Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Gold/Mining/Energy : Gold Price Monitor -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: d:oug who wrote (92335)	1/2/2003 7:45:53 AM
From: Bill Jackson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116810

Doug, It is neccessary to bash the desert dirts again and again. The promoters see the new crop of suckers and are anxious to fleece them. If they were not bashed their verbiage would grow weary and ineffective. When EC bashes them he strengthens them, thus allowing them to fleece the suckers more effectively. After all the suckers are engaged in their own arms race, what with the SEC and new rules, why not a method to strengthen the DD methods. I wonder how much he gets paid for this hard and needed work.

To: d:oug who wrote (92335)	1/2/2003 8:40:04 AM
From: E. Charters	Respond to of 116810

The unit is BS, because it knows no limits of belief. Other suggestions are value, as it is subjective too.

To: d:oug who wrote (92335)	1/2/2003 7:20:18 PM
From: marcos	Respond to of 116810

The mung for puke-osity ... don't forget that one, it's 'dressed to the nines - 'Today, 51 countries... to the International System of Units. It defines eight basic units: meter for length, kilogram for mass, second for time, ampere for electric current, kelvin for temperature, mole for the amount of a substance, graystone for inquietude, and candela for luminous intensity.'

To: d:oug who wrote (92335)	1/3/2003 2:27:13 AM
From: E. Charters	Respond to of 116810

At first I could not figure for the life of me what watermelon floss maker was on about. Then it hit me. Of course! The dimensionless constant! In the Bureau of International Platinum Metals in Sêverance, Fr., right beside the discarded platinum-iridium bar which used to measure the furlong, is a box containing the original Newton, and the Faraday. In a sealed container on the left is the prototype second, and beside that is the hermetically sealed jar containing Planck's constant. The standard Heisenberg is stored underneath that. The beauty of the Heisenberg is that is usable as one of two standards depending on when you open the box. (they were going to call it the Schrodinger) Since it measures degrees of uncertainty, it is subjective. It can however be rigorously applied as uncertainty affects all calculations equally no matter who make the mistakes. The US is declaring it will go off the rigid SI standard as an economic measure. They intend to use their own metre, kilogram and furlong. If they shorten up on the standard and lighten the standard weight, they can get more stuff in one dollar, therefore obviating the need to inflate. It will also conserve energy as it will take fewer kilowatts to move the smaller kilograms. The US has also proposed a new unit of international friction be adopted, which will be called either the scuff, or the iraquitant, depending on whether it measures tangibles or is used qualititively. It is defined as the lateral force necessary to get a government worker to move his swivel chair 15 degrees in order to notice a person at the counter who is demanding service. New definitions of standards are underway in the US as we speak. second: proposed is the time it takes you to realize that the person in traffic ahead of you has not noticed that the light has changed. ounce: the amount of ink it takes to equal the price of an inkjet printer. kilogram:the amount of ink you have to buy before you realize it would be cheaper to have bought a laser a long time ago. faraday: the amount of electricity used by an average householder in one second, for which the Ontario government has decided to charge the amount of money he has in his wallet at at that time. newton: force made by one barrel of apple mactintoshes, falling out of a ten story window hitting a porsche targa owned by the disgruntled former owner of both, after he realizes that macintoshes are only imitation computers. rayleigh:unit of scattering of white light when it hits a bicycle made in England after it has been run over by a ten ton truck. mile:the distance you have to drive or walk back from when you realize that you have missed the place you were last directed to by someone you stopped and asked for directions. Also proposed is the actual distance walked in a Wal Mart store when one attempts to shop for a single item, in a trip to the same for that sole purpose. inch:the average distance one misses things by that could easily kill you. hour: the time it takes for one hockey game without overtime, and not counting intermissions. minute:time it takes to find an item in a hardware store that you were not looking for, that you desperately need, but cannot afford. mundaneit: the amount of news one may absorb of a television news broadcast, in syllables, before one can repeat the broadcast simultaneously as it is uttered. celsius degree: one celsius degree is defined as the temperature at which New Yorkers start wearing long underwear. litre:the liquid volume of vanilla coke one consumes before one realizes that you won't drink anymore of this stuff even if it's free. gallon:the amount of gasoline that will propel a 1250 kilogram domestic automobile 24 miles down a continuous grade of 10 degrees with a tail wind of 50 miles per hour, at standard temperature and pressure, if the engine is off, the tires are inflated to 125 pounds pressure and there is only a slight leak in the fuel line. pascal:amount of pressure a salesman has to exert on your wife to get her to buy cheap perfume if he tells her it's chanel. section:how much land a house that you cannot afford in the Hamptons occupies. Also, the area of any beach front property in California. hectare:the area of the living room in the same house in the Hamptons. nanosecond: Time taken by a stock on the Nasdaq to decline in price after your bid is successful. EC<:-}