> AOL was spun off from Time Warner six years ago into an independent company.

AOL owned 55% of TW. Did TW spin off AOL or did AOL, acting as the controlling entity of TW, spin off a dying product they called AOL.

It's been millennia (in net years) since I first logged into Slashdot and it seems somehow longer since I last posted. There was a time when I couldn't help but check Slashdot every 15 minutes for the latest news. Slashdot has been a significant presence in my life. This is where I learned the about the attacks on that morning of 9/11/2001.

Rob created something wonderful for us online that has often been copied but rarely done as well.

Good luck and good life to you CmdrTaco.

Chase