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Colt, you think she'll get that bar stool so Churak can make it out to the Hot Tubs without hurting anyone? #msg-571593
AK
Sounds good Colt...but why don't you tell Carolyn about that "helper" you hired to do the clean-up with you. Nice that she helped you change the bed <g>. #msg-568200
~~~COMPX 11/11/2002~~~~~
Previous close 1359.21
1326 timhyma
1331 AKvetch
1332 JXM
1345 WTMHouston
1350 Muell
1354 SagDec15
1370 shao
1379 Phil
1386 MM
AK
Troy, that does remind me, someone suggested the Woman needs a speaker, for telling the Man what to do; seems to have been an oversight in the photo. Uhh, you were saying something about karma?
AK
Troy, not to change subjects (much), maybe you'll give a few comments on this engineer's representation of Man and Woman.
mlsoft, re Tokyo Electron, with a report like that, why should U.S. semi equipment manufacturers fare better? One might think their stock prices are a "tad" too high.
Ten points of view, eh?
The hands of the (be)holder?
WTM, it's not that I disagree with you, but do you believe that your opinion will be equally held by all posters on this thread?
AK
(Or, is majority rule enough?)
Never too early to start wrapping presents though.
AK
p.s. Maybe it was "jiggley"?
Private Message: (Carolyn, please do not read.)
Uhhh, Mr. Houston, how timely you make your appearance here. Bet you were just waiting to point Carolyn to the "wiggly" link, eh? Well, good thing we buried it in 250 posts. Just let her try and find it.
AK
Oh Carolyn, thank you sooo much for not reading all the posts. Too bad there were too many. But you are right, they certainly are not worth the time to go through
AK
(Boyz, we've been saved!)
Bloomberg re Tokyo Electron
11/10 18:37
Japanese Stocks May Decline, Led by Sony, Other Exporters
By Michael Tsang
Tokyo, Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks may fall, led by exporters such as Sony Corp., after the dollar had its biggest drop in 2 1/2 months against the yen on Friday.
Semiconductor-related shares such as Tokyo Electron Ltd. may decline after the world's No. 2 supplier of chipmaking equipment slashed its full-year profit forecast by 75 percent.
``The exchange rate is hurting sentiment and shares of exporters are likely to suffer the most,'' said Yutaka Miura, a manager at Shinko Securities Co. ``There's still not much to cheer about in terms of chip-related demand.''
Nikkei futures for December delivery closed in Chicago at 8570 down from their previous close of 8650 in Osaka and at 8670 in Singapore.
The Nikkei 225 Stock Average added 0.1 percent to 8690.77 in the week just ended, while the Topix index dropped 0.5 percent to 866.89. The Topix has declined in five of the past six weeks.
The strengthening yen may damp investors' appetite for exporters at a time when concern over slowing U.S. demand and military action against Iraq has increased.
UN Resolution
The yen rose to its highest in 10 weeks against the dollar on Nov. 8., strengthening to 119.77 yen from 121.15 in New York trading on Friday.
The United Nations Security Council on Friday voted 15-0 to adopt a U.S. resolution demanding that Iraq agree to unrestricted arms inspections, ending a two-month debate over how to rid Saddam Hussein's regime of weapons of mass destruction.
The U.S., Japan's largest overseas market, will grow more slowly this quarter and next year than projected a month ago as consumers rein in spending and businesses delay investments, according to the latest Blue Chip Economic Indicators survey released yesterday.
Exports accounted for half of Japan's 0.6 percent economic growth in the second quarter.
``We're in an environment where there's not only currency risk, you have a risk of a weak global economy as well,'' said Wilfrid Pham, who helps manage about $2 billion at HSBC Asset Management Japan.
Canon Inc., which relies on overseas sales for 70 percent of its revenue, may also drop.
Tokyo Electron
Tokyo Electron may lead chip-related shares lower. The company, whose customers include Intel Corp. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., lowered its profit forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31 to 500 million yen ($4 million) from its August forecast of 2 billion yen.
NTT DoCoMo Inc., Mizuho Holdings Inc. and other companies that do most of their business at home may also decline. The sub- indexes that track the performance of retailers, banks and brokerages were the three-biggest decliners on the Topix in the last five trading days.
Gross domestic product probably expanded 0.5 percent last quarter, after growing 0.6 percent in the second quarter when it posted its first increase in more than a year, according to the median of 22 economists in a Bloomberg News survey.
The report is due on Wednesday.
``I'm not at all optimistic about domestic-related stocks because nothing's happened in the past 12 years,'' said Masanao Yoshitake, who helps manage about $1 billion at Meiji Dresdner Asset Management Co. ``The economy will probably slow again this year, so there's little incentive to get into the market.''
Yoshitake holds shares of Canon Inc. and Ricoh Inc. and likes digital-camera equipment makers such as Sharp Corp.
Fanuc, McDonald's Japan
Fanuc Ltd. may rise. The world's largest maker of industrial robots plans to raise production of injection molding machines 30 percent to 300 units a month, starting early next year, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said. The company is increasing output as demand rises for parts used in mobile phones with cameras.
McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) Ltd. may decline. Its parent McDonald's Corp. said it will close 175 stores in 10 countries and eliminate as many as 600 jobs, reducing 2002 earnings. The world's biggest restaurant chain fell 7.9 percent.
Maybe this would be handy if you went duck hunting...it works on water too...
MM, much appreciated. Let me see if that solves the "problem".
AK
Matt, here's a site that shows very impressive zooms. Closest to you is Orlando. These tend to be very large files so having DSL or Cable is almost a must.
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/imaging/landsat.htm
AK
Hi gg, hope you can help with a little audio problem. Over at the Corner Bar, a number of songs have been posted that use the .rmf extension. I have downloaded the Beatnik player which uses this extension, but cannot get it to work. As I followed your instructions, I found that my computer associates the .rmf extension with Adobe Rights Management.
How does one solve the problem when a given extension is used by two very different programs?
Thanks for your help.
AK
Original, I followed those instructions, and found that the .rmf extension for my computer was already associated with "Adobe Rights Management". That might be a problem for certain computer users. I'm sure with everybody's help we will sort through this.
AK
Warning, Warning -- the barkeep's back, and she is just starting to review the posts. The party's over.
Orig, your embedded link doesn't work.
Here is the link:
http://at.prohosting.com/LOBONE/RMF//1/Beatnik.rmf
And here is the error message:
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /LOBONE/RMF//1/Beatnik.rmf on this server.
Orig, I'll be happy to give my opinion later, but for now, all I hear is "The Sound of Silence".
Edit: duplicate deleted
Yup, it sucks. And I've got surround sound too. Bummer.
I don't know enough about the dynamics of embedding sound files. Maybe you will write to Bob and see if he can get it working for himself. I would guess others will have a problem with this too.
AK
okey-dokey, I've downloaded and installed the Beatnik player, but it's not linking to your files. I hear nothing...
And I'll bet you are going to tell me the site to download the Beatnik player from?
Orig, I'll go change my hearing aid battery. You finish your story.
AK
Wake up Orig!! I can't hear you!!
AK
Yo, Orig, the sound thingie ain't workin'!!!
AK
I'll bet you have some great stuff there, but I didn't hear nary a note. What is an .rmf file?
AK
Sarals, how about this gif for your signature block?
Now if Matt could only hear what MTM has to say on the subject.
Rowdy Red?
profile icon to distinguish between suspended and terminated
I smell something fishy
I'm cooking up a new profile icon...
Yeah, I toasted him.
Me violent? You still tossing quarters off rooftops?
Not for me, thanks. This is more like it...
Try these:
BEFORE SARA:
AFTER SARA:
Hi Sara, how about this one for you?
Poor hurricaneJim...