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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (67113)	9/1/1999 3:36:00 PM
From: Joan Osland Graffius	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Has anyone except me looked at the Apple G4 processor. I remember a couple of months ago I said on this thread that Intel was in trouble with chip designs and got run over by a truck with Intel friends. Well I tell you this G4 is something else. Kind of looks like the Cyber 200 that filled a large room when I worked on it. They have vector processors independent of the simple add-subtract-multiply-divide registers which all can execute in parallel. Anyway, the bottom line is this is one heck of a processor and light years ahead of what Intel is trying to bring out and has not been able to get there from here. <ggg> BTW, We are buying one. The read/write DVD, etc CD capability is going to be great with digital monitors. Do I need it--no, Is it a toy--yes. <ggg> Joan

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (67113)	9/1/1999 4:54:00 PM
From: sjemmeri	Respond to of 132070

Some stock options data from thestreet.com: Options granted(in millions) Shares(in millions) Percent of shares Adaptec (ADPT:Nasdaq) 52.4 104.4 50% Seibel Systems (SEBL:Nasdaq) 35.3 91 39 Novell (NOVL:Nasdaq) 120.2 335 36 Adobe Systems (ADBE:Nasdaq) 20.3 61.8 33 Cambridge Technology (CATP:Nasdaq) 19.5 59.6 33 Apple Computer (AAPL:Nasdaq) 52.7 160.8 33 Applied Materials (AMAT:Nasdaq) 109 375.4 29 Parametric Technology (PMTC:Nasdaq) 78.3 270.7 29 Yahoo! (YHOO:Nasdaq) 58.7 204.4 28 Dell (DELL:Nasdaq) 720.8 2,540 28 Autodesk (ADSK:Nasdaq) 15.7 386.4 27 Cendant (CD:NYSE) 183.3 718 26 Merrill Lynch (MER:NYSE) 89.9 365.5 25 Reebok (RBK:NYSE) 12.8 56.1 23 Toys R Us (TOY:NYSE) 54.8 247.6 22 Best Buy Co. (BBY:NYSE) 44.1 203.4 22 Amazon.com (AMZN:Nasdaq) 35.8 161.6 22 Total options grants from 1994-98, adjusted for subsequent splits. Source: First Call/Thomson Financial.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (67113)	9/1/1999 5:16:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

To All, Bill Meehan didn't "myth" the mark on CNBS this afternoon. Though he covered the mania concept very well, Bill's great strength is in answering the questions raised by the ever-bullish talking heads. Such as, why is this time any different? Uh, rates are higher, the dollar stinks, valuations are out of control and the Fed is no longer supporting the mania. But, Mrs. Lincoln, other than that, how did you enjoy the play? <g> Another I liked was when Bill Griffith said that cos. are reporting good eps. Bill answered with the truth, rarely heard on CNBS, that the earnings are "expected" to be good, they haven't been good yet. And that they are being compared to a horrible quarter last year when the entire financial system nearly collapsed. Last year we were told to ignore the third quarter because it didn't matter with the Fed cutting rates. This year, we are being told that the third quarter of last year is now the platinum standard by which we should judge progress. <g> What a bunch of goofs the bulls are. You have to wonder how long they can continue to fool each other with such silliness. Good job, Bill.