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To: RR who wrote (18602)	11/21/2000 11:14:10 PM
From: Cactus Jack	Respond to of 65232

RR, Welcome back. jpgill

To: RR who wrote (18602)	11/21/2000 11:17:02 PM
From: lindelgs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Welcome back RR! I bought a new blank video tape today at the store specifically so I could tape battlebots for my dad - he's gonna love it! Moo from Texas! Hope your trip was fab. Legs

To: RR who wrote (18602)	11/21/2000 11:18:00 PM
From: Selectric II	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

I can't believe that The Court of Final Appeal (a la the United States Supremes, not to be confused with the Florida Supremes) would allow the standards for vote-counting to be changed after the ballots are cast. Period. Double Period. Triple Period. This case to be determined by the Supreme Court of the United States, not Florida, if a stupid Gore carries it that far. 11th Circuit will come through, and if Gore puts his g*'s to the test, he'll lose. That's why he was on TV tonight trying to make a deal. Even CNN says the FL Supremes' 42-page opinion was a "short term victory." Not so Supreme, based on their dud conclusion.

To: RR who wrote (18602)	11/21/2000 11:20:29 PM
From: abstract	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Here ya go - a welcome back gift: BATTLING ROBOTS WINNING VIEWERS By Julie Salamon, N.Y. Times News Service - November 21, 2000 With the widening of television's reach, every oddity of American life can have its day on screen--and probably will, as the mass medium learns to exploit the fringe. For cable networks, finding a common denominator has become less important than divining which arcane enthusiasm will spark the imagination of a generation accustomed to channel-surfing until it hits something unusual. Witness the success of "BattleBots," a bizarre televised contest in which robots operated by remote control try to destroy each other as a live audience cheers. Since its debut in August, this techie transmutation of cockfights and tractor pulls has become the second most popular program on Comedy Central after its Wednesday night lead-in, "South Park," with an average audience of 1.6 million. ("BattleBots" will move to Tuesdays beginning Dec. 5.) Cultural phenomena are fabricated quickly these days, so the robot contestants--along with their human creators and operators--almost instantly appeared on network television, giving demos on the "Tonight" show. The segment ended with Jay Leno screaming: "I love this! I want to build my own robot." Which he did; he and his bot, Chin-Killa, were scheduled to compete in a "BattleBots" exhibition in Las Vegas. Leno's stunt illustrates how perfectly this mechanized meta-sport merges traditional TV's celebration of violent sport--boxing, wrestling, football--with today's ironic sensibility, which has become the defining characteristic of Comedy Central. "This is a slightly nerd sport," said Deborah Liebling, senior vice president of new programming and development. "If we're going to have a sport, this is it." In "BattleBots," the robots attack each other with a ferocity and assortment of weaponry--including buzz saws and spikes--that would be terrifying if flesh, rather than metal, were on the line. They battle for three minutes--less if there's a knockout--in an arena called the BattleBox. Its sides are made of shatterproof glass, to protect the audience from flying parts--and to shield the robot owners, who stand outside the box as they manipulate their proxies with hand-held controls. The floor contains 14 hazards, including sledgehammers, ramrods and more buzz saws, that pop up periodically and try to dismantle the robots before opponents can. Comedy Central stages "BattleBots" as a campy version of a traditional sports match, with two announcers sputtering the play-by-play and field reporters interviewing the winners and losers. In one feature, a man describes the pleasures of creating robots in his basement: "Go down there, turn on the lights, drink a bunch of Cokes, eat a bunch of fudge and M&M's and then work on the robot all night." Liebling, who appreciated the humor as well as the violence, also understood the attraction of technology to young audiences (the median age for "BattleBots" viewers is 27). "Scientists and special-effects people are making the robots, but so are people who are 12 years old," she said. "I don't think there's as big a gap in how techno-savvy people are. I think we're in a culture where machines are much more acceptable to all of us."

To: RR who wrote (18602)	11/22/2000 8:51:18 AM
From: im a survivor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

<<LTBH folks, stay with quality picks and wait it out. Shorter term folks like me and my options, this volatility can make ya money>> Glad your back RR....hope you had a wonderful trip. I think you may be the final Bull on the porch....well Dalin is always a bull whether he's winning or losing <ggg> I tell ya....I look at your statement and just can't help but wonder what the hell I am doing wrong. I am staying with quality, yet my quality is getting it's a$$ kicked in a big way. I hear ya on the options....my only problem is I never get the chance to "take those small gains and run". Man, the minute I buy any option, it tanks 75% before I can blink, which prevents me from "preserving capital". Lately, I have been buying when their is blood in the streets......problem is, unlike the past, we just keep going down. The rallys are not really rallys at all...man, if the naz goes plus 50, it's like a ceiling...everybody runs to sell, and back down we go. Anyway, I'm just glad to see your back...we need some positive hammering going on.......question: Many of my calls are now down 50 - 90%, and they dropped way too quick for me to sell and preserve capital. Jdsu march and RMBS may calls, mainly are whats killing me. Do I sell now at another major loss and preserve what little capital is left, or do I wait it out considering we have a little time on our side. The common sense side of me says to wait it out....anything can happen, but the side of me that is awake and sober <ggg> see's this market going down the tubes more and more everyday. When JDSU got whacked down to $100, I figured thats it...then at $80, I said no way it goes further...now we are mid sixties and nothing but doom and gloom permeates the air. Part of me wants to believe that soon this will all be over, but the other part sits here watching the naz keep going down, and my holdings going down in much larger % then the market as a whole. I've never experienced a market like this....I am sure most of us havent. I keep saying " we are at or near a bottom" and every time I am prooved wrong once again. In fact, not only have I not been selling, but i've been doing a little selective buying via low ball offers I put in thinking no way they would hit<ggg>. So, I am doing what I am supposed to...buy when their is blood in the street and dont sell out of fear or emotion.Well sheez....maybe if I had sold out of fear, I would have been better off....... Anyway...whats your take on the market right now...I sure dont want to sell those calls for such a loss, but I also dont want to watch them go down and end up expiring worthless in march (jdsu ) and may ( rmbs) Thanks for your help..... keith