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This is in reference to Inversors question as to why Leonberger does not buy on the open market.
In the past when I really really questioned the company hard about something and pushed for an answer their response was that if you really want to see that then you will need to sign a Non Disclosure Form and once you sign the NDA “you will not be able to trade the stock, do you really want to do that?”.
Honestly I’m not sure who brought in Fred Leonberger, more than likely it was either Miller, Turpin or Fasick, I don’t know, somehow he found out about Lightwaves Perkinamine. OK so Fred is asked to take a look at this technology (sign an NDA) then low and behold (just as nearly every Homerun hitter they tip their hand to) he decides to become an advisor to the company and as such knows what is going on in the background. They have been working with a Large System Supplier a Fortune 100 Company for I think about 3 years now so he’d be aware of that AND they are not allowed to disclose who it is to the public, knowledge of who that is IMO must be the inside information that is preventing him from trading, I’m not an attorney but common sense would dictate that it is. So I’d guess that as long as these guys know the details of that, IMO buying it would be insider trading. Z did say that they are trying to set up a way for these guys to trade the stock, I’m not sure what he meant by that but perhaps there is a way they can do it. One time in my travels I meet an Electro Optic Polymer scientist type that worked for Dow or Dow Corning and I was talking about the Lightwaves Perkinamine and when I mentioned Fred Leonberger he took a step back and said “WOW” and something to the effect that I do not understand the significance, the respect that Leonberger has in that community, both political and commercial . Oh and by the way after researching what Lightwave has he did in fact buy stock in the company. (Oh and for you Gig types when I mentioned Larry Dalton and the Lumera molecule, he said that he knows Larry and that,,,,,, ah never mind, the Gig clowns will think that I’m bashing) Anyhow when I asked the guy questions about the science (his English was bad and he was talking over my head) he would go get books and bring them to me, he was trying to become my buddy I guess, anyhow he’s gone by the wayside but I did bounce quite a few hypothetical’s off him, just not my cup of rice. The bottom line is that he became an investor.
So I think the short answer to your question is insider information is the reason. The bottom line is that Tom Zelibor is a formal Admiral, he will tell you straight up that he is managing this in a very conservative fashion and that he refuses to succumb to pressure by investors to move forward on the Public relations front until the science is ready.
Well guys this is what he said "With many positive developments in progress, I strongly believe now is the time to present the investment thesis to select institutional investors.” And "We have a compelling story as we approach an outstanding opportunity to penetrate enormous markets desperate for solutions to increase bandwidth while at the same time, lowering costs. Institutional investors need to be made aware of organic, nonlinear electro-optical polymers and the future of organics in the electro-optic device markets."
This science is VERY deep, it took me years to understand.
The majorities guys in this company are some of the most knowledgeable in the world in this field, shoot Joe Miller the Senior Vice President and CTO the man credited with saving Corning glass is here, when the time is right he can demand an audience with almost any CEO in the world. I sat behind him at the shareholders meeting and when Zelibor said that Miller and Leonberger were here because they believe in this science and see something in it he (very, very subtly) nodded his head. I’m probably the only one that noticed, it is that and words like “our” used by Leonberger that are important to pick up on. Oh and Fasick, now Fasick is the guy that has IMO gave this whole companpy credibility, I’ve meet numerous people that worked for him when he was the V.P. at Dupont that knew him for 20 or 30 years when asked about him could not speak more highly about an individual. This science is Very, Very, Very difficult to understand, geez I think Fasick looked at it for a year or 2 prior to lending his name to it. So you either believe them or you don’t, not sure how I got off on that tangent but some day this Ponz guy that posts under many names is going to be kicking himself for trying to discredit this, make up things about me (which I find amusing) and trying to somehow trash the Goetzs and this company, the only reason that I can come up with is that I was right years ago, I make one post that turns out to be correct and he flips out for months (I live rent free in that boys head), he doesn’t say that I was right that (Gig) stock has been one of the worst investments I’ve ever seen, but they persist. Just looked Ponz is up first thing Saturday morning posting on a Lightwave Logic board, LOL. Honestly Ponz, I’m just a normal dude. Most of the gang here has met me, but I guess the internet has given folks, I don’t know something weird to hide behind, I’d say that he’ll be disappearing in a few months and reinventing himself as a long here, and as Forest Gump would say, "that is about all I’ve got to say about that". And no Ponzi I’m not going to spend all day playing on here, I’ve got about 3 or 4 cord of wood to bring in for the winter.
Good question though Inversor, hey why don’t you call Steve Cordovano and ask him it what I’ve said about insider knowledge preventing them from buying is true.
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Just being honest Reds, sorry Proto it was out there for a while as Buzzy said now it is gone. No IMO we should not post it, some on here just ruin it, sorry guys.
And Hey I could be totally wrong.
We cannot micro manage this and second guess them from the sidelines, we have the power of the vote once a year that is what we can effect so we cannot change anything even if we wanted to until Next July. We also can sell at buy and change the price but the MM’s also can play with us on that.
IMO The only thing whining and complaining can do is bring others down. I swear it never fails when they release news on the next logical step forward someone will always call me complaining that it wasn’t 2 steps, (not fun to listen to). Anyhow I guess some people like to invest money and then look for as many reasons as possible to complain. I’m not Bi Polar but I don’t care if they marry, LOL. Thanks goodness for my pornographic memory.
As you guys are looking at the technology I think that we will play in the single mode market I think 1310nm and up so keep that in mind, I’m 90% certain on that one. Not to say that it can not be converted somehow to multimodal and I think that 1310nm also works on multimode ish. Oh that has nothing to do with why I’m stoked.
Gluck
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OH YEH,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Good Luck everyone.
LOL,
Life's Good then you die
I won't elaborate but I think that we are close, very close. As the big money comes in and the folks start buying 10k to 100k per institutional investor per day we will head north at a very steady pace. How long it takes for them to get it out there and how long it takes for investors to digest it and comprehend it is anyone's guess.
I'm holding tight, very tight. Unless the sellers are stupid it has to head north. Hey if you need the money though don't hold off on my hunch do what you have to do because I could be wrong as I have so many times in the past and if I'm right things could always change or someone could throw a monkey wrench in it. This is NOT based on any insider knowledge so don't even go there., just research.
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Don't bother calling me because I won't elaborate.
This is the end to post on Yahoo, as usual that board is blocking me, can one of you copy this and try to post the following beneath it, perhaps it will let another ID post it.
Title it from X's post on Ihub, thanks.
On the other hand Lightwave’s molecules can hold up to CMOS temperatures, is super fast and will enable the creation of Plastic Components, OH and it is compatible with silicon which will enable a bridge from Electronics to Phonics Electo-Optic and on to All Optic. Oh and has an R-33 north of 250 picometers per volt which means it is VERY green. This science is hard to grasp but Ol Man Goetz did it, he has since passed away but the group that has came in proves that the ol guy nailed it.
Later Tator
I thought forints now about Lightwave logic stated that "produces prototype devices" or something like that. I could be wrong Later
Uhhhhhhhh let me think. What did z want in his hand?
Yes it is. Honestly when z mentioned the non deal raid show in 2012 I googled it and honestly I think it's a good thing but,,,,,whatever. I mean why would we want a company putting us in front if investors they will just run up the price and we'll have trouble buying it cheap. Later tater
No but will crap tour pants when you read it. I'm n my I phone and can delete my post. Could one the moderator make it go away. When you find it don't say anything I'd appreciate it. Very just asked for something. It will definitely set you back when you see it. It may no longer be there it may just live in my cache. Not sure.
Pretty sure that he was brought in (prematurely) by Phil Smith so I’d guess that once Phil departed and Olson's contract was up he was toast. But yes I agree, why in the world they would they hire someone so early in the game is beyond me. Oh just thought of something, that was pre device strategy so I guess that he was just going to peddle Perk, raw perkinamine, so when the plan changed they didn't need him.
L G ;),
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Ok guys whatever I ain't playing this game. Good luck bitching and holding, Then complaining im not playing that game it can be a self fulfilling prophecy. I'll be buying. Mystery loves company SO have fun. What makes you think z pushing the lab is a bad thing. I'm glad he's paying attention. Pushing helping correcting giving them what it takes. Have fun whining. x
That is their liquid crystal ladar. Lightwave will sell some to CU they furnish to BNL. Different programs grants/funding.
Agreed , kinda , it took a few years to have Phil "get it" he was told the first week. Oh we'll water over the dam Z has straightened it out and yes Phil and JM did arrange for the LPC Money so all was not lost but, Whatever. Agreed a more dynamic leader with good communication skills would have got us there sooner. What a crazy path it has been but to give up just as they are getting their act together is IMO not exactly using your noggin. iPhone MSG prolly screwed up. Gotta run
Remember how long it took us to figure out what Lightwaves Perkinamine was about?
The world is just about to understand what Electo Optics (2nd Order) the next step in computing and communication is all about, in fact Intel is getting ready to spend Millions teaching the world and Lightwaves got an entire platform of Molecules, AND Lightwave”s Indigo also has Chi-3, (3rd order Light Controlling Light Properties), you heard it slip out of Michelson mouth about Indigo and if you listen closely setting up another area in the lab for 3rd order work (up to that point they had never told us that about Indigo only NR), F’in Fempto second response time (what 1 second is to 37 Million Years) that can withstand CMOS temperatures and NO protection, you also heard Leonberger talk about borrowing technology from cell phones, IMO the answer lies right there. If you think Leonberger and Miller are here for tidly winks then WHATEVER.
Miller was in front of me and subtly nodded his head when Z said they wouldn’t be here if they didn’t believe in it and Leonberger was using terms like “ours”, they believe in it so I don’t care how long it takes I’m hanging around. (It would be nice though to see Miller publicly put some coin in the game but he knows the deal on the LSS so he may not be allowed)
It is just quantum physics no big deal anyone can do it and understand it. < - - remember there are 100 Perkinamine molecules in the period at the end of the sentence, easy cheesy stuff.
“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
Thomas A. Edison
The guys are Lightwave are not quitters, all of these guys are HUGE leaders in their field, I’m not sure why all of the sudden some of you guys are bummed, that's the vibe I’m getting. Oh well, bad attitudes are contagious but I’m not participating.
I can hear some a year from now, Remember when, I wished, I’d, shoulda, woulda, coulda, At One time,,,,,,,
Life is Good Then You Die, let us just hope we aren’t dead by the time they crack this nut.
As for me, I’m staying the course and as always picking up more along the way, they have only been running this as a true business since Miller Left Corning and Z took over what about 1 1/2 years ogo. They WILL GET THERE!
Snez, off to the beach tomorrow morning, I found one of the plugs in the ski was smushed that should give me an extra 10mph.
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Agreed. One yard line Who Knows where we are
And what if they be agreed to spend x numer of dollars per month enginering our material and as long as they are expending that capital we are beholden to them. So In that case one might choose to develop a device or 3 on Their own. Hey like I said of you don't think they know what they are doing sell.
OK I only have minute, honestly the timeline match exactly what we have been hearing over the past 2 years. Yes I agree that Bintz stated 18 to 24 months to get designed in. I do think that we are working with Intel. This may not make any sense but I don’t expect to hear Lightwaves name even if we do have some Perk in the devices, I don’t like it but that is what I understand. You either put your faith in them or you don’t, I choose to put my faith that they are doing the right thing for us and that we do not understand or see the entire picture. Again I only have minute so here goes.
Even if this Intel/Corning news does not “publicly” involve our technology in the end this should still bode well for Lightwave. We’ve (the investors) all spent years getting up to speed understanding this technology and we WILL be playing in this same space so IMO as the folks start to get it and look at Lightaves Perkinamine Platform of Molecules a rising tide will lift our boat as well. I forget who it was but one the seniors at Lightwave said something to the effect that even when the LSS unveils a device with our molecule they may choose not to disclose what is making it tick. In other words we may still be under and NDA seeing our Perk in a device and still not allowed to tell anyone. It sucks but that is what I’ve understood. Furthermore we may not be in these particular devices but it does not mean that we are not working with them. Honestly I haven’t a clue, but I won’t be disappointed if I don’t hear Lightwaves name. Have any of you guys ever looked at Bintz and where his home turf is?
Anyone that wants to wait and try and time it good luck, just don't try to buy more than a few thousand shares and hope that 100 others aren't buying a few thousand shares at the same time. I'm in, I'm Good.
Later, No Time to Proof
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Legman Yes you are correct. At the 2012 Shareholdrs meting Joe Miller (former CTO Corning) had a slide with a graph showing Germanium, Gallium Arsenide and Lithium Niobate stepping up to Perkinamine. The important thing about Perkinamine is that it does not occur naturally and therefore is protected by a patent, the others occur naturally in nature as does graphene, therefore it is available to whoever wants to make it and play with it and that is why you see so much research with them. There is one other company that has a material similar Lightwaves it is called Gig Optix, the problem with that molecule (M3 I think they call it now) is that it cannot handle CMOS temperatures and because of oxygen cannot hold up in the earth’s atmosphere, they are forced to vacuum pack it in Kovar which makes the devices Large stand-alone (off the chip) and expensive. That company states that their product is on silicon and has small form factor,( IMO kind of deceiving to anyone not paying attention) The guys here hate when I point out what is wrong with that because they think that I’ll upset someone at the other company but the bottom line is that we as investors need to understand what is out there and how it will be excepted. I’ve watched that company go from $50 bucks to a dollar. I could be wrong but Keep an eye on it I’m betting it will go south of a dollar do a reverse split in the next 3 or 4 months, after all you can fool some othe people some of the time but the market will eventually figure it out.
Good Luck, Good Questions, Oh when I respond in addition to responding to myself I’m also hitting others so keep Digging and asking the questions.
The only stupid question that I’ve ever heard came from me when I asked the tour guide at Gettysburg why they fought all the Civil war battles in National Parks. Lol
Gotta Run
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Sure I’ll take a crack at it. The Perkinamine is placed in a host polymer, the amount of Perk that a host can hold is important (solubility), think of putting table spoons of salt in a glass of water. There is also a solvent in the mix. The patented spacer system around the perkinamine molecule helps to line them up. They mix it up and drop in on a film, spin the film (like paint art on the boardwalk) to spread out the mix evenly. Then they heat it to melt the host, cook off the solvent and pole it (apply voltage) that lines up the molecules, then cool it to lock it in place. Then they apply electrodes and do their measurements. IMO the host needs to be very clear, able to withstand High temperatures and as I understand it solubility is important. Bintz had a slide up listing Polyimide & Polyethermide as 2 of the host polymers and the LSS is listed as proprietary (the guys in the lab may not even know what it is). Where it gets a little fuzzy to me is when they put the Perk in the slot on a device because when they measure the properties on a thin film they are testing it at 90 or 45 degrees and going through a very thin (a micron or two) but if they put it in a waveguide the light would have to travel the length of slot so that host would have to be very clear so as to not slow or alter the lightwave.
OK “specific performance attributes for their application” Leonberger in his modulator 101 talk spoke about tradeoffs that can be made for Bandwidth, Drive Voltage, Insertion Loss, Size and Yield so I’d guess that is what they are looking at.
I hope that answers your question.
No comment on Opsys, they moved 3,000 miles to Lil Ol Delware and U of W wasn’t exactly happy about the move, they are right down the street from Lightwave, not sure what the current relationship is. Locally, it looks like Hochberg is literally taking over real-estate at the university though, no details as to what is going on in that space, But something sure is.
Oh remember though that Gig has first rights to anything developed at U of W. Just Saying.
Quantum computing is above my pay grade, I'd be making stuff up if I responded.
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No Legman it was not month to month and Yahoo (as usual) is wrong, if my memory serves me right this is about a 5% pay raise for Tom, I don’t have a problem with someone getting a 5% raise honestly it is not worth even talking about. I see Buchi was awarded a few more shares now he’s up to 250k, at least Buchi’s (and Fasick) have some coin in the game.
Oh and Six yes the Spacer was a big deal they thought they had it licked, obviously far from it, if I remember at that time they could not see the dirt in the mix, just going from memory. I think it was Accelepure (I put some coin in them) tried to clean up that version of Perk but it was so dirty it fouled their equipment. I think I lost $125k on that venture and they went BK (I stopped by the lab in time to see them moving out equipment). Anyhow I think one of their devices ended up in the lab and is still in there today I'm pretty sure I saw it during the lab tour at the SHM, pointed to it I mumbled something to Z he said something like "whatever X" so at least, so I guess it helped, I guess it helped someone, in the end maybe me? I don't think that Z understood the relevance of what I was trying to say, we moved on to the other area.
What a long convoluted road this has been.
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Like I'm laying that reasoning out here, nope. Just a hunch of course I don't know that for sure prolly a good bet though
I think he's already there ;)
Where are the words "Without Merit"?
I’m not an attorney but follow me, I find it strange that M/A-COM's press release referring to the original Gig law suite states Gigs claims are “without merit” but the Gig press release on Thursday states that “This new lawsuit was filed without any prior demands or notice” and yesterday’s still doesn’t say “without merit” but states “GigOptix will continue to review the two patents at issue in the complaint filed by MACOM. However, while GigOptix is continuing its investigation, and recognizing that the outcome is not presently known, in light of the initial discovered facts, the claims and the products, GigOptix doesn’t believe that MACOM’s actions will have any material impact on GigOptix’ financial position.” Again nothing stated about “Without Merit”. Gig usually words its press releases very carefully.
I call these eraser words "while GigOptix is continuing its investigation" whatever follows doesn't really mean anything.
If I am incorrect please point it out.
Seeing as how those guys spend so much time on the other board I just I’d give the investors here some food for thought.
Normally and Opportunity doesn’t knock more than once. ;)
Good Luck X
Oh No just hit 90 Cents, it might be a good time to buy a couple thousand shares and sell them back as they try to work it back up, you could make a few quick bucks.
Not Me thought, their creative engineering appears to be as bad as the creative financing they built this company on, and that also ended up in court.
What comes around goes around I guess.
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Oops, You Are CORRECT, I was wrong.
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Agreed that is why Fred Leonberger former CTO of JDSU and Joe Miller Former CTO of Corning are here. Bintz said 6 months to 18 months to get designed in by the LSS and IMO the LSS is referenced at the end of your article. After all Perkinamine is in fact Compatible with silicon and the CMOS process it is incredibly fast and cheap. The LSS is the number 1 priority, but the bottom line is that they still need a device to create completion in a bidding war, in order to bring in IBM, Lockheed, I’d love to see a presentation to Google. I’m not sure what passively tested means but hopefully they’ll get the show on the road soon and can at least announce successful modulation on a board in the lab.
Honestly after following this for so many years since the Goetzs invented it over a decade ago I'd take 20 Bucks. It is still hard to believe the Super star talent that has joined this company since back in the day when it was Mom, Pop, Fred and Andrew in small lab in Wilmington. Odds were against them from day one but it appears the game is on.
Something to think about hmm they use gold on the electrodes not sure uh. Um I think this Is above my pay grades.
It looks at first glance like a flash in the pan, it might be a good quickie play but what I saw wasn’t much, Lets have Spooks weigh in? You awake?
Perhaps I missed something but as I understood it Wise graphene was never protected therefore anyone can get it (because it is not manmade), it occurs naturally and therefore cannot be patented , that it why you read so much about everyone is playing with it, we looked at that a few years ago
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2010/press.html
Graphene has its place, touch screens, etc; I think the missing bang gap is Huge Issue though, if Perkinamine wasn’t manmade you’d see just as many institutions experimenting with it. But they cannot, the nice part about all the reseach is that most people using it publish what they figure out and I’d bet at least some of the knowledge can be used here.
I wonder if they changed up the ad over the weekend to include info on the Ladar front. IXO, I’d guess the next bit of news will be the details on the award or more importantly what stage 2 of the award might look like.
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Nice find Gates n Face, funny rickface in my mind I always get you confused with rickmasters, think I'll call you face in my head.
Web site is the same, just so one of you don’t think it changed in the future I’ll tell you what I noticed.
If you change the size of the window on the computer the web site takes everything that is listed across the top Home/About/Applications/Technology/Next/Investors/Contacts us and changes it to a L – O – N – G GRAY “Menu” bar and when you click on the menu bar it creates a drop down menu, (same info) Just my laptop had a smaller window.
Sorry to confuse
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Yes I’d say that for now EM is out of the picture. It looked to me like once LWLG looked under the hood at what they had to offer and what they wanted a merger agreement could not be reached. So we tried the quickie modulator but apparently it wasn’t compatible and didn’t work. Here in Delaware we have no fault insurance so we’ll just leave it that without any name calling or anything. Hey they gave it a shot and we moved on.
Still not sure if we have anything going on with the U of D, I mean I don’t think that they are totally out of the picture, in fact I’d be willing to bet that we may do a foundry run or two with Prathers buddy, Hochberg that heads up a program called OpSIS it relocated about a year ago to Delaware from the University of Washington. It is an Intel/ U.S. Air Force project, I guess it could be a nothing on our end, but I just don’t think so. University cats/acadamia can be a bit challenging for a small business; it is a different world than business. Oh and some of the investors once they find out LWLG is working with somebody actually try to contact them, some go as far as to trick the other entity (I guess some of that could be my fault, like the time I waltzed into the lab, Lol) shoot one guy filed a freedom of information act request, Lol so I can’t blame Lightwave for not giving us details while they are happening, cause we are a pretty proactive group of investors. IMO, to this day though that I’d bet you that LWLG can walk down the street into U of D to double check something on the science end.
By all means keep doing your due diligence and please double check what I post because I could be wrong, most of this things are from memory and the good Lord knows that I’ve damaged that over my life so I could be wrong.
I’m glad someone dumped 3k shares last minute at the end of the day and kicked her down a peg cause I’ll be in the game next week.
Oh “When working prototypes are in hand, we will demonstrate to potential customers, some whom we have already worked with previously." Oh Dimes to donuts the company has 3 letters the first is an I and the last is an M with a B in there somewhere.
As for the business model , to this day I still look forward to seeing how this is going to play out, Honestly I think the model is like this, create a device, create another, create another, create another, all have different specs from the same material, wham bought out, end of story. But they cannot tell the business world that, as Z would say, that is no way to run a business, but IXO there is no way a fortune 500 company is going to let a small company dictate and control this market. Nope, some want 100 bucks a share, shoot if it were in the next couple months I’d take 10 or 20. That always gets them stirred up.
Lol, A new one IMO = IXO or In X’s Opinion
Going go play
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I was talking to Z at the SHM about the things that we find out there on the net, he said that yes there are some very interesting things out there but doing them in the lab and on the street are two completely different things. He said that stability is an issue with many of the technologies, they get X result on day 1, Y on day 2 and on day 3 nothing. I’d say that the Achilles heel with this technology is that it is liquid; water boils at 100c so IMO this would turn into a gas at 250c, not sure at what temperature it would freeze. Remember what Ol Dr. Goetz did was to take something that was very stable and made it EO active. I still appears that most of the research going on (to me anyhow) looks like they are taking something that is EO active and trying to figure out how to stabilize it. As for those calling for White Papers I’m not sure that we will ever see them unless you have good reason and are willing to sign an NDA, IMO there is good reason for it, proly has something to do with Indigo being held as a trade secret (like Gore-Tex) and not patented because then you’d have to tell all. They are on to something here and it sucks but I’m 99.9% certain that it is for our good. In the end these guys are about creating a product, not academia 'flash in the pan' publicity, IMO these ol birds are here not so much even for money (because they’ve got that already) but to create a legacy.
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Well seeing as how they don’t appreciate it when I explain things in basic easy to understand common sense English, I won’t put in my 2 cents on this and post on Yahoo Snezs find because they will take it as bashing. Lol don’t worry in fact it kinda reminds me of when the Federal Courts put Gig through the ringer what 3 years ago, Swenson was Ordered to resign, um, yup August 2009 you remember those days the wiz bangs on the Yahoo BB said it was a mere flesh wound and in the long run it wouldn’t matter. Oops just looked Gig hit $4.50 that month. Oh and for the record LWLG hit a high of 80 Cents, do the math gents.
Good Luck With Your investment Wiz Bags.
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Excellent question there weaklegs, short story long, back in the day Fred Jr. used to say that they should be able make a modulator for $400 bucks and sell it $800 when they were selling for about $4,000 on the street, so I’d say the material is dirt cheap to make. Perhaps putting it through the extra steps to sterilize it might make it a bit more expensive but Zelibor made the comment one time that the most expensive part of a modulators would be the packaging and I don’t think that it will require anything except for lining up the light/fiber/wave guide or whatever, not so much for protection (Like Gig has) plus it does not require a clean room (just an inert environment when they are poling it) so I’d say that it is VERY cheap. Everyone from Zelibor, to Joe Miller to Leonberger has said that it is cheap to make and that is one of the advantages. If you listen to the Long haul providers like Verizon they are as concerned about the drive voltage as they are about the cost of the device, also factor in the cooling that is required today that won’t be required tomorrow we’ve got a homerun for the Green crowd/play as well. I think on the market today the Mods require like 4V for 10 or even 40 Gig and one of these LWLG guys said that Lightwave is shooting for 1 volt for 100 Gig. Someone can check that it may have been ½ volt. I put the numbers down from memory so I could be wrong. (Not sure how many watts/amps etc.)
I’m Long, only home for minute I Hope that helps.
Good Luck
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I just went on the website and a new Menu bar popped up at the top, kinda tricky to navigate the drop downs. They may have changed something in the content?
Does anyone see something new?
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Honestly I think that 3-D Radar especially in the Infrared would be pretty cool and with a super-fast refresh rate it would be one heck an advantage. You guys can take it however you want but it looks to me like they are doing what they said and saying what they will do.
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/image_galleries/ir_zoo/lessons/background.html
And if you remember there was an article on Turpin a few years back about this exact kind of thing, different wavelength I believe, proly in the visible spectrum.
I think this was article I'm running out of edit time
http://www.gildertech.com/public/Sampleissues/gTRDecem05.pdf
Yup Page 3.
IMO This is why Terry has been hanging around for all this time.
Who will Be First with a product the Military, Telcom, Colorado or the LSS?
We won't last as soon as one nails it.
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WeakLegman (Lol) it takes a while to comprehend this technology, what they’ve got is the patented recipe to a chromophore(a dye, dyes control light) that can control light (photons) is stable, cheap and is compatible with CMOS temperatures and also silicon used in todays computers. This material will act as a bridge between the current copper/electrons technolgoy to tomorrows Electro Optical and on to All Optical. Todays modulators like a 40 gig are actually 4 x 10gig= 40 a hundred is 10x10 Lightwaves perk is fast enough to hit 100 Gig on a Single mode fiber. It is so fast that the government looked at it to filter out laser threats to military satellites but it was too fast for that application.
Perhaps A good place to start is to do a search on Fred Leonberger, he is a consultant for Lightwave, basically he is credited with creating todays Lithium Niobate Modulator and became the CTO at JDSU. OK so you have Fred and Joe Miller at this little company in Delaware. Joe Miller was Corning’s Executive V.P. & CTO. OK so it may be a pure coincidence that Joe Miller retired from Corning moved back home to Delaware and Fred Leonberger decided to work with Lightwaves Perkinamine, Both of these Cats are HIGHLY respected and yes it takes a while to sort out. Now we are seeing Intel collaborating with Corning a coincidence Perhaps.
Think of it as a Biotech Play with Computers, it has MANY, Many, uses (cures) .
Just a thought, I’m not going to post a while and explain the science nor the potential, it is probably better for all of us let whoever wants to dump sell it at a lower price, more shares for those who are buying and it will get those shares in other hands faster. When it starts back up it should do so quickly and some are likely to chase it.
It is hard to watch but it is what it is and until solid news is released those unsure of the science and doubt Leonbergers statements and knowledge of the market will be heading for the hills. Kind of like back in the day in corporate American when our bonuses were awarded based on a percentage of our salary (dollar amount) so you HOPED for a lower price on the award date so you would receive a higher share count, it went against everything that you worked for but it in the end honestly it was better for us, kinda backwards, but yep I'll take them. The price ONLY matters on the day you sell. Besides the volume is so low that whatever they are selling them at really doesn’t matter.
Just hope that the LSS doesn’t make a play for us at this low of a number.
No Reds they aren't stuck for money they won't need any until next year, even then there are warrants and such (maneuvers) that they can make (even if they are not in the money). Folks are simply selling it at what they think is worth, apparently not much.
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The reply was directed at the boards confusion not you that's why board posts are difficult to interpret
LPC is simply a vehicle for turning shares into cash. PERIOD. There is nothing wrong with that, nothing mysterious, that is simply what they do, that is what they are here for. They get a kicker up front then using the formula they get a slightly lower price than the street then turn around and sell them to investors, PERIOD, no mystery. I’m not sure how many of you guys watched Lightwave raise money over the years but that it wasn’t good for the investors either. Investors, big time investors play hard ball, they’ll tell them one thing then do another to get a better price, meanwhile the price would wander down. (They’d have to sell those shares for a reduced price because qualified investors could not sell them for one year and they are pain to deal with AND then provide sweeteners in the form of warrants). What’s nice is that LPC is finding investors to purchase their shares. Guys it is what it is, it takes money to make money, unless someone can step up and provide them with a 20 million dollar line of unsecured credit,,,, ah never mind.
The bottom line is that we are ALL frustrated by the time that it is taking to bring this science to fruition, I’m frustrated too. I guess that we have to rely on Joe Miller, the Dupont guys, Chemical guys and Fred Leonnberger’s judgment. THEY WILL GET IT, IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME, SUCKS BUT ALL OF THE COMPLAINING IN THE WORLD WON’T CHANGE THE SCIENCE.
“When you hire people that are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are.”
Going to go Play
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