As one of the old daemons I can testify that the name only creates an atmosphere of anticipation, it's the content of the posts that makes something kick in. Though I have hardly ever been disappointed in the anticipation created by the name. Probably an argument can be made for the name itself due to such a strong correlation. I'll leave it to Ted to decide if he will take you up on your offer. As for your references to DB2, inferiority complex, olympics, heat in Beijing etc. these are just a few more examples of how you stay on topic and keep the discussion relevant. Moreover 88 and 08/08/08 are not even close no matter how you slice it, so the comment was hardly clever. In your question about sweating dignitaries you indicate that you were watching olympics, nice break from X Files. As for me I didn't watch it as I find it boring. Manipulation of stocks is hardly an US monopoly though americans might have excelled in the art. Until there is something that can be brought to court and proved wrong, it's legit. So please stop ranting about all the evildoers buying back their OWN stock.
"88" On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:22:59 -0500, Anton Britz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi, > >I was actually trying to change the subject away from "Pay roll discussions in >California", discrete fully but we have some old "daemon's" hanging around with >some how kick's in, when they see a name... > >So here comes feedback, based on some of your replies: > >a) Ted > >If you need money or a job for your car in Canada, send me your address and I >will send you some. I did buy IBM stock this weekend, as you proposed... on >Etrade. > >b) Mohammed > >DB2 is not too bad, so get over the inferiority complex. >"88, I was actually trying to add a clever comment about the 'Opening the >Olympics"... but for some of us, you have to explain "EVERYTHING", so here >goes. On 08/08/08 we had the opening of the Olympics in BEIJING. > >Did you see how those dignitaries were sweating in that heat? > >c) What else? > >"Fishy"... manipulating or controlling the stock price is an art in the USA. >Ask the ex-Enron Executives... Ask Jeff Skilling... or go and see the movie... >Can't ask Ken Lay because he is no more.. > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Lay > >But I did not imply IBM did the same because I do not have time to read all the >Stock reports. > >I am aware that Oracle is on a buying spree again. > >Summary: > >Again, I was trying to get the discussions closer to the mainframe world but >there is just too ways people interpret English in the World and it's amazing >where some of these discussions can go too.. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
