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Folks
A dream deferred is not always a dream denied. We will see won't we?
Trend, I was talking over the past year or so when the board felt it was on its way to GREAT SUCESS for sure (after all this is not like most typical OTC Stocks on Ihub, its the real deal).
Phoenix Enables Users to Remotely Track, Disable and Erase Data From Fujitsu Drives
http://gizmodo.com/387691/phoenix--enables-users-to-remotely-track-disable-and-erase-data-from-fujitsu-drives
Phoenix Technologies has announced that they are currently working with Fujitsu in an effort to bring users equipped with Fujitsu's new full disk encryption (FDE) 2.5" 7200RPM SATA hard disk drive the ability to remotely track, disable and even erase their drive in the event that the laptop is ever stolen. According to Phoenix, their new "FailSafe" technology is "the industry's strongest security method for mobile computing" and their encryption capabilities will "ensure data on the disk drive is inaccessible to unauthorized users."
Phoenix also noted that in the event that the Fujitsu FDE HDD product is removed by the thief, it can be restored remotely by the rightful owner and further steps can be taken at that point to secure and recover their data. Exactly how the user will be able to LoJack their hard drive was not outlined in the press release, but if it works as advertised, having the ability to track down, disable or destroy data remotely could prove invaluable for individuals privy to sensitive information. Exactly when the FailSafe system is expected to be released has not been announced
COS
Declining ? That depends on your time frame.
WAVX is up 17% plus in last few days.
See note 3
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Trend, whats the deal here are they about to be demoted. All the good folks on the other board constantly rant and rave about how great this is, so how come the stock is declining? TIA.
NOTICE #2
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080505/20080505006504.html?.v=1
Wave Receives Nasdaq Notice of Minimum Bid Price Non-Compliance
Monday May 5, 6:59 pm ET
LEE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wave Systems Corp. (NASDAQ: WAVX; www.wave.com) announced that it received notification today from the Listing Qualifications division of The Nasdaq Stock Market indicating that the Company’s Class A Common stock is subject to potential delisting from The Nasdaq Global Market because for the last 30 consecutive business days, the bid price of the Company’s Class A common stock has closed below the minimum $1.00 per share requirement for continued inclusion under Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4450 (the “Bid Price Rule”). This notice follows the previous notice received by Wave on April 29, 2008 from Nasdaq’s Listing Qualifications division indicating that Wave’s common stock is subject to potential delisting from The Nasdaq Global Market because the market value of Wave’s common stock was below $50 million for 10 consecutive business days, and, therefore, did not meet the requirement set forth in Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4450(b)(1)(A) (the “Market Value Rule”).
ADVERTISEMENT
The Nasdaq notice indicated that, in accordance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4450(e)(2), Wave will be provided 180 calendar days, or until November 3, 2008, to regain compliance. If, at anytime before November 3, 2008, the bid price of the Company’s Class A common stock closes at $1.00 per share or more for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days, Nasdaq staff will provide written notification that it has achieved compliance with the Rule. However, as reported in the April 30 Filing, the Previous Nasdaq Notice states that the Company will be provided a period of 30 calendar days, or until May 29, 2008, to regain compliance with the Market Value Rule by having a market value of $50 million or more for the Company’s common stock for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days (or such longer period of time as the Nasdaq staff may require in some circumstances).
If Wave does not regain compliance with the Market Value Rule by May 29, 2008, the Nasdaq staff will provide written notification that the Company’s securities will be delisted, and, if the Company regains compliance with the Market Value Rule by May 29, 2008, but, subsequently, does not regain compliance with the Bid Price Rule by November 3, 2008, the Nasdaq staff will provide written notification that the securities will be delisted. At either time, the Company may appeal the determination to delist its securities to a Listing Qualifications Panel. Alternatively, the Company may consider applying to transfer its securities to The Nasdaq Capital Market if it satisfies the requirements for inclusion set forth in the Marketplace Rules, other than the minimum bid price requirement. If the Company submits an application to transfer its securities to The Nasdaq Capital Market and it is approved, the Company may be afforded the remainder of The Nasdaq Capital Market’s 180 calendar day compliance period in order to regain compliance with the Bid Price Rule while on The Nasdaq Capital Market.
Wave plans to exercise diligent efforts to maintain the listing of its common stock on The Nasdaq Global Market, but there is no assurance that it will be successful in doing so. If Wave does not resolve the listing deficiencies, the Company may apply for listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market.
Will I have no position is WAVX because
I just do not know if they are going to go
BK.
We will know in time.
I am just saying there has to be a reason
for WAVX going up recently.IMHO.
.
But if the buyer knows that they are going to make it big time they don't have to dilute. Follow the logic as well as the charts. But keep the charts coming. They're always right except when they ain't.
Could they sell 50% of Company for $25,000,000
with out going back to shareholders ?
I mean can they delute that much without going
back to the share holders ?
edit: This would depend on the buyer knowing
that WAVX is going to make it big time.
We both know that it is the trading of WAVX
is where the money is.
Look at this simple DAILY SYSTEM showing 53%
since Feb 2008...If one can go long and short.
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I don't know who Hal is, and I have nothing to hid from you or the SEC. If you think they are going to waste time on me, that shows you how mcuh you know, just like you think you know the tech of Wave.
Ha Ha Ha
Snackman Hal has kept all of them.
But why are you worried ?
The SEC will check your accounts and find you
are an honest person and do did not trade WAVX.
So the emails will mean nothing.
Even the mean one about my grand children.
Where are the PMs? Caught you in a lie again Trend?
You said I sent you PMs. Where are they?
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Someone sent me the post that you put up on the AB board about me sending you PMs about how much I bought and sold Wave. That is an out an out lie because I never sold any Wave when you were around. I think I have only sold 1000 shares is all since I've owed it. And yes, you can go back and see every PM you've ever gotten and you will find out you are a liar.
Form 8-K for WAVE SYSTEMS CORP
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30-Apr-2008
Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard;
Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
On April 29, 2008, Wave Systems Corp. (the "Company") received a notice from the Listing Qualifications division of The Nasdaq Stock Market indicating that the Company's common stock is subject to potential delisting from The Nasdaq Global Market because the market value of the Company's common stock was below $50 million for 10 consecutive business days, and, therefore, did not meet the requirement set forth in Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4450(b)(1)(A) (the "Rule"). The notice further stated that the Company is not in compliance with an alternative test, Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4450(b)(1)(B), which requires total assets and total revenue of $50 million each for the most recently completed fiscal year or two of the last three most recently completed fiscal years.
In accordance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4450(e)(4), the Company will be provided a period of 30 calendar days, or until May 29, 2008, to regain compliance with the Rule. If at anytime before May 29, 2008, the market value of the Company's common stock is $50 million or more for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days (or such longer period of time as the Nasdaq staff may require in some circumstances), the Company will achieve compliance with the Rule. If the Company has not regained compliance with the Rule by May 29, 2008, the Nasdaq staff will issue a letter notifying the Company that its common stock will be delisted. At that time, the Company may appeal the determination to delist its common stock to a Listings Qualifications Panel. Alternatively, if the Company cannot meet the requirements for continued listing on The Nasdaq Global Market, it may apply to transfer to the Nasdaq Capital Market.
The Company plans to exercise diligent efforts to maintain the listing of its common stock on The Nasdaq Global Market, but there is no assurance that it will be successful in doing so. If the Company does not resolve the listing deficiency, the Company may apply for listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market.
A copy of the Company's press release announcing this information is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Can WAVX still do a PIPE while in the DELISTING mode ?
Surely the RISK to the PIPER's increase.IMHO
But WAVX is running out on money, so a PIPE is required
or BK will happen.
WAVX needs money to carry on.
catch 22 ???
Wave Receives Nasdaq Global Market Notice of Listing Non-Compliance
Tuesday April 29, 6:31 pm ET
LEE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wave Systems Corp. (NASDAQ: WAVX; www.wave.com) announced that it received a notice today from the Listing Qualifications division of The Nasdaq Stock Market indicating that the Company’s common stock is subject to potential delisting from The Nasdaq Global Market because the market value of the Company’s common stock was below $50 million for 10 consecutive business days, and, therefore, did not meet the requirement set forth in Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4450(b)(1)(A) (the “Rule”). The notice further stated that the Company is not in compliance with an alternative test, Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4450(b)(1)(B), which requires total assets and total revenue of $50 million each for the most recently completed fiscal year or two of the last three most recently completed fiscal years.
ADVERTISEMENT
In accordance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4450(e)(4), Wave will be provided a period of 30 calendar days, or until May 29, 2008, to regain compliance with the Rule. If at anytime before May 29, 2008, the market value of Wave’s common stock is $50 million or more for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days (or such longer period of time as the Nasdaq staff may require in some circumstances), the Company will achieve compliance with the Rule.
If Wave has not regained compliance with the Rule by May 29, 2008, the Nasdaq staff will issue a letter notifying the Company that its common stock will be delisted. At that time, the Company may appeal the determination to delist its common stock to a Listings Qualifications Panel. Alternatively, if the Company cannot meet the requirements for continued listing on The Nasdaq Global Market, it may apply to transfer to The Nasdaq Capital Market.
Wave Systems plans to exercise diligent efforts to maintain the listing of its common stock on The Nasdaq Global Market, but there is no assurance that it will be successful in doing so. If the Company does not resolve the listing deficiency, the Company may apply for listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market.
Is WAVX going to get De-Listing notice in one more day ?
What you must realize about American Democracy is that it is becoming a commercial event, just as Christmas, Easter, Mothers Day, Halloween, etc, etc.
As long as you don't get to emotional about the outcome, it is quite entertaining.
I'm telling ya, the rest of the (democratic) world looks at the American presidential election process as a joke.
A full year of dicking around to determine who the nominees will be for the two major parties (fortunately one of them has already been decided) spending (wasting?) 10's of millions of dollars that could be better spend on infrastructure (if nothing else, to keep bridges bridging)
Are we really expected to believe that it takes that long to determine who will lead the party into an election? I'm not an American, and can't take part in the process, but as a Canadian who thinks the democratic system in Canada (and Australia and UK, among others) works just fine, I'm amazed at the contortions gone through by my American neighbours (in spirit, if not geographically)
As I see it now, from the outside, the Democrats don't have a hope in the next election. McCain, the 'presumptive', is sitting back having a good old chuckle at the Democrats ripping themselves apart. I can't tell Obama and Clinton apart policy-wise (not that much policy has been discussed in the past 6 months) and, very surprising to me, a fairly hefty chunk of supporters from both democratic sides have stated they will vote Republican should 'their' preferred nominee not make it. Madness!
I'm living in Oz right now. From John Howard's announcement of an election to his ousting by KRudd took, I believe, 6 weeks.
Think about it. Both parties in any democratic country are active through the non-election years and anybody paying even the slightest attention knows how those parties will behave after an election. Why spend a year, or more, belabouring the issue?
Blows my mind.
John Prine sang;
A questions's not really a question if you know the answer too!
Some would call that passive aggressive.
I have no idea anymore
who is posting, who is deleted who anybody is responding too. If you aren't a moderator on this board, you miss every other post.
We have some huge intellects here but we seem to have some bigger egos.
Can we all remain teachable and learn from each other. Is it so important to be the Alpha Dog. If somebody has more knowledge can we learn from that person.
Does this have to be a competitive sharing board. What's the point? Aren't we all anonymous?
I Want My Island! :)
http://new.wavlist.com/movies/326/bhrt-myisland.wav
That's a mahjah "thingy!" But I'm sure liking it more and more these days!
Regards -- TGP
Great fireworks display in Sydney to end the year, bring in 2008
Happy New Year, and I hope 2008 trumps 2007.
Cheers.
For those that have some down time over the holidays (and I recommend all should take time to 'sharpen the saw') and feel like a hell of a yarn (with tons of crypto references), allow me to point you in the direction of Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson.
Bruce Schneier (diligent Wavoids would know that name) even develops a crytosystem based on a deck of cards for the book. A workable, albeit somewhat confusing to my middle-aged, old dog not looking for new tricks brain, crytosystem.
And if you've never read Stephenson before, it's fast (even though it's 900+ pages) and dryly funny.
Happy New Year all...
The Will Of The Father
~ A Christmas Story ~
Years ago, there was a very wealthy man who, with his devoted young son, shared a passion for art collecting. Together they traveled around the world, adding only the finest art treasures to their collection. Priceless works by Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet and many others adorned the walls of the family estate. The widowed, elder man looked on with satisfaction as his only child became an experienced art collector. They shared the pride as they dealt with art collectors around the world.
As winter approached, war engulfed the nation, and the young man left to serve his country. After only a few short weeks, his father received a telegram. His beloved son was missing in action. The art collector anxiously awaited more news, fearing he would never see his son again. Within days, his fears were confirmed. The young man had died while rushing a fellow soldier to a medic.
Distraught and lonely, the old man faced the upcoming Christmas holidays with anguish and sadness. The joy of the season, a season that he and his son had so looked forward to, would visit his house no longer.
On Christmas morning, a knock on the door awakened the depressed old man. As he walked to the door, the masterpieces of art on the walls only reminded him that his son was not coming home. As he opened the door, he was greeted by a soldier with a large package in his hand.
"I was the one he was rescuing when he died. May I come in for a few moments? I have something to show you."
As the two began to talk, the soldier told of how the man's son had told everyone of his, not to mention his fathers, love of fine art.
"I'm an artist," said the soldier, "and I want to give you this."
As the old man unwrapped the package, the paper gave way to reveal a portrait of the man's son. Though the world would never consider it the work of a genius, the painting featured the young man's face in striking detail. Overcome with emotion, the man thanked the soldier, promising to hang the picture above the fireplace.
A few hours later, after the soldier had departed, the old man set about his task. True to his word, the painting went above the fireplace, pushing aside thousands of dollars of paintings. Then the man sat in his chair, and spent Christmas gazing at the gift he had been given.
During the days and weeks that followed, the man realized that even though his son was no longer with him, the boy's life would live on because of those his had touched. He would soon learn that his son had rescued dozens of wounded soldiers before a bullet stilled his caring heart. As the stories of his son's gallantry continued to reach him, fatherly pride and satisfaction began to ease the grief.
The painting of his son soon became his most prized possession, far eclipsing any interest in the pieces for which museums around the world clamored. He told his neighbors it was the greatest gift he had ever received.
The following spring, the old man became ill and passed away. The art world was in anticipation! Unmindful of the story of the man's only son, but in the son's honor, those paintings would be sold at an auction.
According to the Will of the old man, all of the art works would be auctioned on Christmas Day, the day he had received his greatest gift.
The day soon arrived and the art collectors from around the world gathered to bid on some of the world's most spectacular paintings. Dreams would be fulfilled this day; greatness would be achieved as many would claim, "I have the greatest collection."
The auction began with a painting that was not only any museum's list. It was the painting of the man's son. The auctioneer asked for an opening bid. The room was silent.
"Who will open the bidding with $100?" he asked.
Minutes passed. No one spoke. From the back of the room came, "Who cares about that painting? It's just a picture of his son. Let's forget it and go on to the good stuff."
More voices echoed in agreement.
"No, we have to sell this one first," replied the auctioneer. "Now, who will take the son?"
Finally, a friend of the old man spoke. "Will you take ten dollars for the painting? That's all I have. I knew the boy, so I'd like to have it."
"I have ten dollars. Will anyone go higher?" called the auctioneer. After more silence, the auctioneer said, "Going once, going twice. Gone." The gavel fell.
Cheers filled the room and someone exclaimed, "Now we can get on with it, and bid on these treasures!"
The auctioneer looked at the audience and announced the auction was over.
Stunned disbelief quieted the room.
Someone spoke up and asked, "What do you mean, it's over? We didn't come here for a picture of some guy's son. What about all of these paintings? There are millions of dollars of art here! I demand that you explain what's going on here!"
The auctioneer replied, "It's very simple. According to the Will of the father, whoever takes the son, gets it all."
Just as those art collectors discovered on that Christmas Day, the message is still the same: the love of a Father, a Father whose greatest joy came from His Son, who went away and gave his life rescuing others.
And because of The Father's love, whoever takes the Son, gets it all.
-- Author Unknown
Spoken like a true, blue, socialist, liberal, agnostic, pragmatist!
Merry Christmas!
A Bible Believing, High Spirited, Freedom Loving, Patriotic, Conservative -- SAM
Posted by: monymgr
In reply to: None Date:12/24/2007 3:36:35 PM
Post #156512 of 156565
I wanted to thank everyone who has posted this year. I have enjoyed the positive and sometines the negative comments. While the bantering is always entertaining, the possibilities for WAVE are great in the coming year. So here is my "PC" Holiday Wish to all of you:
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. We also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2008, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. And without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee. By accepting these greeting you are accepting these terms. This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal.
It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for herself or himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law and is revocable at the sold discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.
Those wishing another option: Happy Holidays and a Wonderful and Healthy New Year!
Leon
Peritoy's views on money
As the worlds benchmark currency,the U.S. dollar has had the unfortunate historical distinction of also being the most stable.Interest rates will rise and fall,but around here the good'ole greenback will never get you more than 100 pennies,20 nickels or a big fat Susan B. Anthony.How boring!It's not an existence....it's a death sentence.
You are different.You are not your money.
Unlike your money, your value isn't printed on your face.What luck!Every day you are given the opportunity to decide how much your life is worth...how much it counts.Your karma is flexible,not fixed.Can a wallet full of Washingtons make the same claim?Not a chance.
You are not your money.You have a name,not a number.Behind your brokerage accounts there's a person.Remember?
Somewhere along the line,you forgot.Maybe it was when you only started looking at other people with dollar signs in your eyes.Maybe it was after a fund you picked got five stars from Morningstar.Maybe it was when you started looking at cab drivers while thinking,"I buy and sell guys like you."
But you are smarter than that.You are not your net worth.No matter what your bottom line is,there's more to your soul than Cisco or Home Depot.
You're the patience that waits in line at the post office.You're the empathy that can see the other guys side.You're the humility that couldn't answer one question on Jeopardy!,but enjoys watching just the same.
Your money wishes it had the freedom you possess.
The point is that money in the bank tells us what we have,not who we are or how we should feel about ourselves.And you are not your money.
You may have a neighbor that loaded up on the last hot stock,just before it's recent advance.You know this because he won't stop talking about it,taking every opportunity to remind you just how brilliant his stock picking has become.But a bit of good fortune doesn't change the facts.He's still the same jerk that hits his wife,makes jokes about Mexicans and never bothers to recycle the New York Times.By no stretch of the imagination does making a million make you a martyr,just as every poor person doesn't deserve a noble prize just for being broke.
Have you been dreaming of WAVX? Try MLK.You are judged on the "content of your character",not the size of your brokerage account.Having money is a convenience,but also a curse.It's too easy to pretend that purchases make the man.
So you stay at the Marriott instead of the Mercer.So your car is missing a crankshaft.BFD.You do many things money could never even think about,and the measure of your worth and self-esteem isn't correlated with the thread count of your sheets.
You are intelligent when you want to be,inquisitive when you care and helpful when the situation warrants.You are not your money.
Money can't bond with a friend over beers.It can't do cannonballs off the high dive or cut class for a ballgame.Your money just sits there-and the view from Account No.12345 ain't that damn grand.
You would like to try fly-fishing,and you hated The Departed.Your money didn't even see the preview.
You found Martha Stewart's IPO to be a sickening display-but not because Martha made a billion dollars.You actually feel bad for her.Imagine having millions of investors continually evaluating your own market cap?Right now,analysts are determining the worth and future profitability of her entire likeness and image.You don't need a buy recommendation from Bear Stearns to feel good about who you are.
So when did it happen? Think back.When did you start checking the funds in your 401(k)?When did you automatic portfolio tracker start telling you what kind of day you were having?When did you start surfing CNBC instead of Sportscenter?
The stock market,like many things in life,are decidedly double-edged.
The 401(k)phenomena,for example,has been heralded as a great thing."You are in control!" "You call the shots!"And while it is amazing that you can track your retirement tick-for-tick,it doesn't do much for your mental health.There was a time you couldn't care less what the market did.Now you wake up with coffee,bagel....and the S&P futures for goodness sakes.
Now jerks like me come along and remind you that if you "had only started earlier" you could have made millions more by now. Now Fidelity pops up in the middle of your web surfing,reminding you they've got 100 more ways to analyze assets.Now E*Trade sends you friggin'boxer shorts (did anyone else get a complimentary pair?)in hopes of corralling you into their online casino.Now a lack of interest in money seems....well,sacrilege.
Remember when you started learning the lexicon?"P/E ratio?" "Market order?" The cumbersome language has now become cool.You find yourself reading annual reports,glancing at the London gold fix.You are hooked.Secretly,you'd sometimes rather not even know.That Pandora thing really sucks,huh?
But you are not your money!You are an entirely different animal altogether.Peel away the portfolio for a moment.You will accomplish much more than just getting into MSFT in the single digits.
Money is annoyingly objective....but you are the perfect paradox.You are prone to impromptu air guitar solos,and make one hell of a margarita.You sang karaoke on a dare a would probably do it again.Your money can do nothing of the sort.
Your life won't be judged by the assets you accumulate.No tombstone is inscribed with a total return.When you remember good days with friends long past,it's the time you spent,not the dollars.Family trees aren't categorized by credit card.
Ultimately,you are whoever you want to be.Your cash just comes along for the ride.You are not your money.
Happy Holidays!
The other side
OK...
If you've ever strolled through town listening to a Walkman,you have experienced the feeling of great wealth.With headphones on you need not hear the panhandlers' varied cries for help.Your money doesn't solve the worlds problems.Rather,it gives you the choice to simply tune them out.
With money,you are who you want to be.It's the cab rides.It's the cell phone.It's the comfort of not really having to care.When you are at the top of your game,you are your money.
It is everything you have worked for.It is all of what you've ever wanted,all of what you have and most of what you'll ever have.If someone has left you something of meaning,it probably was money.Money mops up your medical bills and clears up your credit card debt.
It's your sudden interest in collectibles,in eBay,in fine art.It's your penchant for Pinot Nior and product requests from Rayban.
Your money is your mojo.It's your swagger.Your money is your politics,ethics and values.It's more than a little difficult to "put your money where your mouth is" when you don't have any.People without money usually don't have very big mouths.They can't afford to.
Your money is your knowledge.It is you magazine subscriptions and your data feeds.It's your high-bandwidth recipes,chat rooms,pornography and sports scores.
Would you like a dessert? A defibrillator? Another drink? A day off? Your money is about having that choice.If you are about the variety of life,then you are your money.Money is the right to just about anything.
When you can't talk,money will.When there's nothing to say,your money buys you silence.It buys you a window seat.It buys you a bottle of wine.In a private moment,you'd admit to being neither terribly talented nor special.It's what gets you in.It's what makes you right.Money is your only justification for everything that came before now.It's how you explain yourself in no uncertain terms.
Money is what gets you high.It's what defines you.It's what makes you turgid.It's what gives you the strength to get out of bed in the morning.
You are Dean and Deluca,not Denny's.You are Lepanisse,not the Lone Star Steakhouse.You are a controller of capitol,a mover of men.And unlike your marriage,your mother-in-law,your relationships or religion,money is something you'll never be tired of.
In New York City,a few years back,cops busted Liv Tyler's celeb-infested pot party and decided to stay for the fun.However,the dude caught stuffing a turkey under his coat gets roughed up on Rikers Island.You are not going to Rikers....not when you have money.
You are an intelligent,well-groomed,upwardly mobile,law-abiding citizen.You are this because of money.With money you are John Q. Public.Without it you are Public Enemy No.1.It is the fresh flowers.It is your kids clarinet lessons.
When you send it back or want it faster,it is because you are determined to get your money's worth.When you demand a refund,you demand it in dollar-denominated terms.Good karma won't cut it.
If you pay bills, you are your money.Your only right to have bills comes from your ability to pay them.
It's HBO,Skinemax and the Movie Channel.It's the book you bought from Amazon.com but never read.
It's what is behind your sudden lack of interest in the environmental movement.Why protect what we have....when we have so much? Money sucks your empathy for the sickly-after all,they're getting the best that money can buy.
Money is the answer to most any question you can think of.When you are in a jam,money gets you out.It is the online brokerage account.It's the new kitchen cabinets.
Time is money and you are a very busy individual.When you are out of time you are usually also out of money.
Money is the 401(k) you never thought of before 1997.It's Bloomingdales.It's Banana Republic.It's the next new thing from the next new catalog.It's your confirmation your communion.Like it or not your daily bread has a greenish hue.
With your $25 membership to the fine arts museum comes the silent smug of arrogance privy only to card-carrying supporters-financial supporters.If you love the arts,then you are your money.Fine art is there for those who can afford it.
Everyone in your life wants something,and most of them would prefer cash over everything else.With money you are a valuable commodity.When you have money you are someone worth wanting.You hate to wait on people,but with money people wait on you.
You are cultured and well coifed because of it.When the money runs out,so does your lifestyle.Money is what makes premium items de riguer.It's what makes downscale fashion upscale.
Your money is your respite.It's your fun.The things you like to do cost money.Without it, you'll have to find new things....or simply stop having fun.
Money is behind most of what you actually desire.For you it can be nothing more or less than everything that exists.It's everything that you are.Your intrinsic value can be rounded down to the dollar.You are your money!
Happy Holidays.
Securing Very Important Data: Your Own
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/technology/07frame.html?_r=1&th=&oref=slogin&emc=th&am...
By DENISE CARUSO
AS long as we are willing to relinquish some personal data, Web applications have long allowed us to create virtual identities that can conduct most of the social and financial transactions that typify life in the real world.
But the newest generation of these services is starting to collect and store far more than just the standard suite of identity data — name and address, phone, Social Security or credit-card numbers — that populates the databases of banks and credit-card processors. They increasingly store information, generated by us, that is directly linked to those virtual identities.
And users are loving them.
For example, the start-up Mint.com won this year’s TechCrunch award for its Swiss Army knife approach to personal financial management. In exchange for customers uploading their account information and allowing sponsors to offer them specialized services, Mint will connect nightly to their credit-card providers, banks and credit unions. Then it automatically updates transactions and accounts, balances their checkbooks, categorizes their transactions, compares cash with debt and, based on their personal spending habits, shops for better rates on new accounts and credit cards.
A powerful project management and collaboration tool called Basecamp allows teams to store online entire project management plans, including performance targets, to-do lists, files, collaborative documents and messages. Provided by 37Signals L.L.C., based in Chicago, Basecamp has more than a million users around the world, including me.
Another site, Dopplr, from a company of the same name based in Finland, is still in its beta-test phase. It lets users upload and share their travel itineraries with a group of “trusted fellow travelers.” The site can connect with Facebook friend lists, and in September it announced that it had opened an invitation-only social network to business travelers from 100 leading companies and international organizations, including Google, I.B.M. and Nokia.
This type of sensitive, sometimes proprietary information was once locked up on hard drives or in file cabinets far away from anything resembling a global or even a local distribution network. Yet none of the users flocking to these services seem perturbed that they have relinquished personal control over this data to companies that, even with the best of intentions, may not be able to keep it safe.
The incidence of data theft — from wallets to data breaches, computer viruses or Dumpster diving — is soaring. This year alone, the security of nearly 77 million Americans’ records has been breached, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center in San Diego, nearly a fourfold increase over 2006.
Governments around the world are passing and enforcing laws that increasingly hold businesses financially accountable for avoidable data losses. Just last month, the TJX Companies, which owns T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and other retail stores, made a settlement offer, subject to court approval, to victims of a huge data breach, in which 45.7 million customers’ credit- and debit-card data was exposed to identity thieves.
As a result, some security experts are starting to ask whether the “identity data-for-services” business model, which is the engine for virtually all e-commerce companies, is a fair trade — not just for consumers, but for business as well.
In response, they are coming up with new protocols and frameworks for collecting, using and governing identity data. Given that virtually all businesses today collect and use these kinds of data, they aim to shift the status quo in ways that could help companies both improve their reputations with customers and avoid the mounting legal liabilities that now face companies that lose control of customer data.
“The myth is that companies have to know all this information about you in order to do business with you,” said Drummond Reed, vice president for infrastructure at Parity Communications, an identity technology company in Needham, Mass. “But from a liability perspective, the less I know about my customers the better.”
Parity is sponsoring a number of open software projects to shift more control to the users whose identity data is at risk. One of the most intriguing is called the CloudTripper Project, which is developing a way for individuals to “take their data with them” as they traverse the Web, just as they keep their wallets and checkbooks with them as they move around in the real world.
Another project, the Identity Governance Framework, aims to help organizations comply with national and international regulations, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It establishes a new approach for securely sharing and auditing sensitive personal information, and has been widely embraced by major enterprise software vendors as well as providers of identity technology. While such projects are helping to close security gaps that should have been addressed long ago, at least one security expert says that such efforts are trying in vain to solve a social problem with technology.
“We’re in a situation where business holds all the cards,” said Mike Neuenschwander, vice president and research director of identity and privacy strategies at the Burton Group, a technology research and advisory service based in Midvale, Utah. “Businesses put the deal in front of the consumer, they control the playing field and the consumer doesn’t have any say in how the deal plays out.”
ONE way to change this, he said, is to make people more like organizations.
To this end, Mr. Neuenschwander and his colleagues have floated the intriguing concept of the L.L.P.: the Limited Liability Persona. This persona would be a legally recognized virtual person in which users could “invest” the financial or identity resources of their choosing.
Once their individual personas are created, consumers would be able to use them as their legal “alter ego,” even in financial transactions. “My L.L.P. would have its own mailing address, its own tax ID number, and that’s the information I’d give when I’m online,” Mr. Neuenschwander said. Other benefits include the ability for “personas” to limit their financial exposure in ways that individuals cannot.
“When you enter into a relationship with a company and give them your personal information, you’re at tremendous risk — and they aren’t,” he said.
“In the U.S., certain kinds of personal information aren’t treated like property at all. It’s very difficult to sue someone for misuse of personal information. And even if you do, they can never give you back your mailing address, your Social Security number or your DNA, for that matter.”
But if a company loses or tampers with an L.L.P’s data, “the law allows me to sue them because it’s corporate information,” Mr. Neuenschwander said. “It’s digital-rights management,” he added, referring to the access control technologies used by publishers and other copyright holders to limit use of digital media, “only you’re acting on behalf of your own organization.”
Mr. Reed of Parity agreed. “Companies use digital-rights management technology to protect their data from us,” he said. “But they’d be better off if we used it to protect our data from them.”
Denise Caruso is executive director of the Hybrid Vigor Institute, which studies collaborative problem-solving. E-mail: dcaruso@nytimes.com.
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Now that's tricky!!
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redils
I'm rather busy and not at my own computer right now.
I also want to catch up on 22 posts today. Then catch my train and think about what OURGHT to be said.
It is less about what is being said, then about pressures to change the conversation as other things change with the company and the community.... and within Ihub itself.
Weby,
Slider has addressed my very serious concerns. You apparently have yet to reply to slider as well as the PM to you from myself.
What's up with this?
on spelling
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
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in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it.
Thanks Weby,
You may think this OT...so that's why I came here. And yes it has something to do with another board/board situation.
barge banned?
SC gone
Sheldon gone
BigTim deleted and taking a break
24601 deleted
unclever gone
and how many others?
I would sure like to know what they said because they certainly have been worth reading in the past.
JMHO
sorry to bother you.
It's etremely quiet over here so ask away.
My friend Crazy Larry set this board up, but I'm essentially the only moderator. It's an OT board so I require only that one be courteous, have tolerance and follow the ihub rules...ie no constant repetition. I will also say no talking about other boards unless you can establish some legitimate link.
What's your question?
Weby
Is it OK to ask a question over here?
I don't want to get sent to the Phantom Zone for not following the rules.
...whatever they have now become.
No...it is a consumer machine not an enterprise machine.
I have ordered this Dell Notebook
Question?
Does this model have TPM ?
Thanks in advance
(Trend1)
Inspiron 1720,
Intel Core 2 Duo T7100, 1.8GHz, 800Mhz, 2M L2 Cache
Tampa,
Please post your thoughts on the OT Board so those of us not treading the board in real time can see what ALL THW WAVOIDS are saying.
Thanks,
Tom
Weby
What happened to the plan to post deleted messages on Off Topic Board? This board is very difficult to read with so many deletions.
Thanks,
Tom
OT:
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2007/lr20228.htm
Daily KOS co-author fined ~30k for unethical postings on RB...
Was told they will be coming out with a $200 box
(by the end of the year )
that will encode phone calls between two people.
Was told out ground troops already use it on wireless
communications.
Very Interesting Private company
http://www.ripcord.com/
Look who is on the board ! Steve Wozniak
http://www.ripcord.com/board/index.html
This is way off topic....I hope!!
Whole Foods Executive Used Alias
By ANDREW MARTIN
John P. Mackey, the co-founder of Whole Foods Market, has never lacked for personality.
He is a self-described vegan and libertarian who pays himself $1 a year as chairman and chief executive and maintains a blog on the company’s Web site where the posts are occasionally barbed.
As it turns out, that was only the half of it. For seven years, Mr. Mackey had an online alter ego.
Using the pseudonym Rahodeb — a variation of Deborah, his wife’s name — Mr. Mackey typed out more than 1,100 entries on Yahoo Finance’s bulletin board over a seven-year period, championing his company’s stock and occasionally blasting a rival, Wild Oats Markets. The story was first disclosed on The Wall Street Journal’s Web site last night.
Responding to a posting on March 28, 2006, Rahodeb wrote: “OATS has lost their way and no longer has a sense of mission or even a well-thought-out theory of the business. They lack a viable business model that they can replicate. They are floundering around hoping to find a viable strategy that may stop their erosion. Problem is that they lack the time and the capital now.”
Mr. Mackey apparently did not fool participants on the forum, who occasionally tried to out Rahodeb. In one instance, he responded by saying that he was in fact George W. Bush.
In response to another posting, titled, “Hey John — I mean Rahodeb,” he wrote on June 10, 2003: “Another person who thinks my name is John (Mackey)! Well if you really believe I’m John Mackey you should probably pay more attention to what I say on this board. I would be the ultimate Whole Foods Insider!”
Mr. Mackey’s alias surfaced in a footnote in a 40-page court document filed on June 6 by lawyers for the Federal Trade Commission, which is trying to block Whole Foods’ acquisition of Wild Oats on the ground that it would limit competition among natural and organic groceries.
Whole Foods announced in February that it planned to buy its smaller rival for $565 million. Mr. Mackey posted a response on his company’s Web site late Wednesday, acknowledging that he used the pseudonym “Rahodeb” on Yahoo financial bulletin boards from 1999 until last summer. He said the F.T.C. discovered his alias “through one of the millions of litigation documents that Whole Foods provided to them.”
“I posted on Yahoo! under a pseudonym because I had fun doing it,” he wrote. “I never intended any of those postings to be identified with me.”
Mr. Mackey said the views expressed sometimes represented his beliefs. In other instances, he said, he offered different views from his own to play devil’s advocate. He said no proprietary information on Whole Foods was disclosed.
But Mr. Mackey’s writings are proving to be a critical element in the Federal Trade Commission’s case.
“There is no mystery as to why Whole Foods wants to buy its closest rival,” the government wrote in the June 6 court document. The document also said that Mr. Mackey justified paying a significant premium for Wild Oats by telling board members that the company would “avoid nasty price wars in Portland (both Oregon and Maine), Boulder, Nashville and several other cities which will harm our gross margins and profitability.”
“OATS may not be able to defeat us but they can still hurt us,” Mr. Mackey said, according to the government.
Mr. Mackey has argued that his company competes not just with Wild Oats but also with conventional grocery stores that have rushed to offer organic products, largely because of the success of Whole Foods.
Teaming with Wild Oats, he said, would create a company better suited to combat larger rivals like Kroger, Safeway and Wal-Mart.
But Rahodeb showed little respect for Wild Oats and its former chief executive, Perry Odak. In a Feb. 24, 2005, posting, he wrote, “Perhaps the OATS Board will wake up and dump Odak and bring in a visionary and highly competent C.E.O.”
At the same time, he wrote glowingly and anonymously of John Mackey.
“I like Mackey’s haircut. I think he looks cute!” Rahodeb wrote on April 28, 2000.
“You must not patronize any of WFMI’s stores,” the writer continued, using Whole Food’s stock symbol. “Tatoos, piercings, unusual dress and interesting haircuts are everywhere in the stores. In comparison, Mackey looks like a model for Brooks Brothers!”
Rahodeb’s final remarks were posted last August, after he lost a bet to another correspondent, Hubris12000, over Whole Food’s stock performance.
“Surgeon General and Boston Cowboy — you were both right about my true identity all along,” he concluded. “Congratulations on your cleverness.”
As one might expect, Yahoo’s message boards erupted with chatter about Mr. Mackey’s secret identity.
“In light of this news, perhaps the name of the company should be changed to Whole Foods Bazaar,” JimTarHeel wrote. “What a hoot! It’s so Nixonion! Maybe he needs some animal fat in his diet. I’ve known vegans who suffered from teeth and gum disease; now we know a vegan who’s suffering from ‘foot-in-mouth’ disease.”
Government needs to stay out...PERIOD.
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