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AOL: "There be gold in that thar yard!"

  • 17-08-2006 9:52pm
    #1
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭


    The Washington Post reveals:
    AOL is preparing to dig for buried gold and platinum on property in Massachusetts owned by the parents of a man it sued for sending millions of unwanted spam e-mails to its customers.

    AOL said yesterday that it intends to search for gold and platinum bars it thinks are hidden near the home of Davis Wolfgang Hawke's parents on two acres in Medfield, Mass. The family said it will fight AOL's plan in court.

    AOL won a $12.8 million judgment last year in U.S. District Court in Virginia against Hawke but has been unable to contact Hawke to collect any of the money he was ordered to pay.

    ...

    AOL defended its efforts.

    "This exercise isn't something out of . . . 'Treasure Island,' " AOL spokesman Nicholas Graham said. "This is a court-directed, judge-approved legal process that is simply aimed at responsibly recovering hidden assets."

    To win a judge's permission for the search, AOL submitted receipts reflecting large purchases by Hawke of gold and platinum bars, Graham said. The company indicated that it thinks Hawke buried the gold and platinum on his parents' property.


Comments

  • #2
    irlrobins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭irlrobins


    Not really a comp/tech question. Moving to AH.


  • #3
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    irlrobins wrote:
    Not really a comp/tech question. Moving to AH.
    damn right.
    i want to know where this guy lives. i want some of that gold.


  • #4
    Nehpets
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,504 ✭✭✭Nehpets


    how does he have gold? :confused:


  • #5
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Gimme some gold!


  • #6
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    AOL needs all the gold it can get, times are hard at AOL atm.


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  • #7
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    I was wondering why they had stopped sending me those free trial CDs 2-3 times a month, no more coasters. :(


  • #8
    scojones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭scojones


    Anyone who uses AOL needs a reality check.


  • #9
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    Ahahaha


  • #10
    Rhyme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,561 ✭✭✭Rhyme


    julep wrote:
    Ahahaha
    Less gold, LESS GOLD!!


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    so some guy who also spammed the hell out of AOL buried a lot a gold and AOL have a court order to obtain some of it, in the meanwhile wrecking the bloke's parents house in order to do this.

    is that it?


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  • #12
    jaggeh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,997 ✭✭✭jaggeh


    has anyone read about aol's release of its customers search queries?
    i have a cut down version of it, the full version had each customer labeled with a random number and a list of their queries in 2004 (600k entries in total)
    some of them are qutie disturbing.


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