for pity sakes. AOL has been threatening to kill off McAfee for over a
year now.


PLEASE AOL! Just do it and get it over with!


"If you have to shoot...SHOOT! Don't talk..."

Cripes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUslGSoEH8I




Dear bschnautz,

The software license for your McAfee® VirusScan® Plus - Special
edition from AOL will expire this month. Once your current license
expires, your PC may be at risk. That's why we have partnered with
McAfee to offer you our premium security software at a 43% discount
off the normal retail price.

McAfee® Internet Security Suite - Special edition from AOL provides
our highest level of protection, with additional safeguards not
included in your current version of VirusScan Plus:

* Faster start-up, shut-down, and scan times allow you to play
games, watch videos, and be productive on your computer without your
security software slowing you down
* Identity-theft protection helps you shop, bank, and trade stocks
online safely
* Network monitoring alerts you when intruders attempt to connect
to your home network

Plus, the recently released version of McAfee Internet Security Suite,
McAfee 2009, changes the game on how threats are identified. McAfee's
Active Protection technology can analyze and block a new threat in
seconds, rather than waiting hours for updates like other computer
security programs. This is important because a previously unknown
virus can attack through a Web site, e-mail or instant message as soon
as you connect to the Internet.

Every month as many as 5,000 new online threats are discovered. With
that number growing at an alarming rate, you cannot afford to be
without comprehensive PC protection. Upgrade now to take advantage of
AOL's special offer -- doing so will help avoid a lapse in your
computer's protection and provide additional peace of mind.

Sincerely,

AOL Member Services



©2009 AOL LLC. All Rights Reserved. AOL and the AOL Triangle Logo are
registered trademarks of AOL LLC. All other trademarks and/or
registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

I didn't realize anyone still used AOL.

Man, I miss those CDs that used to come packaged with *everything.* g

I used to be a sysop on a popular forum on Compuserve, and when AOL came
along, the brain trusts at CIS thought they were king of the hill, and did
nothing... right up until AOL bought them. Thanks to those CDs...

--Mike

"Tim" wrote in message
...
for pity sakes. AOL has been threatening to kill off McAfee for over a
year now.


PLEASE AOL! Just do it and get it over with!


"If you have to shoot...SHOOT! Don't talk..."

Cripes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUslGSoEH8I




Dear bschnautz,

The software license for your McAfee® VirusScan® Plus - Special
edition from AOL will expire this month. Once your current license
expires, your PC may be at risk. That's why we have partnered with
McAfee to offer you our premium security software at a 43% discount
off the normal retail price.

McAfee® Internet Security Suite - Special edition from AOL provides
our highest level of protection, with additional safeguards not
included in your current version of VirusScan Plus:

* Faster start-up, shut-down, and scan times allow you to play
games, watch videos, and be productive on your computer without your
security software slowing you down
* Identity-theft protection helps you shop, bank, and trade stocks
online safely
* Network monitoring alerts you when intruders attempt to connect
to your home network

Plus, the recently released version of McAfee Internet Security Suite,
McAfee 2009, changes the game on how threats are identified. McAfee's
Active Protection technology can analyze and block a new threat in
seconds, rather than waiting hours for updates like other computer
security programs. This is important because a previously unknown
virus can attack through a Web site, e-mail or instant message as soon
as you connect to the Internet.

Every month as many as 5,000 new online threats are discovered. With
that number growing at an alarming rate, you cannot afford to be
without comprehensive PC protection. Upgrade now to take advantage of
AOL's special offer -- doing so will help avoid a lapse in your
computer's protection and provide additional peace of mind.

Sincerely,

AOL Member Services



©2009 AOL LLC. All Rights Reserved. AOL and the AOL Triangle Logo are
registered trademarks of AOL LLC. All other trademarks and/or
registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 21:15:16 -0700, "mgg" wrote:

I used to be a sysop on a popular forum on Compuserve, and when AOL came
along, the brain trusts at CIS thought they were king of the hill, and did
nothing... right up until AOL bought them. Thanks to those CDs...

Compuserve was the best back in the 80s and early 90s. They threw it
all away by not keeping up with the times. H&R Block treated them like
a cash cow and CIS management got complacent.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 21:15:16 -0700, "mgg" wrote:

I used to be a sysop on a popular forum on Compuserve, and when AOL came
along, the brain trusts at CIS thought they were king of the hill, and did
nothing... right up until AOL bought them. Thanks to those CDs...

Compuserve was the best back in the 80s and early 90s. They threw it
all away by not keeping up with the times. H&R Block treated them like
a cash cow and CIS management got complacent.


Absolutely. When CIS decided not to embrace the "new" internet, and continue
to charge extra for their content, they nailed their coffin shut. I was
involved in it all, and myself along with a bunch of other sysops begged
them to change policy. It all fell on deaf ears.

Compuserve *was* a cash cow, and it was milked dry. Prodigy and GEnie never
even got close to them.

--Mike

On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 21:15:16 -0700, "mgg" wrote:

I didn't realize anyone still used AOL.

This is Tim we're talking about here - the Luddite's Luddite.

He's still using a Tandy 386.

On 10/8/09 6:13 AM, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 21:15:16 -0700, wrote:

I didn't realize anyone still used AOL.

This is Tim we're talking about here - the Luddite's Luddite.

He's still using a Tandy 386.


Sorta like using a large horsepower two cycle outboard,eh?

--
Birther-Deather-Tenther-Teabagger:
Idiots All

Is AOL still in business? I thought they folded.

Tim wrote:
for pity sakes. AOL has been threatening to kill off McAfee for over a
year now.


PLEASE AOL! Just do it and get it over with!


"If you have to shoot...SHOOT! Don't talk..."

Cripes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUslGSoEH8I




Dear bschnautz,

The software license for your McAfee® VirusScan® Plus - Special
edition from AOL will expire this month. Once your current license
expires, your PC may be at risk. That's why we have partnered with
McAfee to offer you our premium security software at a 43% discount
off the normal retail price.

McAfee® Internet Security Suite - Special edition from AOL provides
our highest level of protection, with additional safeguards not
included in your current version of VirusScan Plus:

* Faster start-up, shut-down, and scan times allow you to play
games, watch videos, and be productive on your computer without your
security software slowing you down
* Identity-theft protection helps you shop, bank, and trade stocks
online safely
* Network monitoring alerts you when intruders attempt to connect
to your home network

Plus, the recently released version of McAfee Internet Security Suite,
McAfee 2009, changes the game on how threats are identified. McAfee's
Active Protection technology can analyze and block a new threat in
seconds, rather than waiting hours for updates like other computer
security programs. This is important because a previously unknown
virus can attack through a Web site, e-mail or instant message as soon
as you connect to the Internet.

Every month as many as 5,000 new online threats are discovered. With
that number growing at an alarming rate, you cannot afford to be
without comprehensive PC protection. Upgrade now to take advantage of
AOL's special offer -- doing so will help avoid a lapse in your
computer's protection and provide additional peace of mind.

Sincerely,

AOL Member Services



©2009 AOL LLC. All Rights Reserved. AOL and the AOL Triangle Logo are
registered trademarks of AOL LLC. All other trademarks and/or
registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

On Oct 8, 5:13*am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 21:15:16 -0700, "mgg" wrote:
I didn't realize anyone still used AOL.

This is Tim we're talking about here - the Luddite's Luddite.

He's still using a Tandy 386.


you're close Tom. Even though it's missing some of the features of my
wifes, Blackberry, the Tandy 102 suits me fine.

http://www.electronixandmore.com/mis...ers/2tandy.jpg

Yes, I still have an AOL acct. I go look at it about once a week if I
rememebr to. and clean out some of the junk. I still have friends who
like to pass around a lot of "cutsies" And I'm afraid if I let the
build up to where the email box stuffs full, they'll be getting them
back then asking me why.

So....

But there was a time when I actually thought Aol *WAS* the internet.
I thought that AOL was the actual name of the internet.


I should have canceled them, but i kept paying their monthly extortion
fee till they came out with the "free" edition a couple maybe three
years ago. that upgrade took out some of their features but not enough
to justify having them.

So.......

I have a gmail account, and Firefox. What more do I need?

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 04:58:28 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

I have a gmail account, and Firefox. What more do I need?

Nada except maybe for Agent newsreader. If you set up your AOL mail
to forward to GMAIL, you won't have to worry about your AOL inbox
filling up.

In article 5b985018-55f3-481e-895c-98ca25f9c662
@v20g2000vbs.googlegroups.com, says...

On Oct 8, 5:13*am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 21:15:16 -0700, "mgg" wrote:
I didn't realize anyone still used AOL.

This is Tim we're talking about here - the Luddite's Luddite.

He's still using a Tandy 386.


you're close Tom. Even though it's missing some of the features of my
wifes, Blackberry, the Tandy 102 suits me fine.

http://www.electronixandmore.com/mis...ers/2tandy.jpg

Yes, I still have an AOL acct. I go look at it about once a week if I
rememebr to. and clean out some of the junk. I still have friends who
like to pass around a lot of "cutsies" And I'm afraid if I let the
build up to where the email box stuffs full, they'll be getting them
back then asking me why.

So....

But there was a time when I actually thought Aol *WAS* the internet.
I thought that AOL was the actual name of the internet.

Yes, after a very deliberate insinuation that they were "the internet".
It made many older folks afraid to leave them.. Years ago when I built
computers, I used to put it right in the contract "installing anything
AOL voids the warrantee, period".



I should have canceled them, but i kept paying their monthly extortion
fee till they came out with the "free" edition a couple maybe three
years ago. that upgrade took out some of their features but not enough
to justify having them.

So.......

I have a gmail account, and Firefox. What more do I need?