LOL! no, I don't think I was grubbing. I forget what I was testing though...hmmmmm

How are you Challo?

testing

LOL! I had forgotten the whole sequence of my first grub attempt....The experienced grubbers were setting me up...LOL

http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=5428355

my first grub attempt was in the trophy case itself, for post 777.

I thought I had it
http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=5424750

but in fact, Flickerful ended up getting it after the Evil SI admin Bob deleted posts.

http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=5424715

LOL! there was a time where I was grubbing like a mad man. And the pre-grubbing was part of the overall strategy. I got the first ever 100k grub on a thread and then Bob in his glorious evilness, deleted a post in front of mine and the grub went to someone else. I was sooooooo pissed.

hey Santa Phil!

Not sure if you posted this link yet. But this is the first reference to post "grubbing" that I found. I am pretty sure thaht it is the first time the term is used, though the activity is referred to a bit before. Prior to this post, the term "grubbing" was primarily used as a variation of "money-grubbing"
http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=5053466

After the Post Grubbers Trophy Case was created a month later, the term "Grub" or "Grubber" is used almost exclusively for the activity we know and love.

oh, and I just grubbed 90,000miles on my car's odometer on Friday.

(note: I see that Burbzilla has given the history of the grub)

For the record, I was introduced to grubbing by "flickerful". God knows what happened to him/her. I may have to go back and see if I can find my first grub.

JXM aka jorj x mckie aka BenWobbles

hmmmmm....unh unh

LOL! is that what they call "sour grapes"?

Have you found your new home here on ihub yet?

mmmm hmmm

hmmmmmm

I was out looking at Venus and the moon last night with the scope....oooooooo pretty



grubbage

damn, could you imagine the whole SI history being erased? Hmmm, it would erase the evidence that I posted over 61k messages there.....and the time associated with it....hmmmmm

Hey Phil!
yup, and considering how much I pay for both, I can cut them some slack....LOL

all is well in Jorjtopia

jxm

yup, I can't get there either.

and...I won the wag today

and

wherever you go, there you are

aren't we all searching for ourselves in one way or another?

the rumors of my demise are seriously exaggerated.

anybody else having problems with SI today?

Hi Challo,
not a problem....thanks for the belated

grub

Hey Ben,
Amazing how those guys know to sit next to the people who they will annoy the most.

off topic remarks are welcome here.

thanks challo. I put that little gif in my si profile.

I agree with the gentleman part, from what I know. And at $150/year, he was clearly charging far too little. I can see how the hosting cost increase could affect him with that.

It will be interesting to see if he shows up again before too long. I doubt that he will give up his cycle work completely. As you are no doubt familiar with, this stuff can be addicting.

I'm trying to figure out how the hosting costs could have gone up enough to push him out of the biz...even at 125% increase. The time consuming part I can certainly understand.

nobody says that it has to be the same issues fundamentally, just the same emotional mindset of investors.

I think that the market would limit the number of satellite radio companies that could succeed anyway. It just seems to me to be a niche market that has some pretty significant costs associated with it. I would compare it to iridium, where it is a pretty cool service, but how many of us really need it enough to pay for it.

New and improved Nikkei/Naz comparison.

http://www.dailyduediligence.com/Midday/june/june12nikkeistudy.html

Tick +1000 study.....

http://www.dailyduediligence.com/Midday/june/june11tick1000.html

the two satellite radio stocks are SIRI and XMSR. Both have been doing very well. Another business model that I don't really understand.

yup, I have stated that many times.

I agree with you on the move lower before new highs. With opex next week and a 957 target, I would be surprised if they didn't overshoot by a couple of points just to clear out the 950 strikes.

As far as NFLX.....BBI has a strong customer base too and I know that VOD is in their business plan. So NFLX won't be without competition there. And BBI does have a little more bulk to throw around. I am probably wrong, but I just don't see the fundamental story for NFLX as being strong for the long term.

yes, it would be a sell....that doesn't concern me....

this is what I am looking at.

http://www.dailyduediligence.com/Midday/qcom.html

There is no question that many people love the product.....now. But stock price is about future value. And I think that the future value is in jeopardy for the reasons stated.

One thing that would make me think otherwise is if they have some sort of exclusive licensing agreement that would allow them to offer the selections that they do and exclude others. Then if they partnered with local service providers, they could have a real winner. In other words, if their business plan has a path to VOD they could have a real nice position. FWIW, that triple bottom would have me worried on the bullish side. I know that the chart doesn't have an official negative interpretation to it, but it does look toppy to me. Again, not saying that it won't go to 27 first, but I think that the steady increases are over and that lower highs are going to start showing up.

Not real bullish on qcom in the short term, but very bullish in the long term. I like it at around $29. And no, I am not shorting it.

http://www.stockcharts.com/webcgi/Pnf.asp?S=qcom&N=A&T=on
http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.web?c=QCOM,uu[r,a]daclynay[d20020111,20030611][pb50!b200][iUb1...

I believe that BBI's business model has to change or they will perish. However, I also know that VOD is very much in their future business plan. So, where I might short BBI, it wouldn't be because of this.

If VOD was available to you, would you choose NFLX service over VOD? Assume that all other things are equal (same selection, same price, etc....)

nope, never used their service. I'm more of an impulse person and therefore their service has no appeal to me. But I know several people who use it and love it. I just believe that there is going to be a technology driven product that supplants their business model. If you have a choice to receive a movie in the mail or have it downloaded over the internet on-demand, which one are you going to do? Obviously it implies a more ubiquitous availability of true broadband to the home (not just 384k dsl), but I believe that is coming. The recent news about the RBOCs pursuing FTTH solutions is a good indication of that.

Think of shorting like money lending.

If I borrow 100,000 from a bank and put it in my account, the bank can use that 100,000 to give another loan (I forget the exact ratio). Let's say $50,000 for the new loan. Then the bank can use that 50,000 to give another 25,000, then 12,500, then 7500.

that's how the money supply is expanded when the fed injects money into the system.

Now apply that to stocks.

Let's say that a stock has a float of 100,000 shares. If I short 50,000 shares, there are now 150,000 shares held by shareholders...those shares are available to be borrowed to short more. I'm not sure if there are some mechanisms to help avoid this situation, but I have seen several occasions of short interests over 100%.

Usually this happens when someone is absolutely convinced that it is going to zero. Cuz a total collapse of the company is the only way that they will ever make money. When that $21 support level breaks, I believe that will be the sign that it is going to have a dramatic fall.

that was one that we used to play back in the mania. But it does show the absurdity of this bull run.

That is one that I would never touch. It does have an obscene short interest (yahoo lists 137% from last month). The fundamentals are not good and I believe that VOD will kill their business model. I can see one more trip up to set a higher high, then I think that triple bottom gets taken out.

It is tempting to play on the long side just because of the short interest.