AOL executive missing

Drudge Report ^

[Semper911]

over and out

Remember the recent thread about pet peeves? Well here is mine:

You either say "over" or "out."

"Over" says that you are finished with what you are saying, but the conversation is not completed and you expect a response. "Out" says that the conversation is completed, and no response follows.

They only say "over and out" on teevee and in bad movies.

Don't take this personally -- I just needed to say it.

Semper911 Out.

[isom35]

they didnt mention the missing person was a ghost :)

[Brian Bennett]

Didn't something like this happen at AOL a couple of years ago?

[FR_addict]

Hmmm...no mention of a mother, father, wife, kids or girlfriend. Just a "friend" he spoke with at 7:30AM and "friends" who became concerned.

Good Point. Can they find the contractor? Did the contractor arrive? If they can't trace the contractor, was the contractor, someone he met at a bar? There is some reason they waited so long to make this disappearance public.

[cgbg]

Perhaps this is what happened:

Victim: What a beautiful day. I am going off to work at the most wonderful glorious company in the history of man, America On Line.

Contractor: I have been trying to disconnect from those AOLs for six months. Does anybody in that place answer the phone?

Victim: Well, it really makes no sense for you to disconnect from us. You see, we have driven twelve competitors out of business and have bought five more. So, how can I help you with your problem?

Contractor picks up large hammer and says: "I think I know what will make me feel better."

[em2vn]

Was Ted Turner the contractor?

[aruanan]

He thought it was the contractor, but he was wrong?

Maybe it was the guy delivering the contract.

[cake_crumb]

"Could this be related to the missing microbiologist."

Exactly what I was wondering...does anyone have any new news about the microbiologist?

[aculeus]

The Fox news creep (not a person, it's that thing on the bottom of the screen) said the FBI is now interested in the case.

[cake_crumb]

Yep...I had seen on a different thread that the FBI became interested when they heard of Prof. Wiley's field of expertise. I hate having a lack of info.

[FITZ]

I guess we'll know if more "important" people start disappearing.

[aculeus]

Did he know Condit?

[cake_crumb]

"I guess we'll know if more "important" people start disappearing."

This makes me wonder...these terrorists have, on the one hand, a rather sophisticated understanding of Western cuture. On the other hand, they're shown an amazing lack of comprehension about Western culture.

For example: look at their utter shock that instead of breaking the United States, their September 11 attack has galvanized all the citizens of the US into a narrow focus: let's roll all over 'em. They truely didn't seem to foresee that their actions would sign their death warrents.

Now, this AOL exec: could it be possible that a terrorist group, with little understanding of the interaction between Americans and the Internet, kidnapped this guy because they thought he could provide a way to help them bring down our Internet telecommunications system?

I know it's a stretch, but AOL/Time Warner is SO high profile - though AOL absolutely SUCKS, IMHO - they may really believe that this guy can be used as a tool for cyber terrorism.

Rather ironic, but possible.

[FITZ]

Don't they do this in other countries with kidnappings? I think kidnapping businessmen is fairly common place in some parts of the world, now that we've let these people come here, it's probably going to be something we'll be seeing a lot more of.

[FITZ]

I'm not saying yet that these 2 kidnappings are related to terrorists but a few weeks ago the government did warn us they had "credible evidence" there would be something happening and they even came out on tv and warned us, so I think everything is suspicious.

[Merovingian]

Any update on this case?

[McGavin999]

Was he dating Gary Condit?

[Old Student]

In the interest of full disclosure, it is now 1000 hours...

wouldn't want them to grab the wrong guy.

[VA Advogado]

wouldn't want them to grab the wrong guy.

Small v 5.0?