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To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (119329)	5/26/2002 9:12:20 PM
From: Jon Koplik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

(Very) off topic -- memorable quotes from "The X Files" (1998) (the movie) (From Internet Movie Data Base imdb.com ). (This page was : us.imdb.com ). *********************************************** [After shooting the driver in the head.] Well-Manicured Man: Get out of the car. Fox Mulder: [expecting to be next] Why? The upholstery is already ruined. Well-Manicured Man: Your aliens, Agent Mulder, your little green men arrived here millions of years ago. Well-Manicured Man: Trust no one, Mr. Mulder. Mulder: Whatever happened to playing a hunch, Scully? The element of surprise, random acts of unpredictabilty? If we fail to anticipate the unforeseen or expect the unexpected in a universe of infinite possibilites, we may find ourselves at the mercy of anyone or anything that cannot be programmed, categorized or easily referenced. [Pops a sunflower seed into his mouth.] What are we doing up here, Scully? It's hotter than hell. Mulder: Maybe we should call in a bomb threat to Houston. I think it's free beer night at the Astrodome. Mulder: After all you've seen you can just walk away? Scully: I have. I did. It's done. Mulder: Five years together Scully, how many times I been wrong? Never. Not driving, anyway. Mulder: How many times have we been here before? So close to the truth. [On the phone.] Bronschweig: It's Bronschweig. Sir, the impossible scenario we never planned for? Well, we better come up with a plan. [To a bartender, while drinking.] Fox Mulder: I'm the key figure in an ongoing government charade, the plot to conceal the truth about the existence of extraterrestrials. It's a global conspiracy, actually, with key players in the highest levels of power, that reaches down into the lives of every man, woman, and child on this planet, so, of course, no one believes me. I'm an annoyance to my superiors, a joke to my peers. They call me Spooky. Spooky Mulder, whose sister was abducted by aliens when he was just a kid and who now chases after little green men with a badge and a gun, shouting to the heavens or to anyone who will listen that the fix is in, that the sky is falling and when it hits it's gonna be the shit-storm of all time. Mulder: Is this Dr. Kurzweil's residence? Detective: You got some business with him? Mulder: I'm looking for him. Detective: Looking for him for what? [Mulder shows his ID.] Hey, the Feds are looking for him, too. Real nice business he's got, huh? Mulder: What's that? Detective: Selling naked pictures of little kids over his computer. You looking for him for some other reason? Mulder: Yeah, I had an appointment for a pelvic examination. Mulder: You told me you had answers! Kurzweil: Yes, but I don't have them all. Scully: Are you drunk, Mulder? Mulder: I was until about 20 minutes ago. Agent Dana Scully: Was that before or after you decided to come here? Mulder: I owe you everything, and Scully, you owe me nothing. Agent Dana Scully: Any ideas as to why someone would be growing corn in the middle of the desert? Fox Mulder: Not unless those are great big Jiffy-Pop poppers. Mulder: You know, one is the loneliest number. Mulder: But you saved me. As difficult and frustrating as it's been sometimes, your God-damned strict rationalism and science have saved me a thousand times over. You kept me honest. You made me a whole person. I owe you everything, and you owe me nothing. I don't know if I want to do this alone. I don't even know if I can. [Scully is slow to realize a countdown timer signifies a bomb.] Mulder: Thirteen fifty-four. Thirteen fifty-two. Thirteen fifty. You see a pattern emerging here Scully? Scully: I need this building evacuated and cleared out in ten minutes. I need you to get on the phone and tell the fire department to block off the city center in a one mile radius around the building. DON'T THINK! JUST PICK UP THE PHONE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN! Well-Manicured Man: Survival is the ultimate ideology. Scully: Here I am in the middle of nowhere, Texas, chasing phantom tanker trucks. Scully: Mulder I can't tell you what killed this man. I'm not sure if anybody else can, either. Mulder: If I quit now, they win. Skinner: Agent Mulder, you and I both know that if it looks bad, it's bad for the FBI. Blame has to be assigned somewhere. Dana Scully: I saw your face Mulder. There was a definite moment of panic. Fox Mulder: You've never seen me panic. When I panic, I make this face. [remains impassive] Cigarette Smoking Man: Everybody down below. We may have a security breach. If you're not armed, arm yourselves. Dr. Alvin Kurtzweil: And why do you think you're here talking to me today? These people don't make mistakes! Dr. Ben Bronschweig: So much for little green men. Strughold: He is but one man. One man alone cannot fight the future. END.

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (119329)	5/26/2002 9:18:21 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

QCOM has every right to be optimistic. This isn't spin, it's the real world. yes, but the spin qcom put out in late 99 and early 00 wasn't reality. that is my point. Consider the new applications for GPS, games, etc. now being used in Japan or Korea. consider qcom isn't growing earnings right now. Consider that there are at least two model phones (Samsung and LG) ready to show video clips of the World Cup games. Consider that Russia really likes the 450mhz band used by Rumania, and also to be used by Denmark, as operates with fewer base stations than those required for 800 or 1900 mhz. consider qcom isn't growing earnings right now. Consider the demand for limited mobility wireless in India and the data on new CDMA subscribers in China, not to mention the 1X applications introduced by Sprint and Verizon (and previously by Leap in a few areas). Consider also the lower cost of upgrading CDMAOne to CDMA2000, compared with what the GSM and TDMA types will have to pay to provide services that still compare poorly with 1X. consider qcom isn't growing earnings right now. I find little spin here. only b/c of the truth i posted in bold letters. remember when some idiot was projecting billions of cdma phones being sold in a short time frame - a number that was utterly absurd and used to hype qcom to $200 a share? i do. now point to me where qcom said that estoimate was the load of sh it really was... It's just the way the wireless world is, and it has to make anyone optimistic about QUALCOMM. whether the EARNINGS prospects, as opposed to cool gizmo prospects, are good or not, right? -lol- But the average analyst is clearly interested in the immediate earnings trend, and based on that is not likely to be enthusiastic. no earnings growth is this FAAAAAHBULOUS environment? -lol- That same analyst will no doubt ignore the differences between a debt free QUALCOMM and its debt laden competitors. As I said before, the only spin I can see comes from the competitors.** you probably don't see qcom's 85% haircut, either. -lol- yes, the competitors spin. johnny down the street steals candy, should you?