Mac Screen Name Cloning
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Date 1997Founded Tang, LyriX and othersSubmitted By HypahSource AOL-Files.com/FDO-Files.com Archive In 1997, people in macfilez saw Tang, LyriX, and others get 23 copies of the exact same screen name in one room. Quite simple, really…you would connect, block the SC token, enter a room, then disconnect and repeat. Each connection added the name to the room. AOL fixed this in private rooms first, then later, conference rooms. Then, entering.....

PC Client Cloning
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Date 1997 it could be done using AOL 3.0 32-bit and later using 4.0 and 2.5Founded VariousSubmitted By TauSource AOL-Files.com/FDO-Files.com Archive Cloning, as it has come to be called, is the process of signing onto more than one screen name simultaneously on the same computer. There are however two restrictions that you should be aware about before beginning. First, you have to use whatever America Online version you are currently.....

Hiding/Unhiding Any New Style Message Board Post
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Date July 1997Founded O0O, Lance and a couple others from Lithium NodeSubmitted By O0OSource AOL-Files.com/FDO-Files.com Archive The tokens to hide/unhide new style message board posts had neither a viewrule or a roster control. This allowed them to be accessed on any message board on AOL. It allowed any AOL account to list hidden posts and hide/unhide posts on any New Style Message Board. This exploit was used to take.....

Lance releases Red Menace Links FDO file
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Date Summer 1997Founded Lance of Lithium NodeSubmitted By O0OSource AOL-Files.com/FDO-Files.com Archive Lance created the first major PC FDO file. Done completely in FDO it did not feature any major programming tricks but it was the first FDO file to feature links, etc in listboxes and buttons programmed using FDO.

Hiding/Unhiding Any Classic Message Board posts from an account with some tools access
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Date Feb. 1997Founded KroK of Lithium NodeSubmitted By O0OSource AOL-Files.com/FDO-Files.com Archive If you have board tools to one classic message board on AOL. You are able to use the ^J and ^K tokens to hide/unhide any post on any board on AOL. Even boards where you aren’t supposed to have tools to. The only limitation is that your account must have some sort of tools on a classic style.....

Accessing An Uploaded File Without It Being Released
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Date 1997Founded HypahSubmitted By HypahSource AOL-Files.com/FDO-Files.com Archive The “lib trick” was where you’d find the most recent mF token, then upload a file and through a very little scanning, could access that file with the token. It still works, but when it was new, you could access it by URL as well. AOL actually fixed the URL access because I was sending links to their german porn to american.....

Mac Chat Manipulation
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Date 1996Founded UnknownSubmitted By HypahSource AOL-Files.com/FDO-Files.com Archive Typing ]D or ]F on Mac AOL 2.7 or older would unlock null chars, including the return char, allowing you to fake others’ chat and what not. AOL slowly fixed this; as time passed, less and less manips worked. At the end, you could only send (return)l and (return)t right before they fixed it.

New Policy On Reporting Compromised Accounts
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ACI management’s late fall 1998 announcement on procedure for reporting compromised CL accounts is a prime illustration of AOL’s painfully slow reflex in dealing with serious ongoing problems. In fact, they move so slowly sometimes we wonder if they are still breathing. Their tendency to shelve any progress on serious issues until so much damage has been done and there’s so much negative publicity that.....

America Online Timeline
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America Online Timeline

2006
April 3, 2006 America Online Changes Its Name to AOL
March 15, 2006 AOL and Warner Bros. launch IN2TV, the first broadband TV network
February 28, 2006 AOL Takes Fight Against Identity Theft To Court, Files Lawsuits Against Three Major Phishing Gangs
January 27, 2006 AOL expands its broadband network coast-to-coast with service from leading DSL and cable providers

2005
December 21, 2005 AOL acquires Internet video search pioneer Truveo
December 20, 2005 AOL and Google expand strategic alliance
November 22, 2005 AOL, IAC, Hearst Corp., and Allen & Company lead $16 million investment in Internet video distribution pioneer Brightcove
November 22, 2005 AOL introduces new AIM Triton service with next-generation tools at a time when 70% of online Americans are using instant messaging
November 3, 2005 AOL acquires digital-music subscription company MusicNow and unveils Web-based, full-service digital music store
October 6, 2005 AOL acquires leading blogging company Weblogs
September 21, 2005 AOL releases spyware protection to improve Internet security for millions of users
August 8, 2005 AOL announces acquisition of Wildseed Ltd., leading provider of advanced wireless technologies
August 4, 2005 AOL announces acquisition of XDrive Inc., leading provider of online storage and backup services
July 21, 2005 AOL launches AOL.com, the company’s next-generation, high-speed Web portal
July 12, 2005 AEG, AOL and XM Satellite Radio join forces with executive producer of Live 8 to create ‘Network Live,’ first multiplatform digital entertainment company for live programming
April 20, 2005 AOL launches major campaign against phishing
April 11, 2005 AOL and XM Satellite Radio unite to create new online radio service
April 7, 2005 AOL introduces Internet phone service
January 31, 2005 AOL and Time Warner Cable join forces to provide customized broadband offering
January 20, 2005 AOL introduces new AOL(r) Search innovations and opens up new opportunities for advertisers

RIP Monk-E-God aka Tom
RIP Monk-E-God aka Tom
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Monk-E-God, one of the most prominent figures from the AOL add-on programming scene of the late 90′s, has died.

Initially someone emailed me about “Tom” dying and I had no idea who they were talking about. I’m really bad with names so I always feel a little bad when someone from that era emails me. However, I remembered the “moorpark” location they mentioned and a discussion about it at knk4life.com – and that’s when it hit me that they were talking about Monk-E-God. I remember talking with him at what I think was knk’s old forums (and possibly later GPX’s forums, though I can’t remember if he was a member of that forum) and checking out his work at knk’s website.

I wasn’t really close to the guy, but I remember him as being one of the best programmers from those days. He was one of those people who’s reputation preceded them, it’s really sad to hear he’s gone. Thinking about that era brings back a lot of memories. If it wasn’t for that community and those days on AOL, I wouldn’t have become the programmer I am today.

Source:  http://patorjk.com/blog/2010/02/15/monk-e-god/

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