I'm not sure but I think that I might even predate Paul on this thread. When I got on it, there was a guy named Jack Raines, I think, who was both a long term investor in Intel and a day trader in Intel. He would post in the morning, before the market opened what he would do if the price did, he would say how far he would ride it and what his getout price would be. Both up and down. And he was good. Real good. I was new to that kind of stuffed and loved to learn how a successful day trader worked. I think this was back in 1996 and I think that he had been on a prodigy thread with Paul and some of the other Intel longs before here. The bottom line is that he was maligned viciously, and I mean the whole nine yards, by some AMD hazers on this thread, to the point where he said, basically, I don't need this, and permanently left.
I don't agree with the final stand that you and Scumbria and Charles and DRBES and Mani and Ali have taken, but I'm glad that each of you post and glad to read what you have to say. I've always felt that if an idea can't stand some argumentation either you don't believe in it very much or maybe it isn't such a hot idea. There are "energetic" posters on both sides of the aisle and I can say a couple of things:
1) This ain't the Yahoo thread where virtually everything is vicious, personal and couched in four letter words. Virtually no solid info, just opinions at 120 decibels.
2) Neither side has consistently held the moral high ground on these threads. But most of the consistent posters at least bring some information, insight or useful opinion to ponder here.
3) Democracy is pretty messy and this is essentially a democracy where everyone posts. Civility is relatively low. Not at the Yahoo level but still lower than I might prefer it.
4) Nowhere else, and I mean absolutely nowhere else, is the quality of the debate more informed or more informative than right here.
so, forget that we invest in competitors. I value the conversation, even when it gets too raucus. I hope you do too.
Regards,
Burt |
