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To: TobagoJack who wrote (23600)	9/27/2002 4:03:12 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Well, you are certainly right there Jay [about communists taking possession of the means of production - other than the brains needed to create the production, which seem to slip away even quicker than the money]. Owning shares doesn't preclude one from abandoning ship when the milling mob's decibel level is no longer dulcet and harmonious. However, it's true that I was expecting that civilisation would hold together and maintain property rights to a substantial degree. Note that in Argentina's case, the employees were apparently owed wages, so they had a claim on the assets. Jumping the queue wasn't nice. If push really comes to shove and the mob and their political leaders go dark-ages on us, then heading for the hills is a major problem. They'll inflate, confiscate and destroy money. They'll take over the means of production [in their naive view of 'the means of production' - they think the land, buildings and machines and their honest proletariat sweat are the 'means of production' rather than the brains, energy, love and creativity of the intellectual leaders]. They'll then, as always, destroy the 'means of production', watching in querulous bewilderment as the 'means of production' collapses around them, although they struggle to keep it going. They'll pass laws that gold may only be owned by the proletariat [or the noble leaders of the revolution as their proxy]. They'll search the vaults, security boxes and pockets of people trying to escape the mess. Where does one hide? New Zealand has a large moat and maybe that would offer some protection. On the other hand, maybe that would merely make escape almost impossible when the mob here leads the revolution. Alcatraz had a very good moat and escapes were few. Meanwhile, Mighty Q! sits there like a rock, with cdma2000 sales roaring due to the number one essential need for humans to communicate, even if all the copper wire has been stolen [they can't steal the phragmented photons zipping through their very bodies, undetected]. The latest graph shows accelerating sales. 3gtoday.com Not many companies in the mayhem are showing accelerating sales. I have adopted a cunning strategy. I have resolved myself into the equivalent of gravitons spinning backwards and forwards simultaneously; my GSRS [TM] [Graviton Spin Reversal System] is making progress. While apparently standing bare chested, out on the cyberspace battlefield, holding my Q! shield high, drawing fire, I am also, simultaneously, hiding out behind the moat, with a stack of Uncle Al's ammunition locked and loaded, ready to let fly in a terrible fusillade, as the young, impressionable and naive rampage onto the battlefield prematurely, exposing their flanks, backs, fronts, top and bottom. Which is the hologram? Or are they both real? Or neither? Even as my GSRS[+ve] self stands bare chested, drawing fire, while my GSRS[-ve] manifestation hides out, I am quantum tunnelling into another dimension, making a rapidly moving ethereal target: Message 18014065 Fire at will, Mqurice PS: Meanwhile, our great and wonderful idol, Uncle Al, has been knighted for services to Mq. Rightly so. If all the copper has been stolen, and the mob starts stealing base station poles, people can always use Globalstar [the mob can't get the satellites or gateways located in other countries]. Neither can they get to the nodes in an 80211.b network [80211.b in the form of RoamAD is like Arpanet - knock out a node, but cyberspace just slips around it via another route, filling in the space from the surrounding area].

To: TobagoJack who wrote (23600)	9/28/2002 2:06:43 AM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Such drama.... it looks as if the man/ woman on the street is piecing things together Jay. In another year the question will be 'what to buy'.... who will survive?? Ok, buy those 25% bonds or the stock for .95c??? Problem is, it may not be obvious... it's going to be aweful tempting to just keep sitting on our mountains of cash. Is AOL, Q, PCS, etc. going to disconnect masses for non payment??? Will FNM really kick people out of their homes?? Will any of the medical IP hold up with folks unable to pay? What will happen to the 'service economy' in a deep recession??? Everything is SO different this time. Get on your buying hat Allan Greenspan... your job is about to begin. DAK