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To: alankeister who wrote (22414)	4/7/2000 1:41:00 PM
From: BI*RI	Respond to of 54805

RE: Navigating SI The best way to read your favorite threads is to click on "Add Subjectmark" at the bottom of a post on your chosen thread(s). Next time you visit SI, you need only click on "Subjectmarks" and it will bring you to a page that has all of your favorites threads, and the number of new posts for each thread since you last visited. Clicking on that number to the right will bring you to the very first post since your previous visit. From there you can view them ten full posts at a time. I have bookmarked my "SubjectMarks" page and have it in the Personal Toolbar at the top of my Netscape Browser, and this is how I enter and visit SI 99% of the time. Hope this is new information for you, and adds to your SI experience. Marc

To: alankeister who wrote (22414)	4/7/2000 4:58:00 PM
From: tekboy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

SI doesn't give you a threaded/unthreaded choice like the Fool. OTOH, the Fool doesn't give you a "read 10 messages at a time" choice like SI. IMO the latter is far more important. Besides, on the old G&K, there was so little thread bloat that reading the whole crop of posts wasn't much of a problem. tekboy/Ares@harrumphharrumph.com

To: alankeister who wrote (22414)	4/7/2000 8:15:00 PM
From: Dinesh	Respond to of 54805

Alan I would suspect you are more used to the Usenet model whereas SI's is more like a chat room. Send a suggestion to SI admin to support other views. Since a folder is already fairly focused on a single subject, I prefer the SI model (usually). It's a good memory aid too <g> -Dinesh

To: alankeister who wrote (22414)	4/9/2000 11:36:00 PM
From: tallmonkey	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

The best way to read this board - ADOBE ACROBAT ! for a long time I have been waiting for an opportunity to let you guys know how to best tame this monster of a message-board, IMHO.... When I came across the Gorilla thread I realized that it's hard to follow up every day without missing important contributions. Also, I felt that I needed a way to archive and organize messages for later reference, to be able to first digest some 20000 messages electronically instead of force-feeding myself. 1. Buy the full package of Adobe Acrobat version 4.x 2. Select "Open Web Page" in the File Menu 3. Enter URL: Message 7831182 which is Uncle Frank's first message 4. Choose Download 5. Save as something like "SI Gorilla.pdf" 6. After that click next 10, next 10, next 10 until the resulting PDF file is big enough that you would like to start a new one (5000 messages occupy about 40 MB of your harddisk). 7. Stop when you are tired and continue another time until you have downloaded the complete thread. 8. Use the Catalog function to index your downloaded pdf files, and other PDF if you like now enjoy reading and researching this goldmine of investor's wisdom and experience: 9. The downloaded PDF files preserve HTML links and are fully clickable. One click downloads new contents inside or outside SI into your file. 10. Search catalog for "Project Hunt" or "Uncle Frank" or whatever you like and browse through 11. Use electronic HIGHLIGHTER and do your own ANNOTATIONS ! 12. Extract pages, show structures, create hyperlinks etc. Before going back into lurk-mode I would like to say "thank you" to all of you, the main actors who filled this Gorilla Game with life. Besides pure "Gorilla talk" and analysis I have also been enjoying the emotional or anecdotal side of discussion where wisdom and thread-bloat co-exist. TallMonkey Maybe I should buy some ADBE now ...... the beast which created the PDF platform ...... ;)