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To: lightwave51 who wrote (2098)	2/24/2001 2:47:49 PM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Respond to of 74559

...I don't know (much) about the spreadsheets of european Telcoms, but I find it ridiculous they´re all counting on my cash flow for the bandwidth I never asked for. Im still trying to squeeze the best out of my promised 56kB bandwidth here in Germany (call me middle class) and I'm experiencing molasse speeds which have nothing to do with what Im paying for: they're all due to bottlenecks somewhere else. Now five or six Dodos were ready here in Germany, (for instance Deutsche Telekom, KPN, Mobilcom, twas about 6 mo ago) to pay altogether something in excess of 100 BDM (make it 50 BUS$) for the right to send me within next three years (takes some time too, to build everything up) boilerplate mail on "how great digital TV via UMTS" etc will be - have not received any, but am looking forward to it. Imagine the negative boost to all men suffering from eiaculatio praecox, when the billing kicks in (serves them right, no UMTS porno for me) It is very much the same as in twenties I guess, with rail IPOs offering 5-year discount fares from Nowhere-Here to Nowhere-there. I still think I need 56kB AND UMTS - Im in image-analysis business, so letting customers send images looking better that jpg would be fun -, but borrowing 100BDM for the chance to get in is stretching it rather thin. dj

To: lightwave51 who wrote (2098)	2/25/2001 8:33:26 PM
From: lightwave51	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Definitions: Financial Planner - A guy who actually remembers his wallet when he runs to the 7-11 for toilet paper and cigarettes. Market Correction - The day after you buy stocks. Cash Flow - The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet. Flight to Quality - One way ticket from Utah to Paris. Call Option - Something people used to do with a telephone in ancient times before e-mail. Day Traitor - Someone who is disloyal from 9-5. Straddle - What you do to celebrate after launching your own IPO (involves two French girls and a lot of champagne) Microsoft - A condition temporarily remedied by Viagra. Cisco - Side kick of Poncho. Yahoo - What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $540 per share. Windows 2000 - What you jump out of when you're the sucker that bought Yahoo for $540 per share.