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Posted by Techie2000 on 12-08-2001 02:33 AM:

NoMoreAolCds.com

Interesting

http://www.nomoreaolcds.com/


Posted by Keefer Lucas on 12-09-2001 03:57 PM:

PayOL

I've never used AOL. I never will. I would however pay for a software program that would prevent AOL desktop icons from EVER appearing on my system. It could run as a plugin to a virus scan program, scanning every program I install and removing anything distributed by AOL.

Is anyone else out there tired of the final phase of a program installation being the manual deletion of a desktop, start menu, and program launch icon for AOL???


Posted by MarkEagle on 12-09-2001 04:28 PM:

Re: PayOL

quote:
Originally posted by Keefer Lucas
Is anyone else out there tired of the final phase of a program installation being the manual deletion of a desktop, start menu, and program launch icon for AOL???
It's even pekier than the MSN stuff...

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Posted by LeaDxPainT on 12-09-2001 04:49 PM:

I've had a lot of use with those AOL cd's and cases. I used them for my science project ones, fins for my water bottle rocket and wheels for my mouse trap car. They serve as good coasters. I had a tin case come with a cd recently, looks kewl..gonna spray paint it.

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Posted by volcanopele on 12-09-2001 07:46 PM:

Why would I want to get rid of the AOL, MSN, etc. CDs? They make great coasters.

Jason

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Posted by Madkins007 on 12-10-2001 03:52 PM:

I will join in any "Anti-AOL/MSN/etc." protest you want. I am sick and tired of the 'free CD blitz', the pop-ups, the auto-installed stuff, and the pesky attempts to bundle it in every other peice of software in the galaxy.

I liked the anti-AOL CD's website posted earlier- I have a heap of them I will be sending in (nowhere near the 30+ pound box one person did, though! Wow!)

It is fun recycling these, but let's be fair- they are only mediocre as coasters. They are better with a few felt footpads stuck on the bottom if you want to go that far. I've seen them used as wheels, decorations, scarecrows (hang them in a tree that you want to keep birds out of- the flashing reflections scare some birds away), mini-Frisbees, BB or trap-shooting targets, and so on- but I have not seen too many ideas that the average person can use to get rid of all the flipping disks they get in the mail!


Posted by Techie2000 on 12-12-2001 12:50 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by Madkins007
It is fun recycling these, but let's be fair- they are only mediocre as coasters. They are better with a few felt footpads stuck on the bottom if you want to go that far. I've seen them used as wheels, decorations, scarecrows (hang them in a tree that you want to keep birds out of- the flashing reflections scare some birds away), mini-Frisbees, BB or trap-shooting targets, and so on- but I have not seen too many ideas that the average person can use to get rid of all the flipping disks they get in the mail!


Good PR: Make the CDs re-writeable.


Posted by robert sibell on 12-12-2001 12:59 AM:

I Have currently(5 months ago) began a collection of these kind of cd's. One from each version of aol i have been sent, etc.

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Posted by Keefer Lucas on 12-12-2001 02:33 AM:

Yummy Dummy

quote:
Originally posted by Techie2000


Good PR: Make the CDs re-writeable.



Better PR: Make them edible (and indescribably delicious). "Honey, do we have anymore AOL CDs? The game is about to start and the guys are getting hungry!"


Posted by ernieba1 on 12-12-2001 11:16 PM:

Re: Yummy Dummy

quote:
Originally posted by Keefer Lucas
Better PR: Make them edible (and indescribably delicious). "Honey, do we have anymore AOL CDs? The game is about to start and the guys are getting hungry!"


Here's how to settle this dispute: Writeable edible CDs . "Honey, don't eat those! They've got our backup files!"

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Posted by Keefer Lucas on 12-13-2001 01:50 AM:

Re: Re: Yummy Dummy

quote:
Originally posted by ernieba1

"Honey, don't eat those! They've got our backup files!"



You mean DVD doesn't stand for "Digestible Video Disk"?


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