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AOL to be Split into 4 Units
unsupported writes "AOL is apparently dividing into four units to provide a clear direction for each. The four divisions are as follows: Audience (Advertising, and AOL IM, Moviefon, Mapquest, Netscape.com), Access (dial-up, highspeed), AOL Europe (for the foreigners), and Digital Services (Premium services, phone and music subscription). "
There already is a Europe Online - this was explained many times back when AOL decided to enter the European market.
Is AOL (Access) or AOL (Audience) sending me these CDs?
If YOU want to get rid of them send them to:
No More AOL CDs!
1601 Navellier St.
El Cerrito CA, 94530
U.S.A.
http://www.nomoreaolcds.com/
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They do TOO know English. English is the ONLY common language of the Indian subcontinent! Unfortunately it is their own local varriation that is as difficult for an American to follow as is London Cockney. The fact that so MANY of those Americans used to have jobs that are now filled by folsk with Indian accents does not help either..
- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, minutus carborata descendum pantorum.
Anybody notice that CDs make REALLY BAD coasters? The condensation from the drink tends to run through the hole in the middle and around the outside. Then, you not only get a ring on your table, you get a wet CD which tends to stick to the drink. It also creates a more slippery surface, so the drink tends to slide off the CD. Cans are a little better in this regard, but you still get all that run-off. AOL needs to start shipping out absorbant CDs, perhaps making them from soapstone. I know it seems a little odd to state that the CDs get slippery AND sticky, but they happen at different times. Once the drink is on the coaster, it tends to stick. It's the act of placing the drink upon the coaster that brings about the whole slippery aspect of the CD-as-coaster. Also, I've found that everything seems to work better if you leave the CD in the proper drink holder on your PC. That way the liquid from condensation tends to run down into the CPU. Well, I don't suppose that's any better, huh? I tell you what I usually do is put the CD onto a larger, more absorbant coaster, thus solving the problem of water on the table. Of course, this negates the whole benefit of using CDs as coasters, because now you have to buy a coaster for each CD used. I still think AOL needs to distribute CDs made from a more coaster-friendly material. They may need another division for this.