http://www.vnunet.com/News/1133899

I heard about that on the news today. Just what we need.

They've ripped me off before. Bunch of thieves.

I hope they go the way of Enron, Worldcom, and Cyberwings :angry:

Originally posted by Symbolik9
I hope they go the way of Enron, Worldcom, and Cyberwings :angry: LOL

i hate aol... i just love the discs they send great for throwing at people around the office. Could you imagine how many discs they send out a day...

Today another corporate fraud was announced on CNN.

Nooo! I like receiving those cds. I hand them all over my room. Right now I have a full wall of aol cds taped to it. Its cool when the sun comes up. :)

Originally posted by dbzgod
Nooo! I like receiving those cds. I hand them all over my room. Right now I have a full wall of aol cds taped to it. Its cool when the sun comes up. :) You've Got Problems! {S YGP LOL

I forgot to mention i once hit a co worker in the head with an aol disc he took 2 days off and blamed me.. good thing he was his own boss...lol
Edit: No i didnt injure him he just decided to go with his wife on a 4day vacation.

i hate aol... i just love the discs they send great for throwing at people around the office. Could you imagine how many discs they send out a day...

We collect the disks to make them into coasters there all over the office everybody has their favorite. Mine is the one from target (red and white with a bull terrier on it).

ROFL@the disc stories.

Man, it seems that all of Corporate America is FRAUD. What the heck is going on.

lol Cyberwings CEO will be on Larry King Live today!

Originally posted by hostingplex
Man, it seems that all of Corporate America is FRAUD. What the heck is going on.

It's just that the news media has become bored with the "War on Terrorism" and is looking for a new target. Big business has been in their sights for some time and they finally pulled the trigger. The government likes it because it gives them a reason for another power grab in passing more useless legislation.

The fraud is limited to very few businesses, it's just that the media hype has blown it way out of line.

If you want to see masters of financial corruption, look at the governments books. The only difference is that the congress can pass laws that make anything they do legal.

lol yeh.. i really got bored of the war on terrorism..

But i am soon getting bored of corporate fraud - what next?

very true, ... media always makes things worse.

Gotta love the AOL disks ;) I got excited when they started sending them to us in those spiffy tin cans. Or how about the plastic dvd cases?

They have too much money to throw around if you ask me. :eek:

Reply to All Of America Fraud:
acually it seems like there are so many frauds but then think...count how many of them you have heard of, enron, AOL, Worldcom i mean there really are not to many of them but see they are not telling you that htere are a billion other businesses in the world. Heck go for a drive and count how many diffrent companies you find...barely any of them are fraud.

Reply to AoL disk:
these stories are great LOL. I wonder how much money they acually make off of those disk they send out...they cost them probly like 3 dollars each to send out....but i wonder how many custmers they get from it.

I have one cylinder of AOL disks which I am contemplating what to do with. Should I sell them back to AOL to make some quick bucks or to use them to train our dog?

I certainly do not hope AOL go bust bcause it will worsen the stock market as if it is not bad enough already.

Originally posted by Lamont


It's just that the news media has become bored with the "War on Terrorism" and is looking for a new target. Big business has been in their sights for some time and they finally pulled the trigger. The government likes it because it gives them a reason for another power grab in passing more useless legislation.

The fraud is limited to very few businesses, it's just that the media hype has blown it way out of line.

If you want to see masters of financial corruption, look at the governments books. The only difference is that the congress can pass laws that make anything they do legal.

What? you don't like democracy? :eek:

Originally posted by cedwards
Reply to All Of America Fraud:
acually it seems like there are so many frauds but then think...count how many of them you have heard of, enron, AOL, Worldcom i mean there really are not to many of them but see they are not telling you that htere are a billion other businesses in the world. Heck go for a drive and count how many diffrent companies you find...barely any of them are fraud.


Still, it is unusual for this number of companies in this relatively short period.

Originally posted by Ahmad


What? you don't like democracy? :eek:

Yes, I do like democracy. The U.S. however, is not a democracy. It's a Representative Republic, meaning we chose those who represent us in government. Unfortunately, those we chose usually end up representing only their own self-interest and over inflated egos. They pass the laws we must live by and exempt themselves from having to abide by them.

If we were a true democracy where each person had a direct voice in how the government was run with a true 'majority rule' I doubt the tax rate would be as high as it is with as much waste in spending.

But then, with the way a lot of people seem today, we might be totally screwed.

Who cares if AOL goes down? TRUST ME. There are companies out there who are more the WILLING to take over AOL.

I agree. AOL was the worst thing that ever happened to the internet. Their goal was to completely dominate it with their lousy service. They are so desparate their latest CDs have 'Come back to AOL' printed on them.

Friends don't let friends use AOL.

Heh... what amazes me is worldcom can get slammed for 4 billion dollars when the US has over 6 trillion dollars in debt.... anybody see a problem here? :)

The difference is :if worldcom goes down we are still doing fine, but if US goes down we will be sitting ducks!!!

Originally posted by DanielP
Heh... what amazes me is worldcom can get slammed for 4 billion dollars when the US has over 6 trillion dollars in debt.... anybody see a problem here? :)

I just hope one day someone comes up with a way of re-writing old disks, then I'll happily accept AOL's disks, at the moment they will continue to hang by threads from my bedroom window (looks great on a sunny morning)

When my sister used to have AOL (:mad: I know, I know) it wasn't too slow (for 56k) but the major problem I saw with it was the fact you had to use their really bad software, you wanna check your e-mail you had to start up the e-mail, ftp, web browsing, media player, instant messenger etc. And it was big clunky software, it was a jack of all trades but a master of none. Every componenet was poor, so you still had to load other software anyway.

And their amazing content that they sold themselves on, it consisted of a couple of photos in a slideshow everyday with a paragraph next to them about the photo, such themes were "stars without makeup", "stars with newborn babies", "stars with...." you get the picture

And the less said about trying to leave the better.

Oh and lastly don't think joining them will stop the flood of disks (£14.99/ month seems worth it, at least to give your postman a break) the flood gets a lot worse with about 1-2 a week to get your friend onto aol. (I wouldn't be that crule to my friends, not even for £25!)

A long time ago I thought AOL was simply bad mouthed by little hackers who saw it as the "machine" its only when you use it you realise just how bad it is

Sorry to rant but aol makes me very :angry: