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....too bad Aaahnold is currently in political dis-favor, but at least the message is getting out there to help counter all the recent bad press.......but The Terminator???????
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAAAA.
Entertainment Tonight just aired a preview of a commercial starring Arnold Schwartzeneger, as The Terminator, speaking out against music and film piracy.........
Anybody in the Albany, NY area: local TV Channel 6 (CBS affiliate) previewed a bite they are doing during the 11pm news tonight, about hidden software on CD's "wreaking havoc" with peoples' PC's. I have a feeling that this will be another 'bad press' situation, but I have to get up at 5am tomorrow so I'm not staying up to watch it.
....thought any local night-owls might want a heads up so they can watch............
Is my streamer kaput.....or is MMXT not trading at all......
....I guess somebody had to say it LOL ;)
...sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
....fair 'nuff.
Sting: Wouldn't his hire be considered a 'material event,' and as such be required to be PR'd?
Gracias, Sting. Just the way some folk were posting, it sounded like he was history, but I couldn't find anything to verify either way.
What exactly is Mario's status? Is he gone from here (last I noticed he was in the pokie)? Is he gone from SCMI IR?
Unless its etched in stone, why dangle the carrot in the first place? ......seems to lead to frustration and more disappointment when it doesn't happen, regardless of future time-line.
....what are the odds that SCMI, with or without a merger with MMXT, is being set up for buy-out by BMG with Clement involved?
"Without Mario, the share price could have gone below .02 for a low."
How exactly does Mario's existence have anything to do with the pps???????? Here I was thinking it was moved by people buying and selling the stock......
....same to you :)
....they do if they're questionable.
....since you're investor relations, could you explain to me why they didn't answer my e-mail from this morning?
....here's a nice, depressing article (if people are reading these kinds of things on a regular basis, then its just another nail in the coffin of the pps). FWIW, I was bored enough to try to google up SOMETHING about this POS in terms of DD......old, worn-out info and this is what I got)....
http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/todayatplaylist/2005/06/rearviewreality/index.php
June 09, 2005 11:55 AM
Today@Playlist
Copy-protected CDs: Rearview reality
By Christopher Breen
Friends and colleagues of mine, knowing that I’m keen on these kinds of puzzles, recently peppered me with messages that read along these lines:
“Hey, I hear the new Dave Matthews CD can’t be copied! Know of a workaround?”
And so, I dutifully purchased yet another copy of Stand Up (I’d already grabbed the album from the iTunes Music Store to check out iTunes’ new video feature) and took a look.
For those new to the story, Sony BMG Music is in the early stages of releasing audio discs (they’re not official audio CDs as they don’t conform to the audio CD Redbook standard) that are copy protected in such a way that you can listen to the disc on your computer only after authorizing the CD as you would a piece of software. Once special software is installed and the disc authorized, you’re allowed to burn a single archive copy. The details of exactly what you can and can’t do with the disc are provided in a Read Me document placed on the data portion of the disc. The CD’s wrapper also includes a link to a FAQ from SunnComm, the company responsible for the disc’s copy protection scheme.
Because I like to know what I’m up against before I venture into a new puzzle, I visited this FAQ. I admit that some of the FAQ’s comments made it look like this was going to be a tough nut to crack. For example:
Is this CD playable on my computer?:
Yes, similar to other software and games, usage of the CD on your computer does require your acceptance of the end user license agreement and installation of specific software contained on the CD. It also requires your computer to be appropriately configured. Please review the Systems Requirements documented on the package of the CD you are trying to play.
So, I plunked the disc into my Dell PC and, sure enough, just like with a Windows app, the CD asked that I install a hunk of software that would allow it to play. After that software was installed, the disc wouldn’t show up in iTunes.
No iTunes support!? Surely you jest.
With heavy heart I returned to the FAQ and read:
Can I transfer MediaMax digital audio files to my iPod?
Apple’s proprietary technology doesn’t support secure music formats other than their own, and therefore the secure music file formats on this disc can’t be directly imported into iTunes or iPods.
While these discs aren’t currently compatible with iTunes or iPod, we are actively working on an acceptable solution, and have reached out to Apple in hopes of addressing this issue. To help speed this effort, we ask that you use the following link to contact Apple and ask them to provide a solution that would easily allow you to move content from protected CDs into iTunes or onto your iPod: http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipod.html
In case Apple’s representatives haven’t yet come up with an answer to the feedback it’s likely to receive, let me propose this simple answer:
Buy a Mac.
That’s right, despite SunnComm’s claims that its copy protection scheme makes its wares incompatible with iTunes—and therefore the iPod—when I inserted my Dave Matthews disc into three different Macs, the disc appeared, played, ripped and burned in iTunes (and transferred to my iPod) with nary a glitch, and without the need for an authorizing utility.
And this is the kind of technology that the music industry hopes will stem the tide of piracy!?
God help them.
And they’ll need that help for a couple of different reasons.
Reason 1: The 12 Year Old Boy Factor
I strongly recommend that before any entity considers spending millions of dollars on copy protection they sketch out their scheme on a piece of graph paper, set it before a 12 year old boy, and watch him unravel it in something under three minutes.
It’s a fact. Boys are their most wily just before the onset of puberty. They’ve got all their faculties, have no notion of property rights, and—unlike males from 13-‘til-death—are not governed by their hormones. There’s nothing a 12 year old boy likes better than taking apart that which adults have deemed impenetrable. I’m well into post-puberty—and therefore confused much of the time—and all it took was me trying the disc on a different computer platform to crack this scheme. Imagine what could happen in the hands of little Scooter down the block.
For this reason I suggest that Sony BMG paste this on its bathroom mirror:
That which can be locked, will be unlocked—by a 12 year old boy.
Reason 2: We Have Other Choices
Sony BMG’s implementation of this scheme smacks of nothing less than a bunch of guys sitting around in a board room somewhere convincing each other that copy protecting CDs is inevitable.
“Consumers are just going to have to understand that we have no other choice. Copy protection is the future! We’ve seen it in software and we’re going to see it in music distribution. Get used to it.”
Nonsense.
With outfits like the iTunes Music Store, customers have another choice. If they can buy Dave and the boys’ latest music on the Internet and then burn that music to CDs and play it on their iPods, why on earth would they use one of these poisoned discs?
Consumers rejected the last go-round of copy-protected discs—you know, the ones that could lock up your computer—and should they hold their noses again, the boys in the board room may have to snuff out the victory cigars and come up with another plan.
That other plan may be in evidence in the form of the DualDisc. These are discs that contain audio on one side and video on the other. This is the carrot side of the equation—a plan where people are encouraged to buy the disc because it contains content that can’t be found online. Although some people have found that DualDiscs don’t work in their computers (largely because the discs are a little thicker than standard audio CDs and won’t spin up on media drives with a tight tolerance), they’re not copy protected.
I’m sorry, Sony BMG, but it’s time to tilt down the rearview mirror and start looking ahead. The genie’s out of the bottle and no amount of pressure will put it back. Give me a disc that entices me with content I can’t get elsewhere and I may give that disc a spin. Make your wares incompatible with my iPod (and blame Apple for your decision to do so) and I’ll never buy your stuff again.
Oh, and SunnComm, hire a 12 year old boy.
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Howdy.....The problem is there's been way too many 'tricks' and no real treats to speak of. That's why I typed wake me when it's etched in stone.......there's been way to much inuendo, double-speak, and broken promises from all of management for me to believe a damn thing said by anybody connected with them....only seeing it print will make it real for me......fingers still crossed, though....
projected---->possible---->probable: these are close to being synonyms, whereas 'realities' is definitive and totally unrelated.
.......wake me up when cfp is definite (and documented).....
Who cares? Why....this is another great buying opportunity. Just ask Mario. Although at this rate, it may be worth waiting another week for the next great opportunity for getting in even lower.
Remember, now, Mario says the wise investors are buying.......looks like almost the entire damn investing community is pretty stupid then......'cause NOBODY is buying this POS.
......we're a colony of lemmings.....
I hope you're right on SCMI producing......time will tell, and like you I'm in no rush at this point, regardless of the final direction she takes.
I started by posting some DD on this board, then evolved into one of the pisser & moaners.....turns out neither made a damn bit of difference (except the latter allowed for some venting), so now I mostly just watch the show in here.....and if I need to vent: I just kick the dog (kidding)
With all due respect, your take on why 'negative guys' are holding may be a little over-simplified. Obviously, I can't speak for anybody else, but in my case, my average entry into SCMI is 0.084, and I bought in during the days of all the bs hype, including but not limited to GE, dividends of MMXT, etc.
As all the hype was seen for what it was and expectations were repeatedly not met, the pps tanked, which is no big surprise.
If the current pps was, for example, 0.079, negativism would be inappropriate imo (up to a certain degree), but given that the pps is where it is today, negativism seems to be more than appropriate. My logic, flawed or not, is that since I'm already down around 75%, I might as well let this thing ride: if I only lose the last quarter of my investment, in the general scheme of things, BFD....its a slightly larger tax write-off than the 75% I'm already down.....I hold in the hope that, for whatever reason, hype or not, the pps spikes and I can get out either at even or slightly above my entry point. My bad for holding as the pps continues to erode on almost a daily basis; had I seen the writing on the wall, and not been blind-sided by inuendo, I would have been gone at only a slight loss......live and learn......
A deleted message to me from Uncle Mario? .....sorry I missed it LOLOLOL
...not to mention, its not exactly like the insiders are buying shares.....and they know the 'behind the scenes!'
"I am sure if you knew what was going on behind the scences, you would think so!"
......such as??
"keep the faith" ........now THERE'S an over-used expression that makes me cringe.......
(...and all the other poor souls holding EAG know EXACTLY what that means)......
Mario, size of one's stake in this or any company shouldn't have any play as far what is said by management and what is actually delivered.
Like Sting said, we have to be a little nuts to be playing with a PK stock......ergo I'm only slightly whacked given the size of my holding lol (I'm in about 20 stocks, some with enormous holdings, others small, from blue chips to the penny stocks), but share numbers, imho, should have no bearing on how management itself performs and delivers, or doesn't deliver, promised events to shareholders. There are many here who have huge holdings in SCMI who have the same sentiments as I do.
You have a good weekend as well!
George
Sting, I do appreciate the point you are making, and understand where you're coming from. If I had a zillion shares of this holding, I might be tempted to take a road-trip to Phoenix to eyeball the crew running this show, but my holding is on the small side, so I'll have to get 'my feel' from here in N.Y. Mind you, I haven't given up hope here, I'm just fed up with all the dissapointments that have been thrown out here endlessly and discussed into the ground.
I'm glad to hear that management appears legit and "pumped up" to you (although the devil's advocate in me tempts me to think 'so what....investors have been hoodwinked before.')
I also understand that management has a lot to lose here, but also realize they are still receiving their salaries, which I assume are hefty (haven't DD'd that one), while my holding here is down around 70% or so........just doing my occasional venting lol
G/L
Eu contraire, Mario, I research quite often (via this really neat thing called the 'internet'), although not as much on this holding as I used to (primarily because one could post articles about SunnComm ad nauseum, but the pps is what it is regardless of the amount of DD heaped upon these hallowed message boards).
You and I have never spoken directly (wouldn't you have known that, or was that just a rhetorical question?), but I do talk to several investors that have and do talk to you on a relatively regular basis. As far as calling IR goes, I refer you back to my previous post RE my lack of trust as to what eminates from management's vocal chords, in particular something that is in a 'verbal' format as opposed to in print.
E-mailed articles? Are you referring to SunnGramms or those sent to me by other investors? ....I still get both.
As far as knowing what's going on is concerned, who really knows definitively, other than what is seen on SEC filings?
"Good investors are "knowledgeble" investors."
Truer words were never spoken, aside from yer attempt to throw a barb at those that dare to question.
Knowledge can include DD about any ramp-up of protected CD's hitting the market, but can also include the reality of time-lines repeatedly not met, dividends taken away......you know, the sort of things that have a tendency to dissappoint those that were told one thing, only to watch the exact opposite take place.
One thing I've learned that added to my investing 'knowledge' from this particular stock (as well as a few others) is that if it comes out of management's mouth, with or without a PR attached, don't hold yer breath waiting for any statements made to become a reality......there's always that fail-safe 'forward-looking statement' escape-clause and the 'things change' disclaimer that is used so well after the "fact."
....thankyou Bleu! eom
POS AM Mediamax (POS?......interesting name.......lol):
http://secfilings.nasdaq.com/filingFrameset.asp?FileName=0001199835%2D05%2D000532%2Etxt&FilePath...
Filing Date: 9/29/2005 Form Type: POS AM Search For: FormExhibit 10Exhibit 23 - Experts Consent HTML Original RTF PDF Excel
Sting.......can you provide a
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/210834/2/sausages.jpg
?
Gracias
....I'm thinkin' the quotation marks answer that question....
"These are changes that seasoned investors like Sting understand and others that want to hold us to our word, don't understand."
The latter half of that sentence appears to be the crux of the entire matter, in particular the "hold us to our word" part. There is a big difference between 'forward-looking statements' accompanied by the usual disclaimers, and a company's officers' 'word.' Investors (as does Sarbanes-Oxley)(sp) take 'word' as gospel, and when these fall through, especially repeatedly, faith wanes as does the share-price.
That was my point: IMO better to PR facts.....not hopes.
"I will recommend strongly to management to cut down on their heavy communications style."
I think that's a sterling idea! Get rid of the fluff with the missed deadlines and missed expectations, and communicate only when and if there's solid, factual, accountable, PR-able information to relate....the "Street" has had its fill of the misses, as portrayed in the share-price.
"The fact that this board has an abundance of non-seasoned investors that cant accept changes in business good or bad, will immediatly result in a change in Investor communications."
Are you now implying the business is bad? Now there's a switch from the business is good and ramping up, but the pps for some unknown reason isn't reflecting that.
Non-seasoned investors? LOLOLOL
'
.....similar to when he started the GE rumor........another "story" based in ficticious pumpola that has no basis in fact either by timeline or reality, designed to placate investors until the patience-level is breached, only to be followed by the next "story." This is a never-ceasing cycle, and meanwhile, the investing public has obviously caught on as evidenced in the current pps.....disgraceful.......
OT: Sting
...small world indeed......I live in Ancramdale, and practice in Pawling (Dutchess County)....
OT Sting:
That was a message posted by an elderly couple in Texas (but they got the help they needed). I'm in NY as well (Columbia County)........and I'll take one of our Nor'easters ANY DAY compared to one of these friggin' hurricanes, but thanks for the thought :)