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Recycling Gone Wrong: The AOL Throne

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the off-with-their-members dept.

igrp writes "Ever get annoyed with the seemingly endless stream of AOL CDs that make their way to your mailbox? Instead of just tossing them, you could collect about four thousand of them and build yourself an illuminated throne."

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  1. Ahhhhh by fobsen · · Score: 5, Funny

    And I've been trying to figure out for years what they are for...

    1. Re:Ahhhhh by F34nor · · Score: 3, Funny

      An accquantance of mine wants to use them to provide the needed mass to push Jupiter over the edge into being a star.

  2. Mirror of the article: by wheany · · Score: 5, Funny

    Service Unavailable

    1. Re:Mirror of the article: by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

      Karma whore!

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    2. Re:Mirror of the article: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Crap! The Aol and Internet is down. I think I will call gateway and complain. I knew I should have installed that time syncronizing device from Gator.

    3. Re:Mirror of the article: by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

      I thought AOL was the internet! You need to start watching more TV advertising to getcherself a good edjucation.

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    4. Re:Mirror of the article: by selderrr · · Score: 5, Funny

      Internet is down

      Don't worry. I have a copy here on CD. I'll start a torrent if you want me to

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    5. Re:Mirror of the article: by perbert · · Score: 3, Funny

      > I thought AOL was the internet! You need to start
      > watching more TV advertising to getcherself a good
      > edjucation.

      No no no. It's just *one* of the internets.

  3. Slashdotted already by dgallina · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently the web server is made from recycled AOL discs as well....

  4. perhaps by avandesande · · Score: 4, Funny

    he should of built a better web server out of them

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    1. Re:perhaps by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      he should of built a better web server out of them

      Shouldn't that be "he should of built a better web server out have them"?

  5. How'd they do that? by Phybersyk0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The AOL CD throne is shaped just like an http 503 error. Such skill. Such craftsmanship.

  6. It's already slashdotted! by jd · · Score: 3, Funny
    And it's only just been posted here. Yeesh!


    Have CmdrTaco and the other Slashdot admins considered selling gratuitous story links to companies wanting to stress-test their servers?

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  7. Truth be told by Ninjy · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Service Unavailable"

    Wait, you still want me to reply to "How Much Harm Can One Website Do"?

  8. Re:OR... by madprogrammer · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't care how good a cause it is, if they use the "blink" command for more than two words, I won't support it.

  9. Re:OR... by balster+neb · · Score: 4, Funny

    Argh! That site!

    *blink* *blink*

    My eyes!

    I hate these guys! I hate them so much that I think I'll dump all my AOL cds on them or something.

    Oh wait...

  10. Re:Fastest Slashdotting ever by jd · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think Slashdot should get a mention in the Guinness book of world records. I'm just not entirely sure what for (most web admins narked, most web servers burned to the ground, news service most likely to cause sites to collapse, ...)

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  11. AOL floppy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Everyone has AOL cds, but i have an AOL version 2.0 Floppy

  12. Miss those floppies.. by Mean_Nishka · · Score: 5, Funny
    I miss the days of the AOL floppy disk, which I'd promptly use as blanks. It was great because you were never without a floppy when you most needed one :).

    It would be great for AOL to continue the tradition and mail out their installations on CD-RWs or open session CD-R's. It would certainly cut down on the waste as we'd be able to do something useful with the cd's when they arrived.

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  13. cousin action? by poptones · · Score: 4, Funny

    You don't need foam cushions to enjoy a little cousin action..

  14. This is an example of my favorite Dogbert quote. by AltGrendel · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Just like sandblasting a soup cracker."

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  15. Now That I Have Been Re-Selected: +1, Personal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny


    As King George II, I, too, am looking for an elegant throne.

    Very presidentially yours,
    "President" George W. Bush

  16. Re:Slow news day by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 4, Funny

    Only if you want to see three times in the next week.

    Tomorrow: lukewarmfusion visits the dentist

    Friday: Teeth grinding can wear down your enamel

    Tuesday: Cute dental hygenists might notice your wedding ring

    (and a bonus: Next Friday: Ask Slashdot: What's the best method for dental hygiene?)

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  17. Uses for AOL disks by Drachemorder · · Score: 4, Funny

    One year I used up nearly my entire inventory of AOL floppies (yes, it was that long ago) and CDs in making a halloween costume. I simply taped them all to a normal set of clothes, used a floppy disk as an eyepatch, and presto --- I was a software pirate.

  18. FAKE POST by A+nonymous+Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    The parent to this post WAS NOT submitted by King George II. It had no spelling or grammar errors.

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