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To: Dealer who wrote (31235)	8/30/2000 10:42:50 PM
From: Voltaire	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 35685

Gang, I feel no one is indispensible to a thread, that includes yours truly. However that is not the issue here. The issue as I see it are the very ideals that the thread seems to have lost along the way, the very reasons that I came over to the Porch in the first place. Those are decency, consideration, and an environment conducive to stressless dialogue. And above all, giving. And it is the absence or loss of the above that motivated my departure from the very thread that we all have enjoyed for quite some time. I'm not professing to be a moralist of any kind, we all have used distasteful vernacular at various times in our lives. The point is that here is not where we want it. As idealistic as it may seem, my post is in no way aimed at any particular individual, it is aimed at rectifying a situation that seems to have manifested itself through the use of inappropriate language as adjudicated by the majority of the thread members, and I for one have always felt the majority should rule. As most of you know, I have always expounded on the virtues of a stressless life. As anybody who has met me can attest, I live what I preach. It is the very issue at hand that gave me good reason to take a hiatus from the thread. So one might ask, 'Where did I find such stress?' Such stress, to me, comes about as a result of reading certain posts and knowing that, for instance, spouses and children may be reading this thread bearing my name. Additional stress comes from PMs expressing exasperation and concern over the change in the thread. Hopefully our problems can be rectified and anyone that has chosen to use inappropriate language in the past will see fit for the betterment of the thread to cease such posts. I'd love to see these changes take place, and hopefully they will. And also hopefully we can get back to everyone, and I do mean everyone, enjoying the thread in a decent, considerate, and giving manner. Selah Voltaire

To: Dealer who wrote (31235)	8/31/2000 8:26:59 PM
From: Dealer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35685

<font color=Red>AFTERHOURS QUOTES Voltaire's Porch Basket of Stocks These Stock Have Not Been Picked By Any One Individual GORILLA--A company that controls it market because it has a discontinuous innovation ,one that is not compatible with existing systems. The market is in a hyper growth stage, and they control the architecture. There is a high switching cost to using some other company's product, KING--The Market leader, properly with a two-times lead or better over its closest competitor. If the lead shrinks too far, the king becomes a prince, and we have a kingless market. Because they lack architectural control, and because switching costs are low, they cannot force competitors onto the defensive the way Microsoft, Intel, or Cisco can. Compaq is a king. Seagate is a king of hard drives. A lot of study has been done on these stocks by the Gorilla and Kings thread. There are the stocks that are discussed most often on the porch........and 1 or more are in most porcher's portfolio. The following Stocks are on the Gorilla and King Index QCOM CLOSE 59 7/8 AFTERHOURS 60.75 GMST CLOSE 90 1/4 AFTERHOURS 88.9375 JDSU CLOSE 124 31/64 AFTERHOURS 124 SEBL CLOSE 197 13/16 AFTERHOURS 196 NTAP CLOSE 117 AFTERHOURS 117.1875 The following Stocks are on the Gorilla and King Wait and Watchlist The Watch & Wait Index consists of stocks that have some desirable characteristics but are not necessarily Gorillas or Kings - at least not yet. Most of them will not be, but they bear watching for that possibility. They are as follows: BRCM CLOSE 250 AFTERHOURS 249.50 CREE CLOSE 137 3/4 AFTERHOURS 137.25 ELON CLOSE 47 1/16 AFTERHOURS 47 PMCS CLOSE 236 AFTERHOURS 235.5625 RMBS CLOSE 81 11/16 AFTERHOURS 81.75 RNWK CLOSE 48 11/16 AFTERHOURS 48.6875 WIND CLOSE 40 3/4 AFTERHOURS 41.8125 "Voltaire's Cover Call Strategy 101" see Post # 9490 Post #'s of Recent Cover Call Strategy Discussions From recent discussions--August 16,17 and 18, 2000 see post #31425 updated 8/31/00 Contest: “Which Stock Will Double?” link below Message 13523976 27272 Original Posts "Voltaire Cover Call Strategy 101"