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the $10 mil figure MUST be incorrect.eom
we certianly are a SMALL group these days,where the hell are all those NEW investors EquitiStink was claiming they were going to bring in......? huh...?
something isn't adding for me up here,in the post by I4C the article says:
"The program's budget for FY 2004 is expected to be about $10 million, used to support annual competitions among small businesses for Phase I and Phase II awards. "
must not that be incorrect..? THAT amount is way insufficent to cover ANYWHERE near the amount required to fund phase 2 awards to all the companies on the list TR found.....!?!?!?!?!
(I see that is says there "used to support annual competitions " and I thought perhaps that was just the amount required to run the competitions, however, that seems unclear to me.......)
The article aslo states:
"Federal agencies with extramural R&D budgets over $1 billion are required to administer STTR programs using an annual set-aside of 0.15%. The set-aside will increase to 0.3 percent in FY 2004. Currently, five Federal agencies participate in the STTR program: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Departments of Defense, Energy, and Health and Human Services."
it would seem to my admittedy clouded and befuddled mind that .3% of the budget of the five agencys listed should be many times a paltry $10 million bucks....I 'm not thinking too clearly this morning ......so if anyone could straighten me out, and show me wher I may have gone wrong, I would really appreciate it.......10-Z PS sorry I4C6S for the un-necessary length of this post....and Ptrey, Tr , Tech thanks for sharing your good thinking......I'm afraid to feel TOO good TOO soon......don't want to get my heart broken
TR,alrighty thanks for shining a bit more light on how you are reading your find.....Given your optimism, I shall continue to hope.....and as HongCouver suggests, I shall Hurry up and Wait......even if I have to wait for ages...
Hoping Good Fortune finds Your door....Loyal ol' 10-Z
OK,but that would seem to go without saying.eom
Rafael, WHATEVER is your point...?eom
TR, so do we (you) know how many contenders there were for the phase two award in each catagory or division...? I'm wondering if it is possible that this may be a list of the candidates rather than of the winners.....? Please excuse this post if it seems unbelievably uninformed and/or stupid as I have not given strict attention to the mechanism of the awards......Thanks T,....10-Z
it amazes me that a person who goes to the other board and name calls, is is outspoken in his un-necessarily unkind and ungenerous comments regarding board members here and this board in general, would have the desire to come to the very board he claims to have such contempt for, and post a vast percentage of the posts here pretending all the while to be what he thinks might pass for non-combative (wink,wink)
I can only imagine that such person must realize that most posters here have come here to GET AWAY from him.....THAT must rankle..!
The only thing that puzzles me more is why posters here would then engage such persons in the very same unresolvoable,endless, and pointless naysaying that many of us came here to escape, and in doing so give such persons domininance of BOTH boards, while subjecting others to witnessing this somewhat embarrassing dialogue....in looking at todays posts all I have to do is add a few unpleasant names to the body of the posts and we have RB Redux
As a real Wise Guy once said, "So Sad"......10-Z
HongCouver,yep that's my Saab,and that's my wife,but that looks more like Juggs in the car with her.......JUGGSEY....!!!
Thanks HongCouver, and I hope that life is treating you VERY Well indeed......!!! 10-Z
Juggster, U may try putting less cheese on your next pizza, or even going cheese free.....this may help unclog many unessential bodily organs including ones brain ...!
Actually I imagine that your poor brain is probably just still aswirl with manifold glorious and intoxicating images of Paradise (Costa Rica)......we see this all the time in the Hippie World, but lovingly refer to it as "Having a Flashback"........Best thing to do: ...just go with the flow man....! The Old Beatnick....10-Z
had to take the leafblower to the living room again today....dust bunnies met and conquered.....long as I was at it I blew all the little bits of crap outta' the Good old Saab for good measure, but a bit of a challange there as the crappola kept sort of swirling around and changing locations as much as leaving the car......well here's hopin we don't get any more good news soon....because much more good news and the pps may drop to nothing...(imagine tear stain here)....always jokin' around, 10-Z
Hock,$2100 brand new WOW... Saabs are nicer than most people might realize,my first one was a model 95 or 96..and I don't mean year model...it was the really outta' sight looking beetle-back 3 cylinder 2 stroke....a very small and sparse auto, but built like a tank inside and out....well hope you don't get post partum depression now that your basement is done........."Bang, Zoom, to da Moon......!!!"
Good Old still black and white 10-Z
Juggs, now I'm jealous...!!! eom
I4C6$,I'm there.. just one other small requirement for that trip.....MONEY...!!!!! Hope to have some someday somehow.
Best to You and Yours..........10-Z
Jagman, now that makes two people who have told me to buckle up.......I guess I'd better listen........consider me buckled.......10-Z
Juggs, thanks but don't feel too bad, I don't have that laptop yet........but I must say I'm feeling lucky near term as well as long.......Go ahead Cal or Ages, Make My Day..!!!
lmao....Good Ol' 10-Z PS did you hear???, Gary no longer has to pay ThumbTax....he's lucky that rope didn't snap a few inches lower,or he'd really be singin' the blues.......lmao
Juggs and Hongcouver,
Hey, I gave up waiting for fasc to go up before buying that convertible........it ain't the BMW that I had in mind, but it is a Saab, and that ain't all bad either....
Thing was it was a deal I couldn't refuse.....it's a 1991 Saab Turbo Convertible, 107k miles, 5speed,seats 4 very comfortably,power top, leather wrapped steering wheel, heated leather power seats, 5 speed, no dents (altho the clearcoat on the hood is fading),it has a new clutch, good tires and runs quite strongly .....all four of us have been spending a lot of time riding around in it with the top down and big smiles on our faces, it's been the kinda thing where we see a turn and say ;Hey I lets see where that road leads.......but the best part......price $1300. (Hongcouver knowing how thrifty, er value concious you are I thought you might appreciate that)(blue book: dealer $7000, private party $4500)
well gotta go wash and armorall the Saab......(imagine smiley face here).......10-Z
maybe you doubters had better fasten your seatbelts to be on the safe side.............you never know this thing may just run off the edge of a cliff and you'll wish you'd buckled up
I4C..Supoib..(lmao)......Thanks 10-Z!!eom
I4C6$,my seatbelt has been fastened tight for over a year now, cutting off circulation to the brain and other non-vital organs.....thanks for thinking of me.......10-Z
wonder where EMSI fits into this picture??eom
Gary U Da Man! (what's left of you that is)10-Z
the answer to question # 13 might point to expectations by those in the know of increasing sales.....hopefully...but just a thought fwiw...might just be wishful thinking on their part for all I know... 10-Z
Question 13: What is the delivery time on an AGES systems?
The KDS machines are running at 6 to 8 months at the present, but will be ramped up to 6 to 8 weeks during the next 18 months.
same old thing, different board.eom
Raf,I already KNOW what I said. I also know what you said....however as I said you have misundersttod my intent...perhaps substituting the word "contravening" for the word "naysaying" would bring you closer to understanding what I aim to convey.
Raf,u misunderstood my post.eom
wow, just like RB now...!! Sheesh....!eom
true,endless naysaying leads nowhere and just ain't that much fun to keep reading
TR,please forgive me for interpreting your meaning or intent,I do apologize........My wife and I were talking last night about how some "investors" in fasc demand to know the trades and holdings of other investors, and yet when that information is revealed to them, they do not seem willing to accept ones word and go so far to demand 'proof' ......even this they seem intent on disparaging.......My wife suggested that what they really want, and the only way to really satisfy them is to post ones account # and password on these boards.......I laughed for quite some time at that.....and wanted, as we had both thought of you, to share that with you.....hope you can get a smile out of it also........Very Best to You, TR....10-Z PS I hope that your "bet" pays off BIG TIME.......(you know what a bet is don't you? It's much like betting on a horse...!! You find out all you can about the horse and it's competition and then you steps up like a man, and makes your bet......what happens after that is up to fate, fortune, and the horse......lmao
Rafael,you say "I am tired of seeing all the great potentials of this "little diamond in the ruff" and would like to see it really shine with FACTS Tony not more wow it's great that so and so is interested in FASC."
That is TOO obvious, do we ALL, every one of us, not wish for that...?
We all want very badly to see that Rafael, however, what I might ask you is: how do you intend to bring about that desired state of being...??? are you asking TR to make that happen for you..? I don't think that he can do that for you....BUT I believe that he himself may feel that the chances of that much desired state of affairs being realized are satisfactory to convince him that HE his own self is willing to happily leave his OWN personal funds invested in FASC.....It looks as tho' if one were tired enough one would sell the shares one owns and put it into another investment of which one feels more confident.....rather than endlessly insisting that others PROVE to him that this investment is a wise one.......Personally, I don't refer to this as an investment...I think of it as a bet, nothing more. I've made a bet, If I win, I will rejoice...If I fail I will press on and find my next adventure and hope to be the better for it.
I just do NOT see the need nor any advantage wahtsoever in arguing the merits of the company...? am I missing the point entirely...you tell me... Hoping for Your Happiness...10-Z
Rafael,I'm sorry but I fail to see your point.Are we here determined to each bend the other to our own points of view..?
must that be necessary...? Why cannot some revel in unbridled optimism, while others mutter and sulk about the shortcomings of the Company......The think that continually amazes me here is that people feel they MUST convince others of the accuracy of their own views.......what is the point of that....investing is a lonely business...each person must really make up his own mind as to what to do......and having done that must hope that others would respect his personal decision...
What I cannot understand is WHY would anyone having serious doubts about an investment would continue to hold shares of the company in question, and then argue violently with those who remain opptimistic, as tho THAT arguing of the merits of the company would alter the outcome of their own investment....Sharing info and discussion, is a completely different thing than argumentivly challanging remarks which may conflict with ones own views..........is the intent of these arguements friendly, or designed to reflect poorly upon others and their views......if not friendly, then aimed at what end...? The elevation of oneself by putting down others, rather than by raising ones own values...? I don't know just what else it could be.......!?!??!
This Rafael, is, I believe, the difference between following the precise Letter of the Rules here, and following the spirit in which they were intended.
I wish You the Best and Happiness to come...10-Z
Juggs,I believe that is from the instruction sheet that comes with The Poppiell Vegamatic....what do I win..! Remember that much like the Mighty KDS Machine , the Poppiel Vegamatic Slices, Dices, AND has the added benifit of making Lovely Julliann Fries..........!!!!!! I hope this helps you, Juggsy...Yer Pal 10-Z
10-4, 10-Z.......eom
I4C6$,Yes....??? lmao...Very Best2U...10-Zeom
Hock,Thank You, O Wise One...!!!eom
10-4,Good Buddy...lmao Bob...Best,10-Zeom
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Gary the kids liked the fireworks, but I think that I did them the most......Happy Trails......10-Z PS I'm getting you a Brand New Rope for Christmas this Year, and I hope you use it...lmao
Darwin,congrats on reaching your goal,I know you have been aiming at it for a long time...and PLEASE believe me Brother, when I say I hope with all my heart that it works out Grandly for you......Your Friend...10-Z
Wyo,I hope you will check the other board today.eom