So they're aiming for the retro crowd who wants all the internet of the 90s in a five-disk collection?

/actually, uses yahoo for sports coverage

Vut ees eet sinking about?

If you had lead weights on the boat, wouldn't they already be contributing to the sinking of said boat regardless of whether you tied them to the hull or not?

The Internet you used to love.

mod3072: If you had lead weights on the boat, wouldn't they already be contributing to the sinking of said boat regardless of whether you tied them to the hull or not?

Throwing them overboard, even if they were still tied to the ship, would be better than just keeping them inside the hull. With the weights submerged, water pressure would support some of their mass instead of the ship having to bear all of it. So, contrary to submitter's headline, it's a fairly smart thing to do in the circumstances (assuming there's some reason why you just can't jettison the weights completely).

When will underwater rovers find the wreck of the AOL Fitzgerald?

I would use AOL, but I ran out of free hours.

I had no idea AOL was still around. Did they get a bailout or something?

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Talondel: AOL still exists?

Came here to say this.

Dammit. And all this time I've been using the *light* lead weights.

Guess that explains all the capsizing....

That's so crazy it just might work!

Wouldn't Yahoo do better by just waiting then picking up the assets from bankruptcy trustees?

Uzzah : Throwing them overboard, even if they were still tied to the ship, would be better than just keeping them inside the hull. With the weights submerged, water pressure would support some of their mass instead of the ship having to bear all of it. So, contrary to submitter's headline, it's a fairly smart thing to do in the circumstances (assuming there's some reason why you just can't jettison the weights completely).

They're lead, so cutting them loose would get you dinged for polluting the water.

Whereas if the ship sinks with the lead weights, it's just a ship sinking :P

Uzzah: mod3072: If you had lead weights on the boat, wouldn't they already be contributing to the sinking of said boat regardless of whether you tied them to the hull or not?

Throwing them overboard, even if they were still tied to the ship, would be better than just keeping them inside the hull. With the weights submerged, water pressure would support some of their mass instead of the ship having to bear all of it. So, contrary to submitter's headline, it's a fairly smart thing to do in the circumstances (assuming there's some reason why you just can't jettison the weights completely).

Except that heavy lead weights on board ship are usually carried for a reason: ballast. By throwing them overboard, you would reduce the ship's deadweight displacement, but probably also create a severe stability problem by making the vessel top-heavy.

"In August, AOL reported a surprise quarterly loss and blamed weaker-than-expected advertising growth. Shares plunged 31 percent."

Surprise loss? To who?

"Moran forecast that advertising revenue at AOL will grow 1 percent to 2 percent this year."

Get a brain Moran.

"There are still some believers in AOL"

And the economy is in recovery too.

Remember the whole AOL buying TimeWarner deal? The greatest reverse-buyout in history. The TimeWarner board must have been laughing themselves into unconsciousness afterwards, while thinking to themselves "SUCKERS!!!".

...AOL hired Bank of America and Allen & Co to review alternatives.

God, it's like a voltron of shiatty companies.

MOE: Boy! That's a beauty! How d'ya get it?

CURLY: On my hang nail!

MOE: Hang nail!

[The fish jumps up and down on the boat]

MOE: Get him quick before it gets out of the boat.

[Larry and Curly go after the fish. Curly accidentally hits Moe with the club]

MOE: Oh! Oh! Get him quick fellas! Hit him on the head with something.

[Curly grabs an ax and tries to go after the fish. Now, he accidentally hits Larry with the ax]

LARRY: Oh! Oh! Oh!

MOE: Get over after him, there. Give him a right hook. Left hook him!

[Curly sees the fish on the boat and tries to hit it with the ax, but he misses and chops a hole in the boat. Water is now coming into the boat]

CURLY: Nyah ah ah! Hey fellas!

MOE: What is it?

CURLY: The water's comin' in the boat.

MOE: Ya lunkhead, you chopped a hole in it. Now get back there and let the water out. [Curly goes to the other end of the boat]

LARRY: Come on.

MOE: Come on! Bail out. [grabs a pot]

LARRY: I haven't got my parachute.

[Moe hits Larry on the head with the pot]

MOE: Get a pot. Get a pot.

CURLY: [grabs a hand-drill] Oh! A water letter-outer. Haha. [drills a hole into the boat] That's one. [drills another hole]

[Larry and Moe are quickly trying to get the water out of the boat with their pots, but Larry is splashing water all over Moe]

MOE: What are you doing? [slaps Larry] Get out of here. I--- [looks off-camera and sees Curly drilling holes] Hey! Hey! Hey you!

Goddamn. 1995 came back?

i always wondered if their were any smart execs at AOL back in the day saying "Sir, we should really make this broadband thing OUR biatch"

It's flatly unbelievable they once bought TImeWarner.

It would be nice if AOL and Yahoo could reinvent themselves meaningfully. I'm sure AOL could try to get some infrastructure going and provide high-speed internet services at competitive prices in partnership with Yahoo instead of trying to be a late-breaker in the oversaturated market of internet ads

Pinner: Vut ees eet sinking about?

a strong play.

Talondel: AOL still exists?

The only reason any dialup still exists is because of those too far out for DSL or cable who can't afford satellite internet (lowest I've heard of is $60 a month) and those who could get DSL or cable, but don't because they feel their dialup connection is adequate.

You've got fail!