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Heard on radio broadcast Real networks is
positioning itself for that market but
havn't taken the time to verify.
Anyone know about this?
What???
"I sure wish I had the ability to short EDIG as I think it's a safe bet that the price will tumble after the S-3 is filed to register several million more common shares on or before June 30, 2003, as disclosed in the covenants for the Series D Convertible Preferred shares "
"These temporary increases in share price don't impress me at all. In fact, I used one 3 years ago to get out of EDIG a little better than break even."
OT:Buffett slams dividend tax cut
One of world's richest calls plan 'voodoo economics,' says it puts burden on low-income families.
May 20, 2003: 10:41 AM EDT
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Renewing his criticism of the dividend tax cut laid out by the Senate last week, Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett called the proposal "voodoo economics" that uses "Enron-style accounting."
The Senate's plan for dividends to be 50 percent tax free in 2003, 100 percent tax free in 2004 through 2006 and then face the full tax in 2007 would "further tilt the tax scales toward the rich," Buffett wrote in an opinion piece in the Washington Post.
Buffett posed a hypothetical situation in which Berkshire Hathaway, which does not currently pay a dividend, paid $1 billion in dividends next year.
Through his 31 percent ownership of the company, Buffett said he would receive an additional $310 million in income that would reduce his tax rate from about 30 percent to 3 percent, while his office secretary would still have a tax rate of about 30 percent.
"The 3 percent overall federal tax rate I would pay -- if a Berkshire dividend were to be tax free -- seems a bit light," Buffett wrote.
Instead of the Senate's tax cut plan, Buffett proposed that it provide tax reductions to those who need and will spend the money in the form of a Social Security tax "holiday" or a tax rebate to lower-income people.
"Putting $1,000 in the pockets of 310,000 families with urgent needs is going to provide far more stimulus to the economy than putting the same $310 million in my pockets," Buffett added.
He closed the piece by saying that the "government can't deliver a free lunch to the country as a whole. It can, however, determine who pays for lunch. And last week the Senate handed the bill to the wrong party."
Warren Buffett sits on the board of the Washington Post Co (WPO: up $3.91 to $715.01, Research, Estimates). and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B: up $2.00 to $2451.00, Research, Estimates) owns a stake in the newspaper publisher.
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Did Apple sell 2 miilion more downloads
in the 3rd and 4th weeks it was in business?
I meant that as a reponse to Cassandra
- but I am all ears and am aware of your posts
also - good luck to you - wish I would have bought
more but I'm kind of on overload right now.
certainly has kept you awake a good part
of the time.
On2's high-quality video codec debuts
By Stefanie Olsen
CNET
On2 Technologies has introduced a video compression technology that it says outstrips rival industry standards and proprietary software in quality.
The New York-based company Monday officially launched VP6, a software product that compresses large video files for transport and decoding to a wide range of electronic devices, including set-top boxes, PCs and handheld computers. VP6 joins On2's previous lineup of full-motion video compression and streaming technology, TrueMotion VP4 and VP5.
The image quality and performance of the new compression technology, or codec, outperforms the industry standard codec, JVT/H.26L, according to On2. It also outdoes proprietary software DivX 5.05 and Windows Media Player 9, the dominant technology for the PC, the company said.
"The benefit of VP6 is simple and tangible: VP6 video looks sharper, it plays faster and it runs better on their platforms," On2 chief technology officer Eric Ameres said in a statement.
The new codec supports high-definition display without any compressor restrictions and supports real-time encoding at D1 resolutions. It runs on inexpensive digital signal processors without the pricey subprocessors that standards-based codecs JVT and MPEG-4 require, said On2.
In addition, VP6 improves image quality by up to 40 percent compared with its predecessor and uses up to 50 per cent less CPU (central processing unit) power than VP5, creating faster performance on semiconductors, the company said.
But industry analysts say that whatever the claims of performance quality, industry adoption by equipment makers, content companies and others is what counts.
"Having the best technology doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to win," said Michael Gartenberg, research director at Jupiter Research. "You may arguably be better than Microsoft, but [Windows Media is] on every desktop."
The new codec got a boost recently when it received a nod from America Online. In April, the AOL Time Warner unit entered a nonexclusive licensing deal with On2 to use VP6, an extension of its rights to use earlier technology.
Under the terms of the deal, the Internet media giant may grant its content partners use of On2's technology for encoding programming that will be distributed through AOL services. In addition, the online company may deliver certain undisclosed products and services to its members using the codecs.
On2's software has picked up other backers, too. Last summer, AOL-owned Nullsoft licensed On2's VP3.2 video codec for its multimedia player, Winamp3.
VP6 is expected to be released in two versions: Simple Profile for faster playback on inexpensive processors and Advanced Profile for high quality at extremely low bitrates. Both versions will encode and decode at any data rate and adjust image dimensions.
The company said the codec is particularly revolutionary for the digital television industry, which relies on the industry standard MPEG-2. It says that VP6 surpasses the video quality of MPEG-2 at half the data rate and without needing more processing power.
Japanese electronics giant Sony is also expected later this year to launch a new plasma screen TV set that will tune in streaming video from home networks and the Internet, in a project called Altair. On2 will provide the video compression and decompression technology for the television.
Macrovision* wins CD copy protection patent
Fancy a wee DRM?
By INQUIRER staff: Tuesday 13 May 2003, 14:19
WHILE WE'RE ALL gazing at what Microsoft's up to in the CD arena, Macrovision has been quietly filing copy protection patents for protecting content.
It's latest is a Japanese patent – 3,405,980 – which stops a PC from recognising Red Book audio content when a protected music CD gets inserted in a PC.
Macrovision's patent protects, if that's the right word, the PC from making audio copies.
Macrovision said it's the basis for its CDS product line which it claims counters the threat CD recordable drives pose to the music business.
When the technology is coupled to Windows Media DRM, it lets the record companies make music CDs that play on old fashioned stereos but also "second session" files for storing on a PC. µ
* Sorry Macromedia, originally had you lot in the title.
By: fishinon (RB)
13 May 2003, 02:22 PM EDT
Thomas C.K Yuen, chairman and CEO of SRS Labs said, "Our licensing business remained strong as we increased the penetration of our technologies in our primary home theater market segments, including DVD players, set top boxes and televisions. We also expanded the application of our technologies in new product categories such as portable audio devices, software, and car audio as we built relationships with key licensees such as eDigital, InterVideo, and Kenwood."
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030513/latu064_1.html
Digital rights: What Microsoft could learn from Apple
17:02 Tuesday 13th May 2003
David Coursey, AnchorDesk.com
http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t479-s2134641,00.html
David Coursey: What can you do with the digital content you 'own'? It's a controversial question that both Microsoft and Apple must address. Here's what I think Steve Jobs could teach Steve Ballmer about the issue
I received a letter from Steve Ballmer last week, the same digital rights management (DRM) message the Microsoft chief executive sent to a half-million other registered customers. Maybe I expected too much, but I was hoping Steve would tell me something I didn't already know, rather than just tout the wonders of the DRM package he wants to sell my company.
For months, maybe even years, I've asked Microsoft to tell me what they think people should be able to do with the content they "own." I use the quotes because, while you may own the physical manifestation of the content (a CD or book, for example), you never own the content itself.
Microsoft has, however, been silent on the issue. The closest the company has come to making a statement on the subject is the way it handled the DVD recording debacle involving its Media Center PCs. After initially locking down video content -- typically TV programmes -- recorded on the machine, Microsoft eventually chose to let content owners decide whether a particular programme could be recorded onto a DVD that could be viewed on a consumer DVD player.
Beyond that concession, Microsoft has been silent on the issue of content rights for consumers. What they're doing in the business arena (building rights management into the enterprise versions of Office 2003) makes a lot of sense. But those efforts just make the company's silence on fair-use rights even more apparent.
To make that silence even more embarrassing, Apple's Music Store and its Fairplay rights policy put that company way ahead of Microsoft on the issue and could set a standard for what consumers may do with the content they purchase.
Fairplay allows you to purchase and download any song or album for personal use. That use is defined as playback on up to three computers, unlimited syncing on iPods, unlimited burning of individual songs, and the right to burn custom playlists onto a CD up to 10 times each.
Two weeks ago, at the Music Store introduction, Steve Jobs predicted that most customers would never run into these limitations: computers can be easily deauthorised (meaning that, while you're limited to playback on three computers, you can change which three machines those are), and any change you make to a playlist resets its "burn count" to zero, allowing you to create another 10 CDs.
The most amazing thing is not that Apple developed the Fairplay concept, but that the five major recording labels agreed to it. After years of sabre rattling by its trade group, the RIAA, the recording industry's endorsement of Fairplay is nothing short of amazing.
Someday, Steve Jobs will have a chance to prove whether or not what's good enough for the geese (the record labels) is good enough for the gander (Jobs wearing his Pixar hat). (I don't think I've heard Jobs say what he thinks we should be able to do with our copies of "Toy Story".)
I think Fairplay provides an excellent framework for protecting the rights of content owners while allowing customers latitude with what they do with "their" music. I'd think that if the major record labels can agree, the rest should be easy. But I'm sure it won't be.
Microsoft, as best I can tell, hasn't done anything to address the issues that Fairplay goes some distance toward solving. Granted, almost anything is easier for Apple than Microsoft, save getting people to buy its OS.
Having total control -- hardware, software, portable player, music store -- makes it much easier for Apple to fit the pieces together and ensure end-to-end protection for content owners.
I'm not sure how Microsoft would accomplish the same thing, but I'd like to see them try. We need solutions for everyone, not just businesses.
Relic Studios Licenses DivX Video For Highly Anticipated Homeworld 2 Real-Time Strategy Game
http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t479-s2134641,00.html
SAN DIEGO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12-05-2003 --
DivXNetworks, Inc. today announced that Relic Studios has licensed the revolutionary patent-pending DivX video compression technology to encode high-quality in-game cinematics for the upcoming real-time strategy game Homeworld 2.
Homeworld 2, developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Sierra Entertainment, is the highly anticipated sequel to Homeworld, winner of PC Gamer magazine's prestigious "Game of the Year" award in 1999. Combining elements of real-time strategy and space combat, Homeworld 2 takes the next step in gameplay and technology. Cinematic-quality graphics, stunning special effects, brilliantly rendered ships and an innovative interface combine to create an immersive 3-D gaming experience.
The high-quality cinematic cut-scenes in Homeworld 2 were created using the new DivX PC Software Development Kit (SDK), designed to meet the specific needs of PC game developers. The DivX PC SDK incorporates the cutting-edge features and technology of DivX Pro 5.0.5 to deliver DVD quality video with superior compression. Cinematic scenes encoded in DivX video will be used throughout the game to create a seamless, story-based campaign. DivX, the world's leading MPEG-4 compatible video compression technology, provides DVD-level visual quality at remarkably small file sizes, allowing game developers such as Relic Studios to create the highest quality in-game cinematics without sacrificing video encoding time or disk space.
"The DivX video compression codec is unparalleled in terms of quality, compression capability and ease of integration," said Dan Irish, Executive Producer, Relic Entertainment. "After a reviewing the short list of competing technologies, the choice was clear. The leader in this area is DivX."
"Games from Relic and Sierra Entertainment have consistently ranked among the most creative and exciting strategy games available, and we're pleased to bring the power of DivX to the eagerly awaited Homeworld 2 title," said Jordan Greenhall, co-founder and CEO of DivXNetworks, Inc.
Hailed as a "revolutionary product" by Tom's Hardware Guide, DivX MPEG-4-compatible video compression technology has been downloaded over 80 million times. For more information on licensing DivX technology for commercial applications, e-mail licensing@divxnetworks.com or visit www.divxnetworks.com/products.
Relic Studios Licenses DivX Video For Highly Anticipated Homeworld 2 Real-Time Strategy Game
SAN DIEGO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12-05-2003 --
DivXNetworks, Inc. today announced that Relic Studios has licensed the revolutionary patent-pending DivX video compression technology to encode high-quality in-game cinematics for the upcoming real-time strategy game Homeworld 2.
Homeworld 2, developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Sierra Entertainment, is the highly anticipated sequel to Homeworld, winner of PC Gamer magazine's prestigious "Game of the Year" award in 1999. Combining elements of real-time strategy and space combat, Homeworld 2 takes the next step in gameplay and technology. Cinematic-quality graphics, stunning special effects, brilliantly rendered ships and an innovative interface combine to create an immersive 3-D gaming experience.
The high-quality cinematic cut-scenes in Homeworld 2 were created using the new DivX PC Software Development Kit (SDK), designed to meet the specific needs of PC game developers. The DivX PC SDK incorporates the cutting-edge features and technology of DivX Pro 5.0.5 to deliver DVD quality video with superior compression. Cinematic scenes encoded in DivX video will be used throughout the game to create a seamless, story-based campaign. DivX, the world's leading MPEG-4 compatible video compression technology, provides DVD-level visual quality at remarkably small file sizes, allowing game developers such as Relic Studios to create the highest quality in-game cinematics without sacrificing video encoding time or disk space.
"The DivX video compression codec is unparalleled in terms of quality, compression capability and ease of integration," said Dan Irish, Executive Producer, Relic Entertainment. "After a reviewing the short list of competing technologies, the choice was clear. The leader in this area is DivX."
"Games from Relic and Sierra Entertainment have consistently ranked among the most creative and exciting strategy games available, and we're pleased to bring the power of DivX to the eagerly awaited Homeworld 2 title," said Jordan Greenhall, co-founder and CEO of DivXNetworks, Inc.
Hailed as a "revolutionary product" by Tom's Hardware Guide, DivX MPEG-4-compatible video compression technology has been downloaded over 80 million times. For more information on licensing DivX technology for commercial applications, e-mail licensing@divxnetworks.com or visit www.divxnetworks.com/products.
1 GB IBM Micro Drives $199.99 Seem to be in stock.
http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/catalog/shopping_cart.php
Ok so I don't count on the objectivity of any article -
that's what open mind does - Don't you think the Boston
Glub writer could have had his reasons for not being too
objective - Everyone spins to suit their own ego or agenda.
Everyone gets positive or negative reviews - what's the diff
anymore which part you present -
Apple downloads ring sour note
Sound quality doesn’t match up to excellent user experience
ITunes Music Store is easy and fun to use. But don't expect CD-quality sound.
REVIEW
By Gary Krakow
MSNBC
May 6 — All hail Apple’s iTunes Music Store. It’s very well thought out, and beautifully executed. If only as much thought had gone into the sound quality, which is far from beautiful.
THE INTERNET is nearly the perfect medium for downloading music, video and more, as anyone who has ever played with Napster or other file-sharing services knows. But with the music industry up in arms about stolen royalties, something had to be done to give them and the musicians their share of the pie, and companies have been struggling to find ways to do it. You have to give Apple a lot of credit for figuring out a really neat way to tap into this huge market for downloads — and for getting lots of publicity for its launch.
Overall, Apple’s music store is a pleasure to use. It’s easy, fast and efficient. It’s so easy — and mindless — I can see users (assuming they have both a Mac and OS X) spending lots of money downloading music.
The premise is simple. First, you need Apple’s latest digital music player software, iTunes 4, and the latest version of QuickTime (6.2). In addition to letting you burn CDs and sync song lists with your iPod, iTunes now also has a special button that takes you to the online store.
Once there, you can hear 30-second previews of songs before you buy them. Single cuts go for 99 cents, albums usually for around $9.99. Once you’ve set up your account and given Apple a credit card number, you press one button and the material is automatically downloaded to another new iTunes button: Purchased Music. It’s that simple.
After downloading the music, it’s yours — sort of. You can burn the cuts onto a CD as many times as you’d like. You can stream them through your home via some clever Apple software (Rendezvous) and you can store them on up to three computers. Apple figures that should be enough to share your downloaded music with friends and family while not giving you free rein to trade it with many other people.
Overall, the experience is a lot better than anything that previously existed. The using and buying experience gets an A-plus.
Of course, the service only works on Apple computers right now, leaving more than 90 percent of its potential users out in the cold. And while sales were high in its first week, that’s typical of most Apple products: demand is high at the beginning, then sales taper off rapidly once the built-in Apple audience buys its fill. Apple is going to need to break that cycle, or risk its store going the way of other cool, but short-lived, designs.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
My biggest problem, however, is with the quality of the downloads.
Apple has chosen AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) compression for the music. (AAC is actually Dolby’s version of the MPEG-4 audio codec.) Apple says AAC is more efficient than older formats like MP3 and that “expert listeners have judged AAC audio files compressed at 128 kbps (stereo) to be virtually indistinguishable from the uncompressed audio source.”
I’d love to meet those experts.
Last night, I downloaded the latest album by The Wallflowers to hear what Apple’s downloads sound like compared to the “real” CD, which I own. After my one-click download, I burned a CD of the cuts. The CD played on the Apple computer, on my PC and in my two standalone DVD players. (Any device that can play a DVD can play burned copies of Apple’s AAC-compressed songs.)
The burned disk did NOT play in any of my CD players. Not in the ones hooked up to my stereo, my portable players, or even in an old laptop without DVD capabilities. Nor did they play on either of my older MP3 players.
It’s true: Apple’s AAC cuts sound great with the tiny little speakers that come with computers. And they sound pretty good on an original (but AAC upgraded) iPod through the stock headphones. But listen through good headphones and what you’ll hear is dull-sounding bass, slightly sibilant voice quality and a lack of three-dimensionality.
When I moved up to the DVD player connected to my stereo, the difference was huge. The AAC cuts had a complete lack of air around the singer and instruments in the band. The sound quality was somewhat dynamic, but dull sounding. When I compared the downloaded songs to the real CD it was no contest. The uncompressed CD .wav files sounded much, much, much better.
This might not matter to most people, but consider this: The Wallflowers CD cost me $11.99 when I bought it. I can make as many legal copies as I like for my personal use — and those copies all sound great and play on any device I can think of. I can also rip the songs onto my MP3 players and the iPod. The Wallflowers download from iTunes cost me $9.99, is limited in where I can play and store it — and the sound is inferior.
Even if you think AAC cuts are good enough for your listening needs, you’re paying way too much for this near-CD quality when a few cents more per cut can get you the real thing. Apple should consider slashing the price of their music to reflect the ultimate quality of its offerings. For now, I’ll stick with CDs.
Digitalway vs of O1000 is mac compat .... what about the
other items.
Now, a camera in your MP3 player
http://www1.economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=45248722
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SATURDAY, MAY 03, 2003 11:42:10 AM ]
You have heard of the man for all seasons. Now what about a gadget for all seasons? The sleek Panasonic SV-AV30 e-wear SD multi AV device is actually an MP3 player, which can function as a still camera, a video recorder, a music player and a voice recorder, and that's really saying something.
You can carry the 4-ounce, 1.1x2.4x2.9 inches lifestyle gadget in your pocket to take a snapshot or capture a short movie. With a built-in two-inch, 320x200 colour LCD flip-up monitor, a 3.55-mm fixed-length lens, a flash and a rechargeable lithium ion battery, the camcorder looks like a mini laptop. And with a built-in speaker, you can listen to audio as well.
The 64MB SD card helps you store 124 photos, 35 minutes of MPEG4 video, two minutes of MPEG2 video, one hour of MP3 audio at 128Kbps or a combination of images and audio.
With the docking cradle connecting to the composite inputs and outputs on your TV or other A/V component, you can record your favourite TV show and take it with you, or see your MPEG videos on a TV screen.
Just put your SD memory card into an optional PC card adaptor and place the adaptor into the PC card slot. You can then transfer JPEG images from your SD memory card to the DVD recorder and view them on your TV.
With SD Jukebox software, you can arrange all of your favourite songs by artiste, title, or in personalised playlists. This software comes with features like a mood analyser that can either be programmed, or automatically select songs to match your mood. SD Jukebox also plays videos, and displays digital pictures as you listen to music.
Due to small file size, you can take a large number of JPEG photos without running out of storage space. And a built-in flash helps maintain the quality of your photos.
You can store instructions on the SD memory card to specify still images you would like to print, and how many copies you want. Then just put the card into the portable SV-P20 SD mobile printer to print out your photos right on the spot.
The SD voice recorder records isolated sound onto your SD memory card, an ideal function for meetings, voice memos, etc.
Models with similar features in other brands: Sony DCR IP5 Micro MV, JVC’s GR-DVP3 DV, Canon’s MV3i MC...
Sassy you amaze me with your infinite wisdom ...
"it's more likely that someone is playing around with with the PPS making it look like something is about to happen (could even be some spoofing) which causes others to buy in anticipation of news (like chwdrhed) or that there really is a PR about to come out and that someone had advance knowledge of it."
Market makers set the PPS and believe it - they don't raise prices to incur losses - now who was that someone that can influence the MM's - give me a break oh wise one.
first sixty million in revenue tax free?
Youreallycansee - LOL
Of course if one doesn't care about the industry
- industry news would seem irrelevant. And one who
complains suggest that we could ignore her posts
if we don't like what she posts could possibly
ignore industry news that offends her.
Finally, Something to Listen To
Satellite radio is a cure for the bland sameness of everyday broadcasting -- and it's a real business.
By Jimmy Guterman, Apr 23, 2003
Radio is in the doldrums. The dominant Clear Channel network of stations has enforced a bland sameness coast-to-coast, and the first of the large networks to announce quarterly results this week had bad news. Viacom (VIA) president Mel Karmazin had one word to describe how Infinity, his radio network, was doing: "Disappointing."
Let's go back a generation. The blandness and homogeneity of network television, coupled with an advance in technology, gave cable television an opening. There may be times when it feels like you have 500 channels and none worth watching. But you can't argue with the fact that, despite the mind-numbing shopping channels and endless reruns of Designing Women, programming is more diverse now than it was when only three broadcast networks existed. These days there are hundreds of narrowcast networks, many of which have grabbed thin but lucrative market slices.
Some prognosticators thought Web-based radio would accomplish the same thing, smashing the soporific hegemony of regular radio, but the combination of copyright concerns and relatively low-quality streams has kept that medium from exploding. Plus, any radio medium that doesn't work well in cars is doomed.
That's where Sirius (SIRI) and XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) come in. For two years, they have been battling to solve the problem in a different way -- closer to the cable model. Subscribers pay a monthly fee to receive exclusive programming. Like cable TV, satellite radio offers some interesting advantages over its broadcast rivals: It boasts better reception and a wider menu of offerings -- each hosts roughly 100 channels of familiar (NPR, CNN) and homegrown programming. And with devices like the portable XM Radio, made by General Motors (GM) spinoff Delphi (DPH), it's now easy to bring satellite radio more or less anywhere. (Sirius expects to release a similar portable system midyear.)
It's cool, but is it a business? It sure looks like it. XM, launched nationwide in November 2001, now has 500,000 subscribers paying at least $9.99 a month and projects 1.2 million subscribers by year's end. Sirius has been experiencing some well-publicized financial troubles lately (it was saved by a recent $200 million cash infusion). Sirius charges $12.95 per month (it has no commercials) and expects to reach 300,000 subscribers by year's end.
Regardless of whether XM maintains its lead (likely) or Sirius charges back, that 500,000 number for XM is an excellent harbinger. At a time when many are arguing that the only content that matters is free content, at a time when consumers seem indifferent to new technologies like SACD and DataPlay, at a time when record sales are tanking, here is a new medium so impressive that more than half a million people are already paying for it as an alternative to free radio. It's that good.
What's most heartening is that, so far, the satellite radio purveyors have reached only the early adopters. Radio prices are falling (they're now around $200), and the offerings are expanding. XM is testing its first premium channel; both XM and Sirius have deals with automakers that will make their radios more readily available next year.
If you listen to standard radio, it's easy to wonder whether the format is dead. But just an hour with either satellite service emphasizes that something much better is available -- if you're willing to pay for it. Can 500,000 subscribers be wrong?
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Jimmy Guterman was the editor of Media Grok and its successor, Media Unspun. He has written or edited for more than 90 periodicals (some of which still exist), has written five books (half of which are still in print), and has produced CDs for every major record label (all of which have consolidated). He is the founder and president of a consultancy, the Vineyard Group.
This link confirms that the link you posted is
good for everyone.
http://www.pinksheets.com/quote/quote.jsp?symbol=txn
"EDIT: The fact of the matter is it is those who are trying to impose restriction on what is said that are the same individuals who can't adhere to the rules to begin with."
And so shouldn't we remove the labeling of shareholders as touters, hypist, stupid, etc, etc, etc ...
You know the SH that are pro-EDIG and show much enthusiasm.
this means you would
of course have to keep an open mind. Sure you will .....
It would also be great if there was
a non-shareholder EDIG board so our
loved ones could stay together.
butanywhywouldanyone do all these things with EDIG stock
- trade EDIG when there are thousands of other issues
to trade.
- short a .15 cent stock when there are thousands of better
issues to short.
- you people make absolutely no sense -
Go thru all the trouble of going off shore and back and
forth when you have a convenient NYSE or NAZ to trade
to your hearts desire - you have got be kidding, ignorant,
or just trying to spin your own agenda -
Is it OK if he does?
Only Cassandra can be right, I've seen
it over and over and over. Needless to
say, you shouldn't let this affect you
in the least.
"Analysts believe that the 48-year-old Jobs will have to do more than make legal downloading easy. They say he also will have to slash prices, possibly to as little as 10 cents per song, to persuade consumers, many of whom have grown accustomed to free downloads, to buy music from Apple."
Wouldn't the other labels have to follow suit
OR Apple would be possibly be violating anti-trust laws?
fred, if you see sharply rising prices in a stock
your first reaction is to jump in to buy the stock
(understandable).
Why couldn't it be the MM setting the price higher?
How does a pps rise or descend sharply on 100 share blocks?
how are the market forces determining that scenario?
It is MO that the Market Makers
in this stock set the value of the
company stock. Whether it is justified
remains to be seen. Many issues have
been valued in this manner because of
future potential. (not just EDIG)
No Oshemae, you are wrong. Posters have a right
to post where they please. you obviously had to
make your comment to please yourself. The truth
is they won't be bothered with the content of
your posts and those of Butanyway and Cassandra
just to mention of few of your friends.
Oshemae being polite is the same as being muzzeled
congrats Osh LOL
I may be wrong. that is my recollection.
no nothing of Jones, and I thought
IFE conference begins the 9th ?????
Probably will if this world can stay
glued together for a couple more years. LOL