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I thought I was the only person that
(1) read Foucalt's Pendulum; and
(2) liked it enough to ever quote from it.
MOrnin' Bob:
To the extent you are interested in an opinion,
I'm not a big fan of the new sound feature:
There is something to be said for the ability of a member to make his or her own decision as to what he or she wants to hear. If enabled, your new feature will force me to keep my sound in a defaulted mute position so as to avoid unwanted noise pollution.
Course, I'm against embedded sound and graphics anywhere except in one's profile, or on threads dedicated to charting or the sharing of images and sounds. I find it intrusive otherwise.
It IS neat, though.
[Suppressed Sound Link]
Already playing on one local station here.
Clams do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
- Paraphrased from Aldous Huxley
I appreciate the new expiration date.
From earlier today, in a different Hemisphere:
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=318259
Well, Trees have their own problems...
THE TREES
There is unrest in the Forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the Maples want more sunligh
And the Oaks ignore their pleas
The trouble with the Maples
(And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the Oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
But the Oaks can't help their feelings
If they like the way they're made
And they wonder why the Maples
Can't be happy in their shade?
There is trouble in the forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the Maples scream `Oppression!`
And the Oaks, just shake their heads
So the Maples formed a Union
And demanded equal rights
'The Oaks are just too greedy
We will make them give us light'
Now there's no more Oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet,
Axe,
And saw ...
Neil Peart
The TOU don't have to be codified necessarily.
Have you considered developing a kind of iHub Common Law. In almost every U.S. jurisdiction, there is both statutory law and common law. Common law is based on the principal of stare decisis which means to let stand that which is decided....or more simply, that a decision by you regarding the TOU as to one member will become part of iHub's "Common Law" and the same reasoning will continue to apply to all members. To make it work, you would need to start a thread that contains your "Decisions." These Decisions could be a short paragraph describing the conduct and the penalty imposed. For Example:
***************************************************************
In re Quahog
Member Quahog has posted personal information (real name) relating to another member in this post: insert URL here. This conduct is not permitted on iHub and as a result Quahog is confined to the Jail for a period of two weeks and is required to make a public apology.
***************************************************************
Thereafter, iHub Common Law will have established that it is improper to post personal information, and that penalties will be imposed. Stare decisis requires you to attempt to be consistent in dealing with cases similar to those already decided. However, the nature of caselaw is that it may develop as time passes and as new circumstances arise. So, if someone were to post someone's home address and telephone number, you might write a decision that references your decision in In re Quahog, but goes on to hold that this more egregious conduct requires a harsher sentence such as account termination.
To me, it sounds like it would be a lot more fun for you and everybody else, would give you the kind of flexibility and discretion you need in dealing with members, and would certainly set iHub apart from every other message board in the world.
It is a problem that we all run into with certain of our "friends." You can only ride the fence for so long, though, I have found.
An example for me are two people I read frequently, one living nearby me on the East, and another person all the way over on the other coast. I know that some day the wrong-coaster will push the envelope too far, but I don't look forward to that day.
It takes a lot to push we fence-riders over. For me, there is only one person I can think of that simply couldn't Sell It.
As for the Gearhead-Savant, I have met him a thousand times over. For all the positives he could bring to the table, one cannot escape the truly sad fact of his sociopathic egocentrism.
Should I say something like IMHO?
Grey Hammer.
Color me abnormal.
;)
Poet's Quiz.
Are you for or against capital punishment? -
-----Against Government sponsored execution. Everyone who votes for capital punishment should be required to do a turn as executioner and/or witness.
Are you for or against legalized abortion? -
------For.
What are your views on gun control? -
------Registration and mandatory competency testing for handguns.
Is your impression of the NRA generally good or generally bad? -
------Bad. Taken to extremes so as to appear cartoonish.
Is your impression of the ACLU generally good or generally bad? -
------Good. I have sought and received their support in court cases, have testified on behalf of it before a legislative body, and my wife is doing so tomorrow. The cases people shake their heads at are so important, because if the extremes are allowed to act then the normal activity is safe. Clamping down on extreme expression creates precedent for trampling on the less extreme.
Do you favor condom distribution in schools? -
------Not without parental consent.
Do you think public school teachers are qualified to teach grammar school children about sex? -
-----Grammar school children? Certainly not. That is what parents are for.
Do you think doctors are overpaid? -
------No. If anything, underpaid.
Do businesses create oppression? -
------No. Businesses create tax revenue, allowing governments to function.
What are your views on global warming? -
------Seems like a lot less snow than when I was a kid.
Do you support Kyoto? -
------In what? All I know about Kyoto is that is the center of Japanese Buddism, and I think there might have been an Olympics there once.
Is being gay nature or nurture? -
------Truly being gay is nature. If a human can be born with both male and female sex organs, why is it so difficult to believe that one can have only male sex organs yet have the brain of a woman.
How do you feel about gay marriage? -
------To the extent that civil marriages are allowed to heterosexuals (which perhaps is a mistake in the first place), and that such marriages confer certain benefits from the state (which is perhaps a mistake in the second place), they should be allowed.
Should the welfare budget be cut? -
------Yes, by reducing the bureaucracy, not the benefits.
Should the military budget be cut? -
------Yes, by reducing the bureaucracy.
How do you feel about missile defense?
------Does it work? Can it work? Will it work? Maybe against one or two missles. Will it work against 200? I doubt it.
Should the budgets of the NEA, public radio and public television be cut? -
------No. It should be increased tenfold.
Should the AIDS research budget be increased? -
------I don't know what the present budget is. How can anyone possibly answer this without looking at the present budget first?
Are standardized tests racist? -
------I guess that depends upon the standardized test. Generally, most are probably racially biased, but calling them racist seems to indicate an animus that I doubt is present.
Is there such a thing as reverse racial discrimination? -
------Of course.
Are perjury and obstruction of justice by a president impeachable offenses? -
------Certainly.
Should the word "God" be taken off our money and out of patriotic songs? -
------No, but "under God" should be removed from the Pledge of Allegiance, since it was added after the fact.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
- Eric Hoffer
My Guru is teaching me how to achieve world domination in five easy steps:
http://wavcentral.com/cgi-bin/log/log.cgi?id=5378&sound=http://sounds.wavcentral.com/movies/aust...
Hey, this thread is supposed to be dead! ;)
As a matter of history, my recollection is that I posted a few comments that poked fun of God or the Pope or some such thing (I really can't recall) on the iHub admin's (then controlling owner's) personal thread. He quickly deleted the Offensive Material, and he and a few others informed me that my words were offensive. This was on the heals of his zapping out of existence another silly thread or two of mine, in an apparent effort to reign in the silliness and prove that "iHub is for Stocks, Blangnamit!" After licking my wounds, I started this thread.
Since then, things have calmed down quite a bit. Somewhere along the line I explained why I don't post about stocks, and I haven't been shown the door yet.
As far as I can see, every person that has posted on this thread is a quality individual, worthy of a listen. I don't like every statement made or action taken by any of them, with perhaps one or two exceptions so far. Some of the people posting don't particularly like each other. For some, it goes well beyond mere dislike. Yet, I don't believe there has been any namecalling, and I hope it stays that way.
I'm not a big fan of missionaries, and I didn't start this thread to convert anybody to my way of thinking either.
I just wanted a place to discuss God's shoe size, and perhaps whether Dubya was the reincarnation of Hughes de Payens. Probably more likely Jacques de Molay now that I think about it.
Just got back from a trip and saw that the top members list is gone.
I suppose I should go ahead and fess up that manipulating that list was way too easy, a lot of fun, and IMO harmless. With the low but perfectly balanced number of peoplemarks I had from others, I found I was able to exercise a whole lot of influence over positions. I could generally move people in the 30 to 50 zone up or down several notches.....up to about 11 places in many instances. Depending upon scores, I could usually move the people in 15-25 up or down one or two places. Such manipulations were always temporary, usually lasting a few hours to a day at the most.
It never occurred to me that this might be against the TOS. I'm still not sure it is.
If this is the kind of manipulation you are concerned with, it seems to me that as more people accrue higher scores, it will be impossible to cause much change except perhaps by the highest rated members.
Face it, any system you have will be capable of being manipulated. I thought membermarks were interesting, but nothing to take too seriously. My suggestion would be to put it back, put a big disclaimer on the page, and forget about it.
P.S. YOu have been doing some great work. I am pleased and impressed, but not surprised.
P.P.S. I'm not a fan of the autorefresh, and I'm thankful that you have offered an option of turning it off.
Whoops!
SCENE I. A public place.
Enter MERCUTIO, BENVOLIO, Page, and Servants
BENVOLIO
I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's retire:
The day is hot, the Capulets abroad,
And, if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl;
For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.
MERCUTIO
Thou art like one of those fellows that when he
enters the confines of a tavern claps me his sword
upon the table and says 'God send me no need of
thee!' and by the operation of the second cup draws
it on the drawer, when indeed there is no need.
BENVOLIO
Am I like such a fellow?
MERCUTIO
Come, come, thou art as hot a Jack in thy mood as
any in Italy, and as soon moved to be moody, and as
soon moody to be moved.
BENVOLIO
And what to?
MERCUTIO
Nay, an there were two such, we should have none
shortly, for one would kill the other. Thou! why,
thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more,
or a hair less, in his beard, than thou hast: thou
wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no
other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes: what
eye but such an eye would spy out such a quarrel?
Thy head is as fun of quarrels as an egg is full of
meat, and yet thy head hath been beaten as addle as
an egg for quarrelling: thou hast quarrelled with a
man for coughing in the street, because he hath
wakened thy dog that hath lain asleep in the sun:
didst thou not fall out with a tailor for wearing
his new doublet before Easter? with another, for
tying his new shoes with old riband? and yet thou
wilt tutor me from quarrelling!
BENVOLIO
An I were so apt to quarrel as thou art, any man
should buy the fee-simple of my life for an hour and a quarter.
MERCUTIO
The fee-simple! O simple!
BENVOLIO
By my head, here come the Capulets.
MERCUTIO
By my heel, I care not.
Enter TYBALT and others
TYBALT
Follow me close, for I will speak to them.
Gentlemen, good den: a word with one of you.
MERCUTIO
And but one word with one of us? couple it with
something; make it a word and a blow.
TYBALT
You shall find me apt enough to that, sir, an you
will give me occasion.
MERCUTIO
Could you not take some occasion without giving?
TYBALT
Mercutio, thou consort'st with Romeo,--
MERCUTIO
Consort! what, dost thou make us minstrels? an
thou make minstrels of us, look to hear nothing but
discords: here's my fiddlestick; here's that shall
make you dance. 'Zounds, consort!
BENVOLIO
We talk here in the public haunt of men:
Either withdraw unto some private place,
And reason coldly of your grievances,
Or else depart; here all eyes gaze on us.
MERCUTIO
Men's eyes were made to look, and let them gaze;
I will not budge for no man's pleasure, I.
Enter ROMEO
TYBALT
Well, peace be with you, sir: here comes my man.
MERCUTIO
But I'll be hanged, sir, if he wear your livery:
Marry, go before to field, he'll be your follower;
Your worship in that sense may call him 'man.'
TYBALT
Romeo, the hate I bear thee can afford
No better term than this,--thou art a villain.
ROMEO
Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee
Doth much excuse the appertaining rage
To such a greeting: villain am I none;
Therefore farewell; I see thou know'st me not.
TYBALT
Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries
That thou hast done me; therefore turn and draw.
ROMEO
I do protest, I never injured thee,
But love thee better than thou canst devise,
Till thou shalt know the reason of my love:
And so, good Capulet,--which name I tender
As dearly as my own,--be satisfied.
MERCUTIO
O calm, dishonourable, vile submission!
Alla stoccata carries it away.
Draws
Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk?
TYBALT
What wouldst thou have with me?
MERCUTIO
Good king of cats, nothing but one of your nine
lives; that I mean to make bold withal, and as you
shall use me hereafter, drybeat the rest of the
eight. Will you pluck your sword out of his pitcher
by the ears? make haste, lest mine be about your
ears ere it be out.
TYBALT
I am for you.
Drawing
ROMEO
Gentle Mercutio, put thy rapier up.
MERCUTIO
Come, sir, your passado.
They fight
ROMEO
Draw, Benvolio; beat down their weapons.
Gentlemen, for shame, forbear this outrage!
Tybalt, Mercutio, the prince expressly hath
Forbidden bandying in Verona streets:
Hold, Tybalt! good Mercutio!
TYBALT under ROMEO's arm stabs MERCUTIO, and flies with his followers
MERCUTIO
I am hurt.
A plague o' both your houses! I am sped.
Is he gone, and hath nothing?
BENVOLIO
What, art thou hurt?
MERCUTIO
Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch; marry, 'tis enough.
Where is my page? Go, villain, fetch a surgeon.
Exit Page
ROMEO
Courage, man; the hurt cannot be much.
MERCUTIO
No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a
church-door; but 'tis enough,'twill serve: ask for
me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I
am peppered, I warrant, for this world. A plague o'
both your houses! 'Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a
cat, to scratch a man to death! a braggart, a
rogue, a villain, that fights by the book of
arithmetic! Why the devil came you between us? I
was hurt under your arm.
ROMEO
I thought all for the best.
MERCUTIO
Help me into some house, Benvolio,
Or I shall faint. A plague o' both your houses!
They have made worms' meat of me: I have it,
And soundly too: your houses!
Exeunt MERCUTIO and BENVOLIO
ROMEO
This gentleman, the prince's near ally,
My very friend, hath got his mortal hurt
In my behalf; my reputation stain'd
With Tybalt's slander,--Tybalt, that an hour
Hath been my kinsman! O sweet Poet,
Thy beauty hath made me effeminate
And in my temper soften'd valour's steel!
Re-enter BENVOLIO
BENVOLIO
O Romeo, Romeo, brave Mercutio's dead!
That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds,
Which too untimely here did scorn the earth.
ROMEO
This day's black fate on more days doth depend;
This but begins the woe, others must end.
BENVOLIO
Here comes the furious Tybalt back again.
ROMEO
Alive, in triumph! and Mercutio slain!
Away to heaven, respective lenity,
And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!
re-enter TYBALT
Now, Tybalt, take the villain back again,
That late thou gavest me; for Mercutio's soul
Is but a little way above our heads,
Staying for thine to keep him company:
Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him.
TYBALT
Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here,
Shalt with him hence.
ROMEO
This shall determine that.
They fight; TYBALT falls
BENVOLIO
Romeo, away, be gone!
The citizens are up, and Tybalt slain.
Stand not amazed: the prince will doom thee death,
If thou art taken: hence, be gone, away!
ROMEO
O, I am fortune's fool!
BENVOLIO
Why dost thou stay?
Exit ROMEO
Enter Citizens, & c
First Citizen
Which way ran he that kill'd Mercutio?
Tybalt, that murderer, which way ran he?
BENVOLIO
There lies that Tybalt.
First Citizen
Up, sir, go with me;
I charge thee in the princes name, obey.
Enter Prince, attended; MONTAGUE, CAPULET, their Wives, and others
PRINCE
Where are the vile beginners of this fray?
BENVOLIO
O noble prince, I can discover all
The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl:
There lies the man, slain by young Romeo,
That slew thy kinsman, brave Mercutio.
LADY CAPULET
Tybalt, my cousin! O my brother's child!
O prince! O cousin! husband! O, the blood is spilt
O my dear kinsman! Prince, as thou art true,
For blood of ours, shed blood of Montague.
O cousin, cousin!
PRINCE
Benvolio, who began this bloody fray?
BENVOLIO
Tybalt, here slain, whom Romeo's hand did slay;
Romeo that spoke him fair, bade him bethink
How nice the quarrel was, and urged withal
Your high displeasure: all this uttered
With gentle breath, calm look, knees humbly bow'd,
Could not take truce with the unruly spleen
Of Tybalt deaf to peace, but that he tilts
With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast,
Who all as hot, turns deadly point to point,
And, with a martial scorn, with one hand beats
Cold death aside, and with the other sends
It back to Tybalt, whose dexterity,
Retorts it: Romeo he cries aloud,
'Hold, friends! friends, part!' and, swifter than
his tongue,
His agile arm beats down their fatal points,
And 'twixt them rushes; underneath whose arm
An envious thrust from Tybalt hit the life
Of stout Mercutio, and then Tybalt fled;
But by and by comes back to Romeo,
Who had but newly entertain'd revenge,
And to 't they go like lightning, for, ere I
Could draw to part them, was stout Tybalt slain.
And, as he fell, did Romeo turn and fly.
This is the truth, or let Benvolio die.
LADY CAPULET
He is a kinsman to the Montague;
Affection makes him false; he speaks not true:
Some twenty of them fought in this black strife,
And all those twenty could but kill one life.
I beg for justice, which thou, prince, must give;
Romeo slew Tybalt, Romeo must not live.
PRINCE
Romeo slew him, he slew Mercutio;
Who now the price of his dear blood doth owe?
MONTAGUE
Not Romeo, prince, he was Mercutio's friend;
His fault concludes but what the law should end,
The life of Tybalt.
PRINCE
And for that offence
Immediately we do exile him hence:
I have an interest in your hate's proceeding,
My blood for your rude brawls doth lie a-bleeding;
But I'll amerce you with so strong a fine
That you shall all repent the loss of mine:
I will be deaf to pleading and excuses;
Nor tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses:
Therefore use none: let Romeo hence in haste,
Else, when he's found, that hour is his last.
Bear hence this body and attend our will:
Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.
Exeunt
Tech request:
Please install a "clear all new messages" feature on the favorites page for membermarks. In most instances, I have read all new messages using the "next 10" feature, but for (I guess) resource reasons next ten does not recognize pages read for this purpose.
My motto is "less clicks is better." (I'm no English major). If that becomes your motto too, I foresee much success for Ihub.
P.S. I am extremely impressed with site admin/owner's responsiveness to suggestions so far.
Edit: Decided to use PM.
Go Patriots.
And while I'm at it, thank God Bledsoe is on the bench, a no good, fumblin', perenial pass interception crybaby that ranks right up there with Bernie Kosar.
Of course, although I want the Pats to win, because they suck no matter what, chances are they will lose to this good-fer-nuthin, 0-13 piece 0' sheet team.
Parking lot seems like the right place for this rant.
Okay Phil,
I think we are talking about two different things. I am talking about the nonexistence of "neutrality" of light, not in the inability to quantify it for human understanding. My quote, which you also quoted, was:
If there were a neutral state between light and dark, hot and cold, then surely it would be capable of being quantified in either lumens or degrees.
I agree that we can measure the difference between 1 lumen and 2 lumens, but my question is how many lumens equals "neutral" in an absolute, scientific sense. I might be wrong, but I don't think there is a correct answer.
Quahog
Hey Phil,
I've got a house full of people right now, so I have only skimmed your post. I'll check it out tomorrow and see if I can't respond properly.
You mean that wasn't a PM I sent?
Whoops.
8)
I have come to actually prefer the brackets...
less key strokes and all. But having the option of both would be great. I have made the same mistake numerous times...thank goodness for edit.
Pssst, Bob....
As the new resident code dood,
you should know that iHub uses brackets [] for html and not <>.
[ggg].
don't worry, I won't tell anybody
That's okay,
I don't believe that I am investment board "Top Member" material to be honest with you. In case you haven't noticed, I try to not post about market related issues. Over and over again I have proven to myself that my judgment in investing leaves a lot to be desired, so I make an effort not to lead others down the same path. In truth, with the exception of a very small trading account, I pay someone to make most of my investment decisions. NEvertheless, I enjoy following a select few people around and reading and learning from their trading/investing strategies.
So, in public posts I try to stick with what I know, which is humor, music, boxing and the law (not necessarily in that order). Sometimes legal issues overlap with investments and/or message board community issues, and in those instances I offer my cyberbuddies whatever help I can (with a big disclaimer). In that way, I hope that am contributing enough to justify my otherwise off-topic content.
So don't cry for me when Big Bad Bob gets his 100 posts and boots me from the list. Relative anonymity suits me just fine.
Quahog
Well, if I'm going to be knocked off,
better by you than a few others I can think of.
Woo hoo,
Stretching out the Top Members list to 60, I actually made the cut.....at number 60
Shall we take bets on how long I'm there. I will wager less than 24 hours.
Nevertheless....your money is in the mail. VBG
8)
<ggg> EOM
Boy this place is starting to shape up....
You better give that pimply faced kid a raise.
Thanks mang. EOM
Just came back online for me,
after being out most of the afternoon and all evening.
Keep the Bizzay in the Schnizzo.
P.S. My membermarks are showing phantom posts. Says there are new messages, but it just ain't so.
He sure is single,
37 years old, with the maturity of a 17 year old. So, your daughters are not necessarily safe. In fact, his last "girlfriend" was an 18 year old farmgirl he met on a trip through Poland. Can you believe it...she broke his heart.
Not wanting to appear "Pavlovian"....we decided not to bother calling on on Christmas...or since.
Here is the offensive email.
As in the past few years, my wife, son and I host my mother and brother and various other relatives for all holidays. She flies in from Chicago, he drives in from Boston. Without getting into all of the complexities of our relationships, I'll just post the email we both received two days before Christmas this year an hour before my mother was to leave for the airport. As you will see, it starts off just fine...until some circuit in his brain snaps.
From: Shrimp [Quahog's brother]
Date: Saturday, December 22, 2001 16:14
To: Quahog's Mother>, Quahog
Subject: Have a Merry Christmas!
Hi Mom and Quahog,
Sorry to tell you that I can't come to Rhode Island for
Christmas. I have
to work both Christmas Eve night, and all day and night
Christmas day.
Also, my car is not running...so, I won't be able to
come down at all while
you're visiting this time, Mom. Sorry. I do wish you
all a Merry
Christmas. I'd like to see more of you both. Hopefully
sometime soon we
can all get together...and/or...I'd love to have you
both up seperately for
visits (or even just for a few drinks in Boston or
Cambridge, Quahog). Call
me wacky...but just getting together for holidays (when
you feel OBLIGATED
to see/invite me), or when you (Mom) are in town
visiting Quahog, seems kinda
eh, lets call it, "less than loving" to me. Sorry to
get real and talk
about familial love while y'all are so full of the
Pavlov's dog variety of
"Christmas Spirit". But then again, knowing your track
records, I'm sure
that you can both bury any social guilt this may stir up
in you in time to
stop it from ruining your precious holiday. So Merry
Christmas and I guess
I can expect a call from you both on my birthday. Or
maybe not. 'til
then...Ho Ho Ho and Joy to the World.
Shrimp
December 24/25...February28...March 17...April 22...3rd
Thursday in
November...December 24/25...February 28...March
17...April 22...3rd Thursday
in November...December 24/25...February 28...March
17...April 22...3rd
Thursday in November...December 24/25...February
28...March 17...April
22...3rd Thursday in November.......O.K., I think I got
it. Oh shit....wait
a minute....what's Littleneck's [Quahog's son] birthday? And Cherrystone's [Mrs. Quahog]? Oh
yeah, and Mother's
day! And are there any other day's that I'm supposed to
act like you give a
shit about me? I don't remember?
The kitchen's
steamy from a pot of mulled wine on the boil
Mmmmmmmm. That's something I should've thought of this year. NOthing like it....with yummy slices of orange turned purple I hope.
That is some story [poem]. It wasn't until the third read that I understood what you had done with the cookies...and it was shocking.
I don't find it to be nasty at all. It is, like all good literature, a window into who you are...the stuff of a psychological case study.
Bravo!
P.S. I'll post the email in a bit.
Hi Poet,
Sorry to hear you had a less than joyous Christmas. I hope you post your poem. If you do, I'll post the unbelievably evil email my brother sent out to the family two days before Christmas in an unsuccessful attempt to destroy the festivities for all of us.
Nice little corner of the world you have here.
Quahog
Woo hoo, I think I started something:
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=219289
Posted by: Quahog
In reply to: mr.mark who wrote msg# 7777
Date: 12/3/2001 12:09:21 PM
Post # of 8309
I've been waiting for Matt to learn to appreciate me.
I think it's working. Every time Joemonkey opens his mouth, my submissions to IH seem more and more reasonable and relevant.
Nice grub.
Matt,
Saral's problem is nearly identical to the one I tried to describe earlier: http://investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=227290
It is happening to me again today....on a different PC in a different city.
I am reminded of something a wise man once said: The best of the alternatives that I'm aware of is iHub, though there's plus and minus there. The minuses involve . . . its ability to survive any serious increase in traffic. Many a business has failed by not being ready for a deluge when a deluge hits.
http://www.siliconinvestor.com/stocktalk/msg.gsp?msgid=16663006
Hope you're able to take advantage here. They don't call em "once in a lifetime opportunities" for nothin'.
Good luck,
Quahog
Actually, I had it backwards. Looking at my links,
it is http://www.investorshub.com that isn't working,
http://investorshub.com/ is working.
What makes a good site?
Good people, fair Admin....in that order
What is good about the current sites?
RB has nothing to offer. Yahoo has decent quotes and charts. SI has the smartest people, the nicest people, the kind of people you would want to have as next-door neighbors. It also has serious investors and traders. I have learned so much about the market just by marking a few selected threads and people on SI. iHub may have the best interface, similar to SI. It is simple, with lots of text on the screen, and a next 10 messages feature. iHub also has the most responsive Admin.
What is needed to make people pay? To stay?
To pay, you need real time quotes, charts, historical prices. To stay, FREE T-SHIRTS.
How should a stock chat site be managed? What is censorship?
Chat? Don't use it, don't care about it. Censorship is when the site admin makes decisions that are not based upon a reasonable interpretation of clearly written Terms of Use.
GOOD LUCK,
Quahog
Matt,
Are you running on more than one server? I am currently not able to get on ihub through my normal links. So, I tried to get in using www.investorshub.com, and I made it. Had to log on again, but now everything is working. In my other, original window, still can't get in. Odd.
Edit: Also, can't get to your new thread even with the new login by using your link. I have to go to "hot," "new," then click on the link there. Again, odd.
That's a double dribble grub.
Points deducted.
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