborn mentioned that his method is not the way (which might mean it is!!)

Update 21-Jan-2005: Finally got an email from Sanborn "Dear John, This is not the way, Jim"

http://members.aol.com/SciRealm/KryptosPart4.htm l

You forgot about Human sacrifice, dogs and cats, living together... mass hysteria!" (You may have to save file if using firefox)

"I think it's very important that we become a spacefaring civilization, and that we eventually become multiplanetary."

Although I didn't want to encumber the story's synopsis with it, I really think Musk needs to discuss his vision of space migration with Gregg Maryniak who was the head of Space Studies Institute for sometime after Gerard O'Neill's death.

It was Gerard O'Neill who put forth the vision of space settlement after challenging his Princeton physics class with the question:

"Is a planetary surface the right place for an expanding technological civilization?"

His conclusion, backed up by much subsequent research, is that the answer is a resounding, "No!"

A better statement would by Musk would be:

"I think it's very important that we become a spacefaring civilization, and that we eventually become heliocentric."

I've seen the usual round of slashdot trolling in this thread, that happens every time some piece of new technology is invented or some scientific landmark is achieved outside the US. Likewise, there's a good number of anti-American trolls here who like to have a good laugh when something fucks up in the US.

Then there's the rest of us.

I see that quite a few Americans, when feeling nationally challenged because the biggest civil aircraft in the world is no longer American, like to point out how the Boeing 7E7 is more comfortable, takes less time to board and exit, and is more practical, in that it can fly between smaller airports, than the A380.

At the same time, the European pundits point out that the A380 can fly huge amounts of passengers over a longer distance, etc.

And a good number of pundits try to paint this as a clash of philosophies, in that the efficient small craft versus the huge megajumbo craft is what will happen in the future.

I think they miss out the point: These two craft are aimed at significantly different markets. No one will buy an A380 to fly from Paris to London (a few hundred kilometers) or buy a 7E7 to fly from Singapore to London. Sure, long haul routes with low passenger frequencies, such as from Buenos Aires to London will probably not see an A380 and some high frequency long haul non hub routes will not see an 7E7, but that is the general aim of the market. These aircraft do not really compete.

The real competition to the 7E7 is still to come, and has been announced, in the form of the A350, which is a modernised A330, with newer non bleed engines like those of the 7E7, new wings and more composites.

And this is where the real compeition between Airbus and Boeing is being fought: The family of planes.

One of the major reasons that Airbus has been so successful is that it has built almost all of its planes in modularised form in order to optimise components, which means that Pilots trained on an A318 can fly the whole small Airbus family - A318, A319, A320 and A321. It also means that technicians can service all of these planes if trained on one, and that spares etc are shared amongst all of them, lowering the cost to both airlines and manufacturers.

There is a similar thing in the A330 and A340, and even the A380 uses a similar cockpit layout to the A340. And the A350 will be usable by those who have used A330s in the past.

I think a large amount of Boeing's marketing criticism against Airbus is simply because Boeing missed the boat on the new large market. They were actually doing design and market studies togethr with Airbus in the mid 90's until they pulled out because British Airways, their supposed launch customer, wasn't interested. Boeing then went on with a number of utter rubbish campaigns, from the idea of stretched 747X which was then shelved when it failed to garner enough attention, to a ridiculous Sonic Cruiser concept, which was more of a marketing exercise to take attention away from the A380, until they finally realised that they had to come up with a new product and started the far more realistic and achievable 7E7.

Airbus's planes have been less spectacular than Boeing's, but they offered real advantages in cost (Training, maintenance, spares). Boeing's leadership is where the blame lies for spending so much time on hairbrained campaigns and FUD instead of doing some real product development.

the guy that made physics/science fun for me was Tom Lehrer. So heres something he did related to physics

Well, that was software (parental control, no less) working in conjunction with the router -- not the router itself -- to blame. The customer paid the typical price of "free" commecial software.

So, Belkin is into spyware. Who isn't these days in one form or other?

Why in the world would I want to trust them? They've shown contempt for the consumer.

Better start stockpiling your dollars under your bed. Who you gonna trust?

I don't know if you're entirely correct about consent. Consent isn't an absolute absolution of any legal requirements. You can't consent to being murdered, for instance. (Well, you can, but it's no defense to the person who does it.) But I do concede that it's probably closer than the limited exceptions I was trying to get at.

In any case, consent isn't at play in the particular example of shining a LASER at someone.

Assault is a crime of intent. With no intent, there is no assault. Criminal Negligence, perhaps.

This isn't true. Read the laws in New York (it's the first one listed, 120.00, then 120.05 and 120.10; all three degrees of assault have provisions that don't require intent), Pennsylvania (again, both simple and aggrivated assult have provisions for at least reckless injury under some conditions), Texas, North Dakota (PDF file; simple assault has negligent assault), and New Jersey. I can't link to NJ's because it's in a subscription service (Westlaw), but the relevant portions are the same as PA.

There are jurisdictions where this isn't true (California and Georga (warning: very large and slow-loading version of the entire penal code), the latter of which doesn't even have a crime called assault), but since the Model Penal Code and subsequent revisions of most states' criminal law, they are a minority.

Bell Labs made CARDIAC a cardboard computer similar to the one you describe. I actually bought one just a couple of years ago. Here's the contact info I used:
Comspace Corporation
117 Engineers Drive
Hicksville, NY 11801
Phone:516-942-8191
Fax:516-942-8193
Email :comspace@aol.com
Webpage (hadn't been updated for a while):
http://hometown.aol.com/comspace/

As of 2003, CARDIAC was 19.95 or a plastic version (for overhead use) was 22.95 + shipping

Other crusades have been

The prohibition of Alchohol during 20's. Alcohol was the the leading factor in bad health, missed work, crime, violence, etc. ie, it was the root of all evil, so banning it ofcourse would fix all these social ills.

Communism during early fifties. For its strange ability to make people homosexual. Which of course makes it the root of all evil.

The evil "switch blade" which suddenly in the late 50's became the root of all evil and in the midst of much hysteria in congress, had to be banned for our own good.

Child Porn during the late 70's. mentioned above.

Public key encryption during the early 90's, Logic dictates that Citizens with unbreakable encyption are probably criminals.

Mean looking guns, which have supplanted switch blades as the source of all crime during the 90's.

copywrite infringers in the late 90's.

Terrorists which somehow only live in oil rich nations for the 2000's.

and now video copywrite infingers.

I think his point is that its just another crusade. Something blown out of proportion to what it really should be. Check the stats:

In 2002, there was an estimated 896,000 cases of abused children. More than 60 percent of child victims experienced neglect. Almost 20 percent were physically abused; 10 percent were sexually abused; and 7 percent were emotionally maltreated. In addition, almost 20 percent were associated with "other" types of maltreatment based on specific State laws and policies.

Of those 10% that were sexually abused, how many were abused just so that they could be photographed? Does Child Porn really get the attention it deserves or is it getting a lion share because it is somehow more dirty and news worthy than a kid getting beaten to death by his drunk step dad.

another: http://progressive.stream.aol.com/aol/us/moviefone /movies/2004/sincity_019736/sincity_trlr_01_dl.mov (do a save target as)

Show me your quotes on mere threats being considered terrorism.

Sure thing... State of Pennsylvania law

It took me about 5 seconds to google this up... There's TONS of examples of legislation such as this on the books in nearly all, if not all states. Please note that the update to this law happened before Bush & Co took office and I know that this term was used well before than too.

It's because it's using the Intel 263 Codec... a brief Google search shows that you can download it from this webpage...

Here are coral cache links to the actual codec downloads:

Intel 263 Codec for Win NT/2K/XP

Intel 263 Codec for Win 95/98/ME

It is a lot better than lunar materials because of the low gravity hold on its own mass. It is also a lot better than asteroidal belt material because of the short round-trip times possible, which goes straight to the bottom line in terms of rate of return.

My parents had AOL for years. I finally got them onto road runner (as a Christmas gift :). They're still paying $4.00/month, the cheapest AOL service plan, so they can keep their aol address, which they get through imap/smtp. Does this mean that they'll be able to finally drop the aol plan completely and keep their free address? Even so, they wouldn't be able to use Thunderbird to check it anymore. :(

at least with firebird, I was reminded of the Fiery Phoenix or even better DARK PHOENIX. Or even just the ORIGINAL meaning rocked.

Sure it would be a good idea to get an @aol.com mail account. They block my mail. I block their mail. After all, spam for spam is a good trade.

http://members.aol.com/Amerikanski/autry.html
http://www.theartofposter.com/RED/113.htm
http://www.contemporaryposters.com/solidarity/soli darity_center.shtml

No idea whether it is copyrighted or not, though I doubt the author would mind either way.

I am not trying to flame you but - you are a complete idiot when it comes to economics or a troll. I have seen other somewhat intelligent posts from you, but this one actually puts the rest into context. You must be too young to remember the issues that MS has faced already.

Microsoft IS a monopoly. If you don't beleive me, look at the USDOJ findings of fact (specifically Section III, article 33) US vs. Microsoft of maybe this one, or for a slightly slanted, but nonetheless relevant take. I could add other links, but I will stop there for now. It doesn't matter if they have "active and serious competitors" (which would be Apple on a completely different platform, and Linux on x86), they have a large percentage of the marketplace which puts them into a monopoly position, ergo, they have to play by certain rules which are afforded to those in that position.

I have stated this before, Microsoft, regrdless of the fact there may be other Media Players - is using it's position in the marketplace, using it's existing monopoly to leverage it's weight into the new "Media Player" market. That market not only entails the software on the Windows box - and subsequently keeps other operating systems out of the game by tying their media player, drm and codecs to their WIndows operating system. It now also allows them to leverage the umbiquity into other spinoff markets such as hardware media players (dvd players, etc), and distribution of digital media (theatres, etc).

Once they use this position of dominance to weasel their way into these other emerging markets, which is an obvious "next step" which thay have already started, they do nothing other than solidify their Windows buisness. It's using one's dominant position in the market to break into other markets which is what the EU is trying to stop and I commend them for that.

The US tried to do it in regards to the internet browser and did, then the decision was struck down by a certain newly elected government at the time. I am glad that politics aren't getting in the way this time and someone is putting their foot down.

He commited several crimes, AOL specifically chose to have him prosecuted under the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. My guess is for two reasons. One because it carries the harshest sentencing potential (criminal, meaning not just fines but jail time as well) and second because convictions under this act make an example. This is new highly publicised legislation, passed as a deterent more than anything else. Spammers have to be afraid, of laws that legislation like this enacts. If not, the legislation is worthless and not a springboard for passing other acts, creating more law with stricter guidelines and heftier consequences. The problem they ran into is that the meat of the law is about fraud and deception. As in, not fully disclosing the nature or source of the good or service being presented in the email. It's alluded to in the story "The judge, ... said it was not clear that Smathers had deceived anyone -a requirement of the new law."

No doubt he violated the terms of employment in his contract, any NDA he signed as well as non-compete contracts he agreed to. None of that is criminal however, it falls under civil law and the best they could do is take him to court and ask for damages. As for if he stole something, every /. reader knows it is never that clear with intellectual property. He didn't steal anything from the users, because they signed away all rights to the data when they signed up, ie it was never there's in the first place they were just borrowing it from AOL, who can do with it pretty much whatever they choose, under the terms of the User Agreement. As for if he stole anything from AOL any attorney could easily make the argurment that he in fact did not steal anything -which is criminal- he simply used the information inappropirately and profited from it, which is not criminal in this case, but again falls under civil law.

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/business/article.adp?id =20041210203609990007

Sprint-Nextel deal talk sparks vendor concern
By Sinead Carew, Reuters

NEW YORK, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The prospect of a deal between Sprint and Nextel Communications sparked concerns on Friday about a shrinking U.S. market for mobile network equipment, sending shares of Nextel's key supplier Motorola Inc. down almost 8 percent.

Sprint Corp. is in advanced negotiations to buy Nextel Communications Inc. for more than $36 billion in a mostly stock deal that would combine the No. 3 and No. 5 U.S. mobile providers, according to sources familiar with the deal.

Motorola is the sole network supplier and the main handset supplier to Nextel, and analysts say it has the most to lose as the industry shrinks to four main service providers.

If Sprint and Nextel merge they are expected to operate Nextel's Motorola-based network for another several years but choose technology Sprint uses for future networks.

"Motorola would certainly get a piece of that business on the infrastructure and the handset side but one, it would be a more competitive market so the margins are lower, and two, they would be sharing it," said Deutsche Bank analyst Brian Modoff, who has a "hold" rating on Motorola shares.

Sprint runs a network on standard technology known as CDMA and has plans to start using a faster version next year. Nextel uses Motorola's proprietary iDen technology.

Motorola's President and Chief Operating Officer Mike Zafirovski told an investor conference in San Francisco on Friday that he was confident Nextel would continue to use the Motorola technology known as iDen for the next 2-3 years.

Analysts believe Sprint needs to keep Nextel's network running for several years because Nextel's walkie-talkie style Push-to-Talk feature has a strong following among Nextel's lucrative and loyal business customer base.

CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR MOTOROLA

Nextel has been testing a high-speed technology from a private company called Flarion Technologies. But a Sprint deal would likely mean it does not end up using this technology, at least in the near term, several analysts have said.

Sprint will most likely instead migrate Nextel's customers to CDMA, said Legg Mason analyst Christopher King who believes the pair can save about $2 billion in the next few years by building a CDMA based network for high-speed mobile services.

In the meantime Charter Equity Research analyst Ed Snyder said Motorola is likely to lose out on the equipment side but could win some new business at Sprint by building phones that will work on both the CDMA and iDen networks.

Motorola, the U.S. market leader among handset makers, has been struggling to win back Sprint as a handset customer after being displaced by rivals, including Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. , in recent years.

Sprint currently uses network gear from Lucent Technologies Inc. , Nortel Networks and to a lesser extent Motorola. A Nextel-Sprint deal could mean more business for Lucent and Nortel.

"In terms of impact on specific vendors. If they combined and went with CDMA that's an incremental positive for Nortel and Lucent and an incremental negative for Motorola," said Tim Daubenspeck of Pacific Crest Securities.

But the mobile network gear industry as a whole will find itself fighting harder for orders from a smaller group of bigger U.S. providers, he said. European countries already only have about three or four large mobile providers each.

Ericsson , the world's biggest mobile network gear maker, recently blamed U.S. consolidation for declining sales. One of its biggest customers, Cingular Wireless , bought another client, AT&T Wireless, in October, shrinking the U.S. market to five national providers.

Daubenspeck said consolidation among service providers could force a merger spree in the

Across the pit on its farther lip, flat and vast and strange, lay the great flying-machine with which they had been experimenting upon our denser atmosphere when decay and death arrested them. Death had come not a day too soon. At the sound of a cawing overhead I looked up at the huge fighting-machine that would fight no more for ever, at the tattered red shreds of flesh that dripped down upon the overturned seats on the summit of Primrose Hill.

[skip to the epilogue]

I learned nothing fresh except that already in one week the examination of the Martian mechanisms had yielded astonishing results. Among other things, the article assured me what I did not believe at the time, that the "Secret of Flying" was discovered.

PROF. PIERSON
Have you seen any... Martians?
STRANGER
Naah. They've gone over to New York. At night the sky is alive with their lights. Just as if people were still livin' in it. By daylight you can't see them. Five days ago a couple of them carried somethin' big across the flats from the airport. I think they're learning how to fly.
PROF. PIERSON
Fly?
STRANGER
Yeah, fly.

From the article:

Surprisingly, AMP is not based on AOL's Winamp platform, only utilizing Winamp's "Unagi" playback engine. Instead, AMP is built atop the company's Communicator XUL user interface framework.

Aargh! How many times are BetaNews going to get this wrong? AOL Communicator does not use XUL. It uses wxWidgets (formerly wxWindows). They just keep on getting this wrong! Now I don't know what AOL Media Player is going to be based on.

I, for one, do want a better Internet with cool technologies like automatic Email virus protection, *free* web popup blocking, full parental controls, and *free* SuperBuddy(TM) icons and am sure all of you do too! Yay AOL!

But will a "mushroom rubber" protect you against Amanita phalloides?

Intersection

Funny thing is, I didn't even have to do a search. It's right there on their main page, right next to where it says "Popular Searchs." Just click on "Internet Service."

When will AOL learn. People are leaving because competitors are offering cheaper and faster services. If you want to stay competitive, lower your prices. People are not going to continue to pay $23.90/mon. when they can get DSL for a couple dollars more, or dial-up for less than $10/mon.

Uh...I own a clawed frog. http://members.aol.com/sirchin/afc.htm

It is one toilet bowl slip away form making your statement true.

How can you have A long WAYS?

Maybe they've been reading too much Robert Jordan.

Unfortunately, most people think that reverse DNS is either dead or not-needed so they normally don't even think about using it.

So most people do not want to send e-mails to AOL customers?

From their Standards for E-Mail Delivery:

AOL's mail servers will reject connections from any IP address that does not have reverse DNS (a PTR record).

That already happened. AOL has blogs.