AOL= America Online

[EJBasile]

A while ago i realized this...

AOL stands for America Online, yet Online is one word, not two thus not "OL"


strange

any thoughts


Personally I don't like AOL, to many features and stuff.

[Sun Baked]

Yes, the stop using the plunger to clean out the ear wax.

[homerjward]

uhh...a thought: why do they still say america online. even the company was officially aol/time warner until a while ago, right?

[mymemory]

Oh no guys.. now I can't sleep, another importnat issue to think about :eek:

[edesignuk]

AOL stands for America Online, yet Online is one word, not two thus not "OL"http://upload.yo-momma.net/uploads/macros/masteroftheobvious.jpg

[jsw]

...
Darn it! I wanted to be Master of the Obvious. I've always wanted to be able to shoot lightning from my fingertips. A cool Gandalf-like staff, and even hair. I'd take long, blond hair if it meant I had hair again.

Plus, I'm just jealous that EJBasile was gifted with a custom edesignuk image.

Of well, off to bed to dream of better things....

[Stike]

Hahaha, that pic cracks me up everytime... hilarious.
I think I know what´s up, its

AOL = MERICAN ONLIEN LMERS!1!1 OMG WTF

;) :D

[Mechcozmo]

I don't know, nor do I care. AOL seems to install more software that messes up your computer than all the adware for WinTells that I know of, combined. (Forget speelling, its late at night)

[iMeowbot]

any thoughts
Not really, but I'll write something anyway.

It could have been worse. If Apple hadn't decided to exit the online services business in 1989*, the service would probably now be called APE.

*AOL used to be known as AppleLink Personal Edition. Apple like to start online ventures and then dump them; they did it with eWorld, the Cyberdog services and iTools, and I can't help but wonder how long it will be before they lose interest in .Mac and iTMS.

[iJon]

edesign, i love your pics. everytime i open a thread now i hope to see one. they just can't be beat.

iJon

[edesignuk]

edesign, i love your pics. everytime i open a thread now i hope to see one. they just can't be beat.

iJonI have another great one in the wing ready for the next "obvious" thread ;) Stay tuned.

[bcsimac]

That pic is soo cool!

[musicpyrite]

AOL=Scourge of Satan

[bousozoku]

Why not dwell on the people who call it American Online instead?

[applemacdude]

AOL=POS

[FredAkbar]

edesign, i love your pics. everytime i open a thread now i hope to see one. they just can't be beat.

iJon
I'm sure the person they're making fun of just loves them to death. Keep those awesome pics coming. And why stop at one every couple days? The more people you make fun of, the better this community gets.

:rolleyes:

[King Cobra]

Why not dwell on the people who call it American Online instead?
Americans, offline! :D Almost anyone I talk to about AOL thinks very negative things about the service.

[bousozoku]

Americans, offline! :D Almost anyone I talk to about AOL thinks very negative things about the service.

They think? :D I wasn't sure that anyone using the service used their minds.

[zarathustra]

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but early on, adhering to strict English grammar rules, online was spelled on-line. See when you stand in line, that's two words, than you got on line, and to show the fact that you were in fact continuosly on the line, they made it one word. "Are you on the internet? Yes, I'm on-line."

Then America Online was the one to pull it together into one word.

Or maybe I should lay off the hash cookies... :p

From WordNet (r) 2.0:

on-line
adj 1: on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system;
"on-line industries" [ant: off-line]
2: connected to a computer network or accessible by computer;
"an on-line database" [ant: off-line]
3: being in progress now; "on-line editorial projects" [syn: on-line(a)]

-----------------

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03):

on-line

<jargon> 1. Ready for use. E.g. "The graph plotter's fixed
and on-line again".

2. Interactive as opposed to batch. Accessible via a
computer (or terminal), rather than on paper or other
medium.

3. Of a user, actively using a computer system, especially the
Internet. E.g "I haven't been on-line for three days."

"On-line" should be hyphenated because it is compounded from
two words but the hyphen is often omitted in names of
organisations or services.

(1998-12-22)

[King Cobra]

Or maybe I should lay off the hash cookies...
Would it really hurt that much? :D

Speaking of strict English rules, "You've got mail" isn't even right. It should be: "You have mail."

[Thomas Veil]

Old, but still funny:

http://users.adelphia.net/~tjveil/images/aolsignon.JPG

[bousozoku]

...
Or maybe I should lay off the hash cookies... :p

Or the hash tables, if you're a developer. :D

[LethalWolfe]

http://upload.yo-momma.net/uploads/macros/62260165.jpg


That pic/caption would be funny if it was He-Man or some other character from Masters of the Universe and not Rastilin<sp?> from Dragaon Lance.

Just my 2 cents (again).

Lethal

[edesignuk]

I'm sure the person they're making fun of just loves them to death. Keep those awesome pics coming. And why stop at one every couple days? The more people you make fun of, the better this community gets.

:rolleyes:
They'll pop up the next time a thread as utterly stupid as this one shows up, I hardly think it's damaging the community, no need for :rolleyes: lighten up, it's funny!

[FredAkbar]

They'll pop up the next time a thread as utterly stupid as this one shows up, I hardly think it's damaging the community, no need for :rolleyes: lighten up, it's funny!
Yeah, I guess I just don't think it's nice/fair to (in this case) the starter of the thread to openly call the thread "utterly stupid." Even if you think it is, perhaps EJBasile is genuinely interested in this, and it seems kind of mean to say that about his thread, or to post the pic even if it gives humor to you and others.

I only said the "damaging the community" thing to mean that people (especially newer people) might not feel as free to post if someone will come along and make fun of their post if they don't like it.

But whatever, if EJBasile doesn't mind then I shouldn't have complained about it to begin with. I'm just sticking up for the person being made fun of.

[edesignuk]

Yeah, I guess I just don't think it's nice/fair to (in this case) the starter of the thread to openly call the thread "utterly stupid." Even if you think it is, perhaps EJBasile is genuinely interested in this, and it seems kind of mean to say that about his thread, or to post the pic even if it gives humor to you and others.Man, people are getting (or are) way to sensetive around here...

[King Cobra]

You know I gotta do it, Jaime:

http://andrej.gadgetgaming.com/images/comedy/notmine/chillout/chillout1.jpg

[EJBasile]

Yeah, I guess I just don't think it's nice/fair to (in this case) the starter of the thread to openly call the thread "utterly stupid." Even if you think it is, perhaps EJBasile is genuinely interested in this, and it seems kind of mean to say that about his thread, or to post the pic even if it gives humor to you and others.

I only said the "damaging the community" thing to mean that people (especially newer people) might not feel as free to post if someone will come along and make fun of their post if they don't like it.

But whatever, if EJBasile doesn't mind then I shouldn't have complained about it to begin with. I'm just sticking up for the person being made fun of.

Thank You!