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To: John Trader who wrote (62154)	3/17/2002 8:11:46 PM
From: Robert O	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

ot samsung re: "Around 2005, digital video, for example, will be stored in 5-Gigabyte memory cards, and memory cards will completely replace CDs and other rotating optical media sometime thereafter," he said. I certainly was hoping for far more than 5 Gig by 2005 for digital video. Unless something else changes (and by no means am I knowledgeable in this area) it seems to me something like a mega-memory card that intends to replace digital video CDs needs a lot more capacity for storage. I figured DVD type storage that can currently play an entire 3-hour Hollywood schlock movie would be available to write to for home use. My current Sony digital video camera can hold 1 hour of digital video on 1 special digital tape in its housing, but when I convert that onto my PC it appears than 5 mins of converted video takes about a gig of hard disk space. Am I confusing this 1 gig size with memory size? In any event maybe there will be much better digital shrinking algorithms developed by then, but I was really hoping your average Joe would have few issues with storing digital video/sound media by 2005. Something in the camera itself, call it a 'stick' (memory card) or call it read/write-able media, that could handle say 5 hours of digital video input directly to the camera, that could easily be inserted into a PC slot, that's the ideal. Today it's always the space issue not to mention time. RO

To: John Trader who wrote (62154)	3/19/2002 1:38:03 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

semi-OT: PG raising guidance. They are a good proxy for the entire economy. One more data point, indicating the economy is just past it's low point. IMO, before or during next earnings season, we are going to have another big upmove in the market, as we will have few warnings, and a lot of guidance-raising, and meeting or beating expectations. Only telecom will not participate. I'll make another prediction: in 2002, the Nas and S&P 500 will beat bonds (ST or LT). We've seen the low for interest rates, and the peak of fear.