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To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (112060)11/22/2000 7:51:25 PM
From: Alomex  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
Many of us knew from 1998 that the nasdaq was a huge bubble about to burst. The trouble is we knew it long before everyone else. Usually knowing something earlier than others is a competitive advantage, but in this case being ahead of the morons brought nothing but losses and ruin.

The curse of Cassandra, my friend.

Cassandra, as you might know, is a character from Greek mythology which has the gift of clairvoyance but was cursed so that nobody believed her prophecies. The Troyans paid a hefty price for not heeding her warnings about that nice wooden horse just outside the gates of the city.