The latest round of peace talks between Ethiopia’s federal government and a militant group waging a long-running conflict in the country's Oromia region have broken up in Tanzania without an agreement, both sides said Tuesday. The Oromo Liberation Army says it is fighting for greater determination for the Oromo, Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, who have long claimed being marginalized. The insurgency stretches back to the 1970s but has escalated in recent years, killing thousands and rendering l
      • itsonlygeorgeEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        I had to setup up my grandfather’s new computer with aol, even though he was connected via a cable modem that was always on anyway. That was a throwback for sure.

        • BigBlackCockroach@lemmy.worldOP
          1·
          7 months ago

          I always saw those compact disks they must have been handing out by the millions. What were those used for? just a software package?

          • itsonlygeorgeEnglish
            3·
            7 months ago

            Yes. It was a promotional CD with the installer for the aol program and access phone numbers for dial up.

            They typically gave you a month or some amount of free hours as a promotion.

            There were millions of them sent out to encourage people to get on the internet at a time when home PCs were still relatively uncommon and internet more so.

            There is an ancient meme of a throne made entirely of ail CDs from the dark ages of the internet.

            https://boingboing.net/2006/03/13/howto-build-a-glowin.html