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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by skrebbel on Sunday February 11, 2018 @02:11AM (#16351597)
> It used to be that everyone was basically on AIM,

Given that the A in AIM stands for America, I'd call that a pretty damn narrow definition of "everyone".

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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by Semaphor on Sunday February 11, 2018 @02:29AM (#16351640)
Yeah, pretty much no one here (Germany) used AIM, it was 80-90% ICQ and some using MSN.
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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by jcelerier on Sunday February 11, 2018 @07:59AM (#16352496)
As a french I spent countless hours chatting with my classmates on AIM when I was in junior high.
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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by abtinf on Sunday February 11, 2018 @02:50AM (#16351696)
Pedantic nitpicking:

The A in AIM stands for AOL. The A in AOL stands for America.

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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by philwelch on Sunday February 11, 2018 @04:35AM (#16351960)
The A in AOL used to stand for America, but now AOL doesn't stand for anything, much like the K in KFC used to stand for Kentucky.
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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by zimpenfish on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:51AM (#16357630)
> much like the K in KFC used to stand for Kentucky.

It always did (they just weren't going to pay Kentucky for their fraudulent trademark) and still does - https://www.snopes.com/lost/kfc.asp

> In November 2006, KFC and the State of Kentucky finally reached an undisclosed settlement over the former’s use of the trademarked word “Kentucky,” and the restaurant chain announced it would be resuming its former name of “Kentucky Fried Chicken.”

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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by nksadakk on Monday February 12, 2018 @09:06PM (#16364199)
From the "More information about this page" link at the bottom of that Snopes page:

> You’ve just had an encounter with False Authority Syndrome.

> Everything in this section is a spoof.... As for Mississippi’s doing away with teaching fractions and decimals in its school systems because kids find them too hard to master, that’s no more true than Kentucky’s imposing a licensing fee on uses of its name

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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by zimpenfish on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @04:05AM (#16365732)
Well, damn. I (correctly) feel a right old fool now. Thanks!

(Sadly I can no longer edit the original otherwise I would add a Mea Culpa.)

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