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To: rudedog who wrote (77070)	1/29/2000 7:55:00 AM
From: rupert1	Respond to of 97611

rudedog: That piece was reminiscent of Dr Samuel Johnson's 18th century writings, so I looked him up to see if he had anything to say about participants in internet discussion groups for investors. This is a short passage about Kit Smart - a COMPAQ long. "Madness frequently discovers itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Smart showed the disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place in cyberspace. Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater madness not to pray at all, than to pray as Smart did, I am afraid there are so many who do not pray, that their understanding is not called in question." Concerning the unfortunate Kit Smart, who was confined in a mad-house, Dr. Johnson had the following conversation with Dr. Burney. -- BURNEY. "How does poor Mr. Compaq do, Sir; is he likely to recover?" JOHNSON. "It seems as if his mind had ceased to struggle with the disease; for he grows fat upon it." BURNEY. "Perhaps, Sir, that may be from want of exercise." JOHNSON. "No, Sir; he has partly as much exercise as he used to have, for he digs in the garden. Indeed, before his confinement, he used for exercise to walk to the alehouse; but he was carried back again. I did not think he ought to be shut up. His infirmities were not noxious to society. He insisted on people praying with him; and I'd as lief pray with Kit Smart as any one else. Another charge was, that he did not love clean linen; and I have no passion for it."

To: rudedog who wrote (77070)	1/29/2000 1:53:00 PM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

rude and/or anyone interested in responding... the following is from the Zoo... >>>CPQ is supposed to earn over $1.00 per share this year. Now, for this 4th qtr, they earned .16 (.19 minus .3, which were from investments). Where are these revenues going to come from qtr after qtr? If they earned .16 this past Xmas--always their best earnings season--they have to average about .25 per quarter or 50% better than this past Xmas for each quarter of 2000.<<< Another person replies saying that >>>Y2K lockdown $$$, IPAQ, WIN 2000, WildFire, direct sales, stealing share from GTW and DELL, layoffs and other cost cutting, and new internet efforts and products should do the job.<<< Any thoughts??? thanks, El