The Black Box

[mjk]

well freep, I guess it's just in some of our nature to be bothered when some of these guys constantly tell everyone how great their calls are, and never acknowledge the fact that they blow about 50%. The same way it's in their nature to want to be recognized solely for their correct calls...just personality traits I guess.

justa was trying to avoid a tough question IMO, not trying to make wahz happy. My post was long, but it wasn't personal, I have no issue with justa as a person...I asked a couple questions and referenced some posts that I felt made a very clear point, that there are obviously many blown calls too, but those never get referenced in the "who da man" posts. Maybe I'm just looking to learn something and would like a better explanation of the "system" <g>.

As far as wasting bandwidth and time, well I could say the same thing about many posts on ihub including all the "who da man" posts, but I won't because really there's plenty of bandwidth here and people can post whatever they wish, and it's my time I'm wasting when I post, and justa's spending his own time when he posts. As ridiculous as some of the posts that I've read over time have been on ihub, I've never walked away saying "man that was a waste of a minute."

I thought it was funny just now that justa was saying this to lg...

http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=8481953

he's talking about how lg spends his "valuable life moments" and whatever...this coming from someone who spends so many of his own "valuable life moments" asking people "who da man" on the internet <g>. Look we all waste time here for whatever reason, and yeah we could just ignore every other person we come across, but then what fun would that be <g>.

This was a great quote freep, so true...

"Having been a longtime denizen of the net and these boards, I can say with certainty that it's impossible to save others from following someone they dub a guru. Those who follow blindly will follow blindly regardless of how many warnings they get from us well meaning posters."

Ok, time to go watch some football. Take it easy Mr Freep.