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MightyMon s0m30n3 s3t up us the m0n	posted 04-05-2001 13:58 Wow. AIM is as bad as fucking EZBoard. Works one minute, not the next. Gee-willikers, will I have to sell my soul and go to ICQ and live in Alt-S hell? ------------------ You take a 98-percent concentration of fuming nitric acid and add the acid to three times that amount of sulfuric acid. Do this in an ice bath. Then add glycerin drop-by-drop with an eye dropper. You have nitroglycerin. IP: Logged
Snag Leaky Pen	posted 04-05-2001 14:04 Did AIM just crash on you, and refuse to come back up? I hate AIM, spawn of AOL. AOL - Satan. Stupid Steve Jobs, shoulda stayed a fucking hippy... ------------------ All your... shut the fuck up. IP: Logged
Clme cake fiend	posted 04-05-2001 14:28 Aim is the only nice thing I've ever EVER been able to say about AOL. Wasn't Steve Jobs the apple guy? I didn't know he had anything to do with AOL. Hrm. IP: Logged
Clme cake fiend	posted 04-05-2001 15:51 This is very bizarre. This is even more bizarre. Its happening to everyone! IP: Logged
Demon-of-Elru TFC Bitch	posted 04-05-2001 16:12 My AIM is fucked up right now. It can't load my Buddy List, and when I try to send an IM, it says I have that person blocked. So I went into the prefs and privacy. No one is in my block list Stupid AIM. IP: Logged
Snag Leaky Pen	posted 04-05-2001 16:14 Yeah, I just realized Steve Jobs had nothing to with AOL. I feel like an idiot now, but I'm used to that it happens a lot. Steve Case is the AOL guy, but I can't make fun of him, cuz I don't know anything about him. What's up with these fucking Steves anyways? Oh, and FUCK AIM, AOL, and all their nazi software! ------------------ All your... shut the fuck up. IP: Logged
zaksquatch Member with a member	posted 04-05-2001 16:31 I think the internet is broken today. Who do I call about that? ------------------ It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. Rene Descartes IP: Logged
Snag Leaky Pen	posted 04-05-2001 17:03 Call MIT. The internet is in their basement. It's the hovering, blue spere of energy with all the wires coming out of it. Not the red one, oh God not the red one. Make sure you tell them somethings wrong with the big blue one ------------------ All your... shut the fuck up. IP: Logged
kokinolimoneiki Member with a member	posted 04-05-2001 17:18 AIM IS indeed the ONLY good thing AOL can brag about. AOL is like Starbucks, AT&T, Time Warner and any other Ted Turner corporation monopoly bullshit. They're all fucking evil, and their karma smells like really old blue cheese. That's all I have to say about that...(Forrest Gump-who I reckon would have used AOL if available at the time, since only morons use it) IP: Logged
Clme cake fiend	posted 04-05-2001 17:23 I say call Mightymon. He's in tech support and will be more than willing to help you with any problems that you have. It has come to my attention that my cheesy little graphics in my post above may not be loading for some people. If you are truly interested, you can also see them here [This message has been edited by Clme (edited 04-05-2001).] IP: Logged
MightyMon s0m30n3 s3t up us the m0n	posted 04-05-2001 17:47 This is what you do to fix AIM: Browse on over to http://www.ILoveAOL.com and buy a blow-up AIM icon doll. When you get it in the mail, promptly blow it up and then proceed to sodomize it. Get someone to take pictures of this. Develop said pictures. Post them in this thread. Yes, this is a tried-and-true method of fixing AIM. ------------------ You take a 98-percent concentration of fuming nitric acid and add the acid to three times that amount of sulfuric acid. Do this in an ice bath. Then add glycerin drop-by-drop with an eye dropper. You have nitroglycerin. IP: Logged
eod TREAT MERIGHT!	posted 04-05-2001 20:52 AIM is the only good thing to come out of the AOL labs. ICQ which they now own, really is a bloated peice of shit that hasn't be improved for a long time. IP: Logged
MrSelfdestruct Member with a member	posted 04-05-2001 21:54 The worst part of AIM is the error message: Connection Lost, Check your Internet Connection. Bastards, I'm Broadband Maybe y'all should check yer damn software "Al yer 3l33t Haxxors are belong to JeffK" IP: Logged
Bitchgoddess battin' .500	posted 04-06-2001 00:57 I gotta say I'm disappointed in all of you AIM users. AOL is being sued by everyone else because AIM is the only instant messenger service that is not compatible with all of the others. MSN is much better, and is compatible, as is ICQ. That may just be the reason it is down. Steve Jobs is indeed the CEO of Apple, he was once crank called by Bill Gates at 3am, and told in a severe accent that the IMac sucks. It's true. Gates got really drunk one night with his wife and a friend of hers who had dated Jobs a couple of times, and they decided they wanted to crank call someone. He said 'hey, let's call Steve!' So the friend pulled out her cell phone, and called him, got his voicemail, and they left a couple of pretty funny mesaages. The next day Bill asked the girl who they really called, she told him they had really called Jobs. Gates was mortified, and they had to apologize through the girlfriend. I don't remember where I read this account, some magazine article, but I laughed my ass off. ------------------ ~Bitch~ IP: Logged
Clme cake fiend	posted 04-06-2001 02:20 Actually, it was down due to some sort of overload. It took them over an hour to get it back up. But I have to disagree with you two issues: First of all, I like AIM better than most of the other chat clients I've seen. --mIRC sucks ass. --ICQ is just annoying..and as eod said, its old and unupdated. --Yahoo messenger is alright..but no one uses it. --Same with MSN Second: Who isn't compatible with whom? I mean... How long has AIM been around now? I think that since AIM came out so much sooner than the others (barring ICQ) that it is actually all of the others that are not compatible with AIM. What do the other companies have that would give them a leg to stand on in court? AOL has a potential monopoly, sure... AIM does not. Its called competition. There is no law that states that because I like MSN that I have the right to say that all other chat programs have to be compatible. Plus of course...can you imagine, with as overloaded as AIM servers are now, adding multiple-chat program compatibility to the mix? For that type of things there is email and telephones. Anyone else agree/disagree? [This message has been edited by Clme (edited 04-06-2001).] IP: Logged
Clme cake fiend	posted 04-06-2001 02:28 I thought I should also add this: There are a couple of programs out there that allow you to chat with AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and ICQ all at once. But there is a downside: The programs basically do not support the different fonts/graphics/smileys/colors that all of the other chat clients have as their own, and use differently. Plus, you would only be able to have the personal, one-on-one chats. I dont know that they support chat rooms. So... if you dont mind losing some of the "perks", such as smileys(what will I do without my smileys???) and chat-room access, these could work for you. Has anyone tried these? Recommendations would be greatly appreciated. IP: Logged
Jimbo 1 dr3w j00 4 p1ggy!	posted 04-06-2001 10:23 quote: Originally posted by Clme: But I have to disagree with you two issues: First of all, I like AIM better than most of the other chat clients I've seen. Agreed, though it fucking PISSES ME OFF that every new incoming message steals the focus. quote: Second: Who isn't compatible with whom? I mean... How long has AIM been around now? I think that since AIM came out so much sooner than the others (barring ICQ) that it is actually all of the others that are not compatible with AIM. Read and be enlightened, uncouth one. AOL won't LET competitors create a compatible client, and in fact they have changed their own standards several times specifically to break competitor clients that are capable of interoperability. Microsoft - repeat, MICROSOFT - is even pushing for open-sourcing IM protocols. AOL's fighting it, and fighting it HARD. If you really think the problem is that nobody else is willing to code an AIM-compatible client, I strongly suggest you go read that link up there and most of the related articles. IP: Logged
MrSelfdestruct Member with a member	posted 04-06-2001 11:49 Eau Contraire I used to use a chatting program called Odigo. (found @ www.odigo.com) They had the ability to chat with AIM, Yahoo, ICQ and had its own chatting interface as well. It was a great program, i used it for a long time. It works well with all of the messengers listed above. The only hangups were with Yahoo, and when AIM went down. As Clme stated before, some of the functions unique to the individual messengers didn't cross over (like away messages). But other than that, I used it until all of my friends switched over to AIM. Check out the site, It is a realy nice program, albeit a kinda hokey one. "I am the needle in the vein, I am the hich you can't sustain, I'm a pusher; I'm a whore, I am the need in you for more" IP: Logged
MightyMon s0m30n3 s3t up us the m0n	posted 04-06-2001 12:15 And I strongly say, "Who gives a fuck?" Of all the things to sue AOL for, AIM should be near the bottom of the list, alongside reason #5435234: I don't like their buddy icons! Those stories are too numerous to read, Jimbo. These issues may be important to corporations but I get the feeling they're not that big to the everyday chatter. And as long as all of these chat programs remain free the issues of competition are going to remain at the deepest, murkiest parts of users' minds. AOL sucks, AIM kicks nuts! ------------------ You take a 98-percent concentration of fuming nitric acid and add the acid to three times that amount of sulfuric acid. Do this in an ice bath. Then add glycerin drop-by-drop with an eye dropper. You have nitroglycerin. IP: Logged
zippy Member with a member bigger than the member with a member	posted 04-06-2001 20:09 i feel that i should add my two cents, in defense of icq. 1) to say that icq has not been updated is a bunch of shit. the 2000 version of icq has a few large improvements over the previous versions, and i find it to be infinitly more stable. 2) while icq does in fact load too much of your message history, it at least keeps a message history, unlike aim. 3) icq and aim cater to different chat mentalities. whereas aim opens a dedicated chat window for each person you talk with, icq allows you to better organize multiple threads of conversation with any large number of people. i want to see someone using aim talk to more than 3 people at once and do something productive online. it just can not be done. a persistent chat window monopolizes too much of your time and screen space. with icq2000, you can choose to have your messages appear in a dedicated chat window anyway, so there's no difference. as for icq requiring too much system resources to run, that's just not true either. my contact list and chat history is 40 megs big, but loading icq requires less than 10 megs of ram, and doesnt even dent cpu usage. i've never had any problems playing the most intense of first person shooter games while icq was running in the background, and even doing a file transfer. in short, icq 0wnz joo! IP: Logged
eod TREAT MERIGHT!	posted 04-06-2001 20:33 A chat client should be light and to the point. With ICQ you get chat history, phone call thing, some appoint bullshit, etc, etc.. It is bloated and unstable. I can load aim anywhere, my phone, school (java client works fine), work, etc. I can chat with over 3 people at once, I'm doing it now. It only pops up the first message, after that it will stay minimized. ICQ isn't total shit but the main engine is old and outdated. Goes like this.. AIM -> quick messages.. to the point.. (instant) ICQ -> long drawn out conversations that are more like chess moves. You say something and do not expect a reply right away. Normally because the icq server has a bit of lag before it send the message but also because of its design. (cross between mini emails and messages) EMAIL -> No clue when that person will answer.. if ever. ICQ is more like a cross between email and instant messaging. What is comes down to is ICQ is not an "instant" messenger. It's to big and bloated, it is more of a power message program. [This message has been edited by eod (edited 04-06-2001).] IP: Logged
zippy Member with a member bigger than the member with a member	posted 04-06-2001 21:29 i wish to reiterate... horse shit. first, icq messages do not normally go through an icq server, and this can be both good and bad. the good part is that all your messages go directly to the person you're talking to. the only time you send a message through the server is if you cant establish a direct connection to the person. the downside to this however, which isnt so bad, is that if you've been talking to a hundred people in a given day, you have 100 ports open. icq is supposed to close them after a while, but i dont know what this timeout period is. also, icq allows a person to know if their message went through or not. an aim client will display a message you've sent instantly, even if the other person didnt get it. with an icq message, you either know the message went through, or it didnt, depending on whether or not your message box has dissapeared. i find this preferable to constantly typing "did you get my last message?" in aim. IP: Logged
Bitchgoddess battin' .500	posted 04-07-2001 01:45 I don't know about all that phone crap on ICQ, I don't use it, and you can choose not to keep a message log in your preferences. If I don't want to be bothered I can be 'away' and still receive important messages if I so choose. I can send or receive files quickly and easily, and it looks far cooler than AIM. Oh yeah, and I can rename all my buddies so I don't forget who they are. Do you have any idea how many Mikes I know? IP: Logged
Bex Delicate Flower	posted 04-07-2001 09:00 About 14 years ago I used to chat on a local BBS with a dumb terminal (later upgraded to an 8088 with shitty software) and a 1200 baud modem. I could read faster than I was recieving text. I had no scrollback, no login macros, no buddy lists and made my emoticons the old-fashioned way. Given this context, AIM is pretty darn sparkly. If I can use some halfway decent software to find friends all over the country and chat with them with a minimum of crashes (and Netscape dies way more than AIM on this machine), I'm pretty happy. Of course, I haven't used other messenger apps so I can't compare. But since everyone I care to chat with at the moment uses AIM, I guess it'll do. -Bex IP: Logged
Snag Leaky Pen	posted 04-08-2001 11:49 Okay you know what? Far too much conversation about AIM. ------------------ All your... shut the fuck up. IP: Logged

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