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To: brad greene who wrote (15863)	11/24/1999 2:21:00 PM
From: David	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26039

Hockeyfan's finding initial success as a scummer short: CPIH can now be covered at 16 and 3/8, and SNRS at 11 and 1/8. Brad, this must be very embarrassing.

To: brad greene who wrote (15863)	11/25/1999 10:11:00 AM
From: Hockeyfan	Respond to of 26039

Hockeyfan's Investor Types Short - someone who borrows stock shares to sell with the hope of buying them back at a cheaper price. Active Short - a short that researches the stock they are shorting and posts facts and reasonable conclusions on a stock board about their position. Short Scummer - a short that twists the facts into improbable, but remotely possible conclusions; or makes baseless, unsubstantiated claims (see GDOG); or who repeatedly volunteers their idiotic opinion ("This stock is a POS. Management are criminals. Yadda, yadda, yadda." without providing support for their claims; in the hopes of creating negative investor sentiment and driving the price of their target's stock down precipitously so they can make some quick bucks I view myself as an active LONG and a passive to active SHORT. Regardless of which side I am on, I believe it is unethical to post information in an attempt to move the stock price. The object of every poster should be to further the knowledge and understanding of investors/board participants following the stock - whether they are short or long - not to mislead anybody in the hope of making a quick buck. Ultimately, there is only one scorecard and it is not a checkbook.