AOLian Dichotomy
Nov. 15th, 2001 05:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
robotech_masterYou know, it used to be that when a solicitation from AOL arrived, replete with connection software, you'd throw away the packaging and repurpose the disk. Blank floppies were a good buck or so each, after all; it was mighty nice of AOL to provide you one gratis, wasn't it?
Of course, times changed, and AOL soon went to CD-ROMs for its software solicitation distribution. Which wasn't all that great, since you couldn't repurpose a CD-ROM except for as a coffee mug trivet, and once you had one or two of those you were set for life and didn't need any more. Oh, sure, it might look nice and sparkly if you blow it up in the microwave, but if you do that very often, you'll soon need a new microwave.
But times have changed again, and now it's exactly the opposite way around of how it was when they first began. Now AOL CDs come in a DVD-style keepcase--so even if you throw away the CD-ROM, you still have that nice sturdy plastic keepcase to replace one you might have torn or broken earlier, or use for something else entirely. In my case, this latest AOL CD's arrival was quite timely, as just the other day I received my BMW Films DVD, and it came in a compact-disc-style jewel box, of all things. So, a quick disassembly and insert later, my BMW DVD now resides in my DVD shelf between Big Trouble in Little China and Bubblegum Crisis Vol. 1, in its own full-sized handy keepcase.
Now, if AOL would only start putting its solicitations on CD-RW discs, it'd be perfect.
Of course, times changed, and AOL soon went to CD-ROMs for its software solicitation distribution. Which wasn't all that great, since you couldn't repurpose a CD-ROM except for as a coffee mug trivet, and once you had one or two of those you were set for life and didn't need any more. Oh, sure, it might look nice and sparkly if you blow it up in the microwave, but if you do that very often, you'll soon need a new microwave.
But times have changed again, and now it's exactly the opposite way around of how it was when they first began. Now AOL CDs come in a DVD-style keepcase--so even if you throw away the CD-ROM, you still have that nice sturdy plastic keepcase to replace one you might have torn or broken earlier, or use for something else entirely. In my case, this latest AOL CD's arrival was quite timely, as just the other day I received my BMW Films DVD, and it came in a compact-disc-style jewel box, of all things. So, a quick disassembly and insert later, my BMW DVD now resides in my DVD shelf between Big Trouble in Little China and Bubblegum Crisis Vol. 1, in its own full-sized handy keepcase.
Now, if AOL would only start putting its solicitations on CD-RW discs, it'd be perfect.
