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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...

  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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  3. Remember the DVD Cases by nev4 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I used to go to Circuit city and raid the AOL CD stand because back then (~2 years ago) the CDs came in standard DVD style cases. Now whenever I need to give someone a CD, I just toss it in one of the DVD cases...

  4. 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.

  5. 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"?

  6. Coralized Link by La+Camiseta · · Score: 5, Informative

    This should work for the text at least...

    http://stupidco.com.nyud.net:8090/aol_throne_intro .html

  7. 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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    1. Re:Miss those floppies.. by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The CD's they send out sometimes come in metal protective tins. Throw out the AOL CD, and you can put 8 of your own CD's in them. Protects them in your computer bag.

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  8. Mirror by nstrom · · Score: 5, Informative

    I threw up a quick mirror here: http://braincylinder.net.nyud.net:8090/stupidco/ao l_throne_intro.html

  9. Re:OR... by balster+neb · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can disable that (I just did).

    Go to URL about:config. Toggle browser.blink_allowed to false. Simple.

  10. Coral mirror: by swiftstream · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://stupidco.com.nyud.net:8090/aol_throne_intro .html

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  11. Re:OR... by xSauronx · · Score: 5, Interesting
    my urk is that Ive gotten an aol cd in a plastic DVD case and it was free...but a number of new games come out and use paper sleeves after I shell out $40 or $50 for a copy. I remember buying UT2k3 new and with all the cds the damn game came with, with the money i paid for it...they couldnt put them all in a jewel case or 2? I bought another game a few months ago and it was in a printed cardboard sleeve...thanks alot. A huge box, a pitiful manual...and I get a cardboard sleeve to protect the $45 i spent.

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