Mqurice was here

[KastelCo]

Hi Snow,
I agree with Maurice. I've only used ignore twice, once on SI and once on Yahoo. Both times I found the gaps too annoying. I actually didn't even notice its absence here. I haven't used ignore in well over a year. Even misanthropes make good points sometimes. The jail concept is pretty cool actually, kind of like a modern pillory....;o)

regards
Kastel

[village_idiot]

Mqurice,

Very interesting contest... Perhaps I shall enter. Let's see, I have my Magic 8-Ball who's responses seem human. Perhaps that shall be enough to win...

VI

[Jay Chen]

Hi carranza2, chugs. I am trying to ascertain that this piece of real estate actually does belong to our Maurice, as opposed to some stranger. Holding a party on a stranger's turf would be unnatural.

Yes, my thread is for journal of the journey, and all are welcome.

Chugs, Jay

[carranza2]

Hello, Mq, Jay, Dolinar, Snowshoe, et al.

Is this the equivalent of SI "Post what you like?"

Jay, I see you have a board, too.

Greetings, all.

[Jay Chen]

Hello Maurice (Winn?), I know DJ asked, but here I do again, is that you, the original, Q pixels and all, as in this one:

http://www.siliconinvestor.com/stocktalk/msg.gsp?msgid=15410107

Hello in any case.

Please do visit me here every so often:
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=1231

Chugs, Jay

[Jay Chen]

Hi DJ, (raised hand) oh, oh, me, me, let me answer:

<<a) which letter in the alphabet is the most important?>>
Q

<<b) which dollar appreciated most against US$?>>
Kiwi

<<c) which star is the most deadly:>>
<<4) Global star>>

<<d) who developed 98octane gasoline for Europe?>>
Uncle Greenspan?

<<And why?>>
It is either so that satellites can fly by their photovoltaic wings, or to enable CO2 to do the environment a barrel of good.

Chugs, Jay

[Dolinar Janko]

It's me too, Mq (sigh of relief). Although... Your post is rather short... Now for some checking questions -

a) which letter in the alphabet is the most important?
b) which dollar appreciated most against US$?
c) which star is the most deadly:
1) Morning star
2) Evening Star
3) Dark Star
4) Global star
5) ....?
d) who developed 98octane gasoline for Europe? And why?

dj

[Mqurice]

Hi Villager. In cyberspace, we can be everywhere at once, or nowhere, but still there. Is it me or is it not? There's always the Turing Test for personal identification instead of intelligence. http://www.loebner.net/Prizef/loebner-prize.html

Mq

[Mqurice]

Gidday KC, Ihub does seem okay. I've never bothered with the ignore feature on SI [other than for a couple of people, more or less just to see what it's about]. It takes a fraction of a second to skip past somebody's post when in lots of 10.

Mqurice [the one and only]

[Mqurice]

Snowshoe, I suppose I should save a lot of old posts! There have been some good ones. Meanwhile, a Booms, Bust and Recoveries [aka Great Financial Collapse of 2001 which didn't happen] post. Inflation is NOT looking likely as pay rates remain in the doldrums.

I say ditch the hedonics, Consumer Price Index and all that stuff. What counts with money is the value of a person; their hourly rate. If the hourly rate of the world's population isn't rising in US$, then there isn't inflation.

http://www.siliconinvestor.com/headlines/financial/20020709/D7KLMMK80.html

<By ADAM GELLER 07/09/2002 18:01:44 EST
NEW YORK (AP) - The uncertain economy and soft job market will cap pay increases this year for most workers, with employers parceling out raises of just under 4 percent.

Employers tapped in two recent surveys said their salary budgets for the year are up 3.7 percent to 4.1 percent, depending on the type of workers, but that they anticipate slightly more generous increases in 2003.

The scrimping by employers marks the first time in nine years that companies have backed away from intended 4 percent increases, a figure that has become almost standard practice, according to one survey by the Conference Board, a New York-based research group.

But it also is a sign that, after more than a year of freezing pay or delaying increases, some employers are starting to ease up a little, reports Mercer Human Resource Consulting, author of the other survey.

That is backed up by a third study, commissioned by business publisher BNA Inc., which finds that while economic conditions won't soon lead to juicier pay increases, the situation for workers has probably stabilized.

"Just because the economy starts to improve doesn't say that wage increases are going to start to accelerate right away," said Joel Popkin, whose economic consulting firm conducts the BNA study. "Wages aren't going back up to 4 percent anytime soon, but on the other hand, they may be at bottom." ...continued... >

So, in the USA, there isn't significant inflation. India, China, Indonesia, Japan, Africa and Europe are not getting a lot of it either. I'm not sure if Latin America is still there or not - Argentina went bust or something and others are dodgy at best.

Mqurice

[Mqurice]

I do claim to be me.

[Old Frank P]

Snow... take it up with Matt over on his thread

http://www.investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=504

Regards,
Frank P.

[Dolinar Janko]

Huh?... This guy's Killroy, edition 2002.

Is that really you, Mq?!

Travelling... Short sentences ... Hmmmm...Oh, meGad...
Yahoo, Yahoo, Yahoo - code yellow! impostor alert!

dj

[Snowshoe]

Just in case SI goes down the tubes, I think we better archive this famous old post <g>...

SI: StockTalk: Communications : CDMA, Qualcomm, [Hong Kong, Korea, LA] THE MARKET TEST!

To: Maurice Winn who started this subject
From: Sugar Magnolia Sunday, Mar 2, 1997 2:03 PM

ODE TO DOLLY

Oh, Maurice, darling, say it's not true!
You've forsaken your Sugar, fallen in love with a ewe?
Does she wear a wide collar lavished with pearls?
Does she have green eyes, soft curves, long golden curls?
Is she pretty, comely, and sweet?
You realize, don't you, in the end she's just meat?

I cannot really compete with a sheep
I have two breasts, not eight, and only two feet
Passion, seductive words, a cell phone
A come-hither look, a sensuous moan
I guess I should declare defeat
Because I don't know how to bleat!

I hope you make money on CDMA
Next winter you'll have to buy plenty of hay
This gives new meaning to greener pastures
Extra-marital dalliances, and rapture
When she gets old you don't have to go home
You can just call up a new clone!

So here's to Dolly, the new love of your life
Your solace and comfort, your soul-mate, your wife
Let's all raise glasses of sherry for a toast
To Qualcomm, the future of science, and mutton roast!

Sugar Magnolia

[Snowshoe]

Hi Kastel,

Doesn't this site have an ignore feature? I've recently developed a need to ignore one or two of the folks on BBR.

Snow

[KastelCo]

Hi M,

I've been here for a year ans a half awaiting the demise of SI :o)

Bookmarked ;o)

regards
Kastel

[Snowshoe]

Mq,

iHub is still a little rough around the edges but it has potential. Definitely a good alternative if SI bites it.

Migration is fun. I spent most of the spring in Arizona. Missed break-up entirely. That's when the snow and slush melts during the day, and then freezes again at night. One of my least favorite times of the year here. BTW, here's that site Ray posted that shows the sunny and dark areas around the world...

http://www.insite.com.br/rodrigo/misc/sunlight.phtml

[village_idiot]

Mqurice,

You'll have to choose a new handle here on I-Hub. Your handle is being used by a fellow over on Silicon Investor. Whoda thunk that two people would ever choose the same alias.

VI

[Mqurice]

Well, hello Snowshoe. It is cool [not cold, which Canada can claim to be in winter], dark, wet. I am thinking of flying the coop and heading to sunny California or south of France or somewhere for a month or three. Geese do it, why not me?

Investors' Hub does look like a pretty good design and clicks around okay.

Mq

[Snowshoe]

Hi Maurice! Beautiful sunny evening here. How are things at the dark end of the planet? <g>

[Mqurice]

Gidday folks. This is a test run to see if ihub is a niche in cyberspace that amounts to anything. So far, it looks like a really good framework. Not much content yet, but that's easy to get if the hardwiring is good. First comes the brain's structure, then the content can be loaded.

Mq