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Bro-in-law works for INTC. Going to SFO tomorrow for announcement with MSFT. All I know. Doubt it involves NV at this time. Maybe we'll deal with them later, I hope. Stand by for news tomorrow I guess. Heard this through cross-talk by wife and her sister.
Microsoft & Intel DEAL - tomorrow. Could it be that our lil ol NV is in some way involved ?? IMO - no friiggin way !! but if not tomorrow - perhaps some day in the future.
BTW -- who knows what announcement they'll be making in SFO tomorrow ??
GO NV !!!!
Ret
OK... WHP03 & 427Cobra. That means that
our once $413/share projection is now only $137.67/share
CRAP !!!!!! -- but I'll still take it
LOL -- go NV !!!!!!!!!!
RS
Found this out there:
http://www.market-pulse.com/nveiprofile.htm
which may have something to do with the price increase today... pretty slick write-up. I truly hope it is something more than this... only time will tell.
Go NV/RIM
Pengy.. you can be a mean penguin !
We've almost SURVIVED another year -- read on.....
You are one of the SURVIVORS....congratulations!!!!!
THIS IS SO TRUE
According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's or even the early 80's, probably shouldn't have survived.
Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.
We had no childproof lids or locks on medicine bottles, doors, or cabinets, and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets.
Not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors!
We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle! and no one actually died from this.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. No cell phones. Unthinkable!
We did not have Play stations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cell phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms.
We had friends! We went outside and found them.
We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt. We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents?
We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it.
We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out any eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them.
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.
Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade. Horrors!
Tests were not adjusted for any reason.
Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected.
The idea of parents bailing us out if we got in trouble in school or broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the school or the law. Imagine that!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers, and inventors, ever.
We had freedom, failure, success, and responsibility --- and we learned how to deal with it. And you're one of them! Congratulations.
* * * Pass this on to the people you know who also survived * * *
Screamers: RIM shares soar 50% after strong earnings report
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Research In Motion shares gained more than 50 percent Tuesday after the maker of the BlackBerry handheld communications device blew past Wall Street's expectations for sales and earnings. See full story.
Oh... not our RIM ?? Well, maybe sometime in 2004 we'll see another story about another RIM ?? Maybe.....
Go NV (RIM) -- RS
I'm guessing a ***PR*** SOOOoooooooonnnnnn
With the run-up in volume and price this afternoon.... we always see this happen just before some new information is released.
Wait & see -- RS -- Go NVEI !!!
Slime - Trexville.... SOON ??
Now we're talkin' BABY !!!!!!
Later.... RS
Jeff-P 'n Trex....talkin' bout SOON ??
I'm lovin' it
Go NV
RS
SP... RE: "The higher the risk the higher the interest/penalties."
Right on my man, but you forgot that also.....
THE HIGHER THE RETURN !!!!!!!!
We're "in it- to win it"
Go NVEI !!!
Ret
Re: "someone did make the loan, with no security or collateral, and obviously they expect NVEI will make good. The fact they think so is a positive sign."
Hell -- I've been making loans to NV since 1999, and obviously think they will DO WELL - If I didn't, I wouldn't still be here.
So a pat on the back to all us lenders is well deserved -- and I'll be seeing all of you at the bank !! ...SOON
Go NVEI
Ret
HHHHHmmmmmmmmm !! Sounds like I might be puttin off that "retiresoon" for another year or more. Oh well... it will come - SOONer or later I believe.
Go RIM !!!
Ret
427COBRA... you mean like $413/SH?
Wouldn't cha luv it Baby ???????
we could all.....
retiresoon
34 -- think our boys at NV
sunk any loose cash into Artisan shares when they were hooking up with those dudes ??
Benmack.... Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
I like all your Hummmmmmmmmmms
Hmmmmmmmm -- maybe I'll ...
"retiresoon"
Deebs... did you get an e-mail from me at your office ?? I've been trying to reach you, but only had the e-mail address at your company website.
Just wanted to say "hello" and see how the heck you been doing since we met at the Portland meeting ??
Keep posting POSITIVE !!! Go NV
Retire....SOON !!!
WWWeeeeeeellllllll - I guess info like that is the reason why some of us
"Keep Hanging In There" !!!! Go NV
My plan is still to....Retiresoon, and I'm sticking to it !!
EXCEPT for the 3-D lens technology...
What's happening now is WHY I BOUGHT INTO THIS COMPANY !!!
!!!! $$$$ everything else is just a BONUS !!!! $$$$ !!!!
Oh yeah -- been here for over 4 yrs now.. LOL
rs - Go NV !!
Looks like opportunity is there
...if we could only GRAB IT !!
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/print_story.asp?print=1&guid={26368299-BCA1-4635-9567-E584501048...
Go NV -- see you in Portland... rs
deebs -- how about another breakfast meeting
--- on Tuesday before you depart.
I'll be there Monday night also - in case any of the gang is planning a dinner event. Leaving on the short road home anytime I feel like it on Tuesday... to Seattle
Info on SH Mtg HOTEL in Portland
I called last night and asked what the price will be after 8-1. They said it goes from the pre-Aug. 1st rate of $79 to $159, and also that there are no cheaper rooms in their hotel. As a parting comment, the gent said he "thought" that early-bird rate was good through August 4th.
Better do your own DD on this -- time is getting short.
QUESTION -- is anyone planning to make the trip to Portland from anywhere near Seattle area ?? I want to go, but am short on the transportation end of the trip.
Why not.... A Shareholder Showing ??
right after the s/h meeting (or before) -- I'm sure most would enjoy seeing it and plan to be in attendance. Somebody suggest this the next time you chat with "the company" please.
NT.. You be da MAN !! Go NV !!!
So nice we can all get along! Wish our SP would do a little "get-along" here real soon.... now that I've made my very last purchase today (hmmmm... I've said that a few times). Just couldn't resist the $.31 price this morning.
Good luck to all -- GO NVEI !!!
is chat down ? -- YEP !!!
Retire--SSSSSOOOOOOooooooonnnnnnn !! Has a nice ring to it this morning. Congrats to all the faithful longs who have hung in there, and special thanks to our dedicated "mossies" who have supported and nurtured us along the way.
Holiday Greetings from "retiresoon" - check this out:
http://holidays.blastcomm.com/
hoping that very soon, many of us will have that opportunity
Go NVEI !!!!!!!
jjz -- I bet you were 34 when you first bought into this little puppy, HUH ?? Best of luck to you !! GO NVEI
"This coming Friday will be an exciting time for you!" - this is a fortune I got in a Chinese fortune cookie on Tuesday evening.... do you suppose there is any correlation to the price run-up yesterday?? I surely hope so.... but if not, then something else very good must be going to happen. I believe in these things ----- really !!!!! GO NVEI !!!!!
wheels -- not sure any given buyout price really matters, because IF the company ever decides to sell out (at any given price) we'd probably be supportive. And then we'd own (most likely) shares in the purchasing company. If the buyout was recommended by our astute management, I suspect they'd be of the opinion that they/we would be much better off than going it alone.
Either way, I think we WIN, and win BIG !!!..... if we have the tech IMO.
OT - an interesting perspective on USA.... got this from a co-worker today. Really makes you think twice about what we have.
----------------------------------------
Miracle in America
We rarely get a chance to see another country's
editorial about us, the USA. An editorial from
Romanian Newspaper: When you think the US
isn't thought well of all over the world, read this
excerpt from a Romanian Newspaper.
~An Ode to America~
Why are Americans so united? They would not resemble
one another even if you painted them all one color!
They speak all the languages of the world and form an
astonishing mixture of civilizations. Some of them
are nearly extinct, others are incompatible with one
another, and in matters of religious beliefs, not even
God can count how many there are.
Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred
million people into a hand put on the heart. Nobody
rushed to accuse the White House, the army,and the
secret services that they are only a bunch of losers.
Nobody rushed to empty their bank accounts. Nobody
rushed out onto the streets nearby to gape about. The
Americans volunteered to donate blood and to give a
helping hand.
After the first moments of panic, they raised their
flag over the smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps
and ties in the colors of the national flag. They
placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every
place and on every car a government official or the
president was passing. On every occasion they started
singing their traditional song: "God Bless America!"
Silent as a rock, I watched the charity concert
broadcast on Saturday once, twice, three times, on
different TV channels. There was Clint Eastwood,
Willy Nelson, Robert de Niro, Julia Roberts, Cassius
Clay, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Sylvester
Stallone, James Wood, and many others whom no film or
producers could ever bring together. The American's
spirit of solidarity turned them into a choir.
Actually, choir is not the word. What you could hear
was the heavy artillery of the American soul.
What neither George W. Bush, nor Bill Clinton, nor
Colin Powell could say without facing the risk of
stumbling over words and sounds, was being heard
in a great and unmistakable way through this charity
concert.
I don't know how it happened that all this obsessive
singing of America didn't sound croaky, nationalist,
or ostentatious! It made you green with envy because
you weren't able to sing for your country without
running the risk of being considered chauvinist,
ridiculous, or suspected of who-knows-what ulterior
motive.
I watched the live broadcast and rerun after rerun for
hours listening to the story of the guy who went down
one hundred floors with a woman in a wheelchair
without knowing who she was, or of the Californian
hockey player, who gave his life fighting with the
terrorists and prevented the plane from hitting a
target that could have killed other hundreds or
thousands of people.
How on earth were they able to respond united as one
human being? Imperceptibly, with every word and
musical note, the memory of some turned into a modern
myth of tragic heroes. And
with every phone call,
millions and millions of dollars were put in a
collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family,
but a spirit, which no money can buy.
What on earth can unite the Americans in such a way?
Their land? Their galloping history? Their economic
Power? Money? I tried for hours to find an answer,
humming songs and murmuring phrases with the risk of
sounding commonplace.
I thought things over, but I reached only one
conclusion...
Only freedom can work such miracles!
Springboard -or- Foundation... this may be what today's PR is for our little "jewel in the rough". With this now in place, the "rolling thunder" can just now be heard in the distance....
....... GETTING LOUDER all the time -- Go NVEI !!!
LOL-LOL-LOL.... this has to be the best evening of reading here ever !!! Thanks so much for making my day. I remain, hoping to
RETIRE SSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnn !!!!
Gol-Dang company server won't let me go to chat from work ---- so I'll just say Hi to all you excited NVEI investors this way -- enjoy the party !!!! I'll get on chat later tonight from home.... retiresoon !!!!
If you got a few minutes, review this and help out by contacting your reps in congress (Worldlink in my ISP):
WORLDLINK Notice - Urgent Legislative Update
To The WORLDLINK Community: (or any other ISP community)
Legislation is currently under consideration in Washington
D.C. that directly impacts you and the future of the Internet
as a whole. We believe it is of such vital and urgent
importance that we are asking for your attention and help
in letting your elected representatives know how you feel
about this matter.
Chairman Michael Powell of the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) has recently made some controversial
statements about the future of DSL and the Internet as a
whole. Chairman Powell believes that the deployment of DSL
is somehow being held back by legal requirements requiring
the incumbent telephone companies (including Qwest and Verizon)
to work cooperatively with competitive telephone carriers
(Focal, ELI, TWT, etc.) and Internet Service Providers like
WORLDLINK.
Sharing Chairman Powell's beliefs are Congressmen Billy
Tauzin (R-LA) and John Dingell (D-MI). You may have heard of
the proposed "Tauzin-Dingell" act, which is legislation
designed by the big telephone companies to remove a lot of the
restrictions placed on them in 1996 when they were partially
deregulated. The Telecom Reform Act of 1996 was designed to
gradually and carefully deregulate the telecommunications
industry, which has had a government-mandated monopoly for
decades in most markets. The idea was to allow competition
to develop and grow, to allow consumers to have a choice, and
to make sure that we did not face another deregulation debacle
like the energy crunch in California. The Tauzin-Dingell
legislation, as well as the proposed FCC ruling, would destroy
key aspects of the 1996 Act and would, in effect, kill or
severely damage independent Internet Service Providers and
competitive local telephone operators.
WORLDLINK is firmly in favor of deregulating telecommunications
and other industries, but like the authors of the Telecom Reform
Act of 1996, understands that when a decades-old,
previously-regulated monopoly is to be deregulated, the process
needs to be incremental and gradual.
If there is one thing worse than a state-sponsored monopoly, it
is a formerly-state-sponsored monopoly with no regulatory
oversight and no competition. Qwest may be able to lock
independent service companies like WORLDLINK out of the DSL
market entirely under the proposed legislation. When there is
no competition, there is no incentive to innovate, improve service,
or reduce rates. When there is no competition, consumers
invariably lose.
As your Internet Service Provider, we are asking for your help
in sending a message to Washington D.C. saying clearly that you
value your right to choose your own ISP and DSL service provider.
If the proposed FCC rules and legislation pass, you will likely
have little or no choice in Internet Service Providers within a
few short years, and may be stuck with your cable company or
your telephone company as your ISP. Examples of what this
scenario might look like are already surfacing -- the massive
failure of Excite@Home, Comcast Cable logging web-surfing
habits of customers for sale to marketing companies, and Qwest's
recent partnership with MSN, which conveniently strips former
qwest.net customers of ownership of their own home DSL lines!
We need you to take a moment and let your member of Congress
know that the Tauzin-Dingell proposal is dangerous to consumers,
and it actually harms competition, despite what the telcos would
lead us to believe. Please call your Congressional representatives,
asking the Member of the House to vote *NO* on the Tauzin/Dingell
bill. Telephone numbers are listed below, for your convenience.
Time is of the essence, as the vote is set for February 27th -- only
a few short days from today!
Sincerely,
The Management of WORLDLINK, Inc.
NEWS ARTICLES:
Prominent economists argue against Tauzin-Dingell
http://www.internetnews.com/isp-news/article/0,,8_979151,00.html
Qwest faces complaints from consumers over exclusive dealings with MSN
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1557/1636159.html
Lawmakers Urge Stronger Telecom Act Enforcement from FCC
http://www.washtech.com/news/regulation/14741-1.html
Comcast Cable ISP Tracks User Activities, Sells Info to Marketers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5567-2002Feb13.html
CONTACTS:
If your Representative is not listed below, please visit the
following page for their contact information.
House of Representatives Contact Information
http://clerkweb.house.gov/mbrcmtee/members/housemem.htm
Future of TELECOM - found this article on another board I monitor:
LA Times -
A Pause, Then Big Growth for
Telecom
In the wintry aftermath of the 1990s
telecommunications boom, the promise of
new technologies and Internet services to
homes and businesses looks like a pipe
dream. But the boom was real and
transformed a century-old industry,
pointing it toward new possibilities on the
Internet.
Conventional thinking bemoans the
collapse of a "bubble," but what is
happening in telecommunications is a
perfectly normal shakeout of inadequate
concepts and companies. This could lead
to a revitalized telecom industry with a
bright future, as the development of
broadband Internet communications and
services gathers force.
Revenues in the telecom business more
than doubled in the last four years and will
double again in the next four, as
communication through wires, cables and
airwaves becomes the basic infrastructure of every business and a
greater essential in every home. To be sure, the casualty lists are
daunting. Global Crossing, builder of a fiber-optic network, has
entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Firms once hailed by Wall Street
as new-wave competitors of the old phone companies went into
bankruptcy last year, including Teligent, WinStar
Communications and Covad Communications Group.
Suppliers of network equipment--Nortel Networks, Lucent
Technologies, Cisco Systems--are treading water, hoping for an
upturn in telecom capital investment to restore their profitability.
Contemplating such destruction, it's easy to forget that there are
victors in the recent telecom wars.
The regional Bell operating companies were challenged by
newcomers and they responded, merging operations and adapting
their businesses.
Now SBC Communications, Verizon Communications and
BellSouth are giant companies with strong finances at a time
when capital is scarce for telecom ventures.
Qwest Communications owns US West, but Qwest has troubles.
Its fiber network is part of the great fiber overcapacity that
already has claimed Global Crossing.
But this is no longer the one-size-fits-all telephone industry.
Wireless telephone revenues nearly equal those of traditional local
telephone service.
Newcomers Vodafone of Britain--which owns AirTouch
Cellular--Nextel Communications and Sprint PCS are prominent
in wireless service, as are spinoffs or subsidiaries of traditional
firms, such as AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless and Cingular
Wireless, a joint venture of SBC Communications and BellSouth.
Americans are using a variety of media to communicate more
than ever--wireless and traditional phones, cable connections and
telephony through the Internet.
The industry is in a post-boom pause, and investment in new
facilities is restrained. But the pattern of headlong expansion
followed by consolidation has happened at least twice before.
After Samuel F. B. Morse invented the telegraph in 1842,
investors and entrepreneurs formed ventures and made and lost
huge fortunes for two decades before the Western Union
company emerged to lead the industry, writes historian Daniel
Gross in the Milken Institute Review.
The telephone itself saw enormous growth--phone usage grew
sixfold in the 1890s. Hundreds of companies crowded the field
until Theodore Vail in 1907 started to consolidate the industry
under American Telephone & Telegraph--the present-day AT&T.
The transformation of telecom today lies in the expansion of
broadband Internet communications and services. The number of
homes with broadband Internet connections by cable or digital
subscriber lines will grow from 17 million this year to
23.3 million next year and
28.3 million in 2004, according
to research firm Gartner Dataquest. That's 65% growth in two
years.
The Ciscos and Nortels, not to mention Internet component
makers such as JDS Uniphase, could see their business picking up
late this year and growing again in 2003.
But what immediately lies ahead for telecoms is a period of
intense competition.
"Competition in the next two years will pit Bell phone companies
against cable operators and wireless providers," says David
Cooperstein, director of Forrester Research in Cambridge, Mass.
able company Cox Communications, for example, is preparing to
offer voice telephony over its cable system. AOL Time Warner, a
major cable owner, and Comcast, which is acquiring AT&T's
cable operations, and other cable firms will push further into
traditional phone services.
Wireless companies will add information services to their phones,
and providers of hand-held computing devices, such as Palm and
Handspring, will expand their communication capabilities. The
prospect is for a competitive and technological free-for-all.
The federal government may back greater competition. The
Federal Communications Commission issued a rule last week that
views competition by the form of service offered--telephony,
computing, television programming--rather than by delivery
system, such as telephone line, cable or wireless network.
And a bill to encourage competition could come up for a vote
Wednesday in the House of Representatives, sponsored by Reps.
W.J. "Billy" Tauzin (R-La.) and John D. Dingell (D-Mich.).
Competition is likely to bring lower prices for consumers. AT&T
Broadband--the Internet service division of the long-distance
phone company--is already test marketing a $100-a-month flat
rate for all services.
''It would replace separate bills for Internet access, cable and
telephone services and could be competitive'' Cooperstein says.
As more people have access to broadband Internet services,
experts expect many aspects of life to change. Customers with
broadband Internet access typically spend 25 hours a week
online, compared with 7.5 hours for customers with today's more
prevalent dial-up access.
Fred Chang, head of SBC's technology subsidiary, foresees
customers with broadband access dispensing with newspapers,
radio and television and instead turning to the Internet for news,
information and entertainment.
Services will proliferate, says investment manager Kelly Pan of
Pantheon Capital in New York. Already some fallen dot.coms are
becoming profitable, Pan says, citing IVillage , the Internet-based
service for women and new parents, and Autobytel, the
Irvine-based auto marketing service.
The next two years will be a time of technological development to
bring down costs, says venture capitalist Brad Jones, of Redpoint
Ventures. His firm raised $1.25 billion in late 2000 to invest in
new firms working with lasers and optical components for
Internet networks.
So far, Redpoint has invested $200 million of that money in
start-up companies, such as Sabeus Photonics of Long Beach,
Asymmetric Integral Photonics of Princeton, N.J., and Telasic of
El Segundo.
"We're not impatient," Jones says. "For broadband Internet, we
invest looking ahead five years."
That's a good perspective for an industry with a big future.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-000013998feb24.column?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dbusiness
Rumor on NVEI news this week.... there won't be any !!! (now that should do it - I hope)