To: mmmary who wrote (3689 ) 3/26/2001 7:43:48 PM From: mst2000 Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 4443 Hey, if intelligent discussion between ASTN longs (me and Rob W.) and a person who is knowledgeable about the industry and trading, and who is giving his objective take on a variety of technical issues (which are pretty far from endorsing the system, and even farther from saying anything positive or negative about the company that runs it -- which he has steadfastly, and to his credit, made it clear he will not do) reminds you (A) of message board conversations between me and Westergaard, or (B) of "investor relations", then you need to see a counsellor about your overall paranoia and Westergaard obsession, and figure out something better to do with your time than irritate me. I'm interested in the company because I am an investor. I am interested in what LPS5 has to say because he has a lot of interesting things to say that we can learn from about things that affect the trading world, in which this company operates, and challenge our own assumptions about it -- it's another variant of "due diligence". This is not a discussion for purposes of touting a stock, and that you would view any intelligent discussion on a technical issue as a form of disguised touting shows how removed from reality your mind is at this point. Do you really think anybody reads these exchanges and thinks to themselves "Gee, that's a stock I have to buy!"? My guess is that the average reader on this board (and I'm thinking maybe 10-15 people tops even look at this board, and 1/3 or more of them are you and your buddies at the A@EI board who do it for what you condescendingly refer to as "target practice") reads these posts and thinks "what the heck are they talking about?" Why don't you go to a board like A@EI when there is a 20 word limit on intelligent discussion, if that (of course, the limit for masturbating one's ego on A@EI is 500 words, and Tony is the king of self-love, so you and your friends ought to have a good time there). MST