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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (80275)	9/25/2011 2:09:10 AM
From: elmatador	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217786

MQ means 'My Fair Lady' in the theater. Emma Peel played Eliza Dolittle in Pygmalion in London

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (80275)	12/23/2011 1:20:07 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Respond to of 217786

BP shuts BP Solar. Good warning MQ. I wonder if TJ took your advice or ignored it. He has undoubtedly lost money on photovoltaics < As you can see, the next 10 years will not be dull [though the Global Warming industry will be quiet and probably totally ignored with Solyndra being one of the first to go bust. Did you bail out of PHOTOVOLTAICS in time?http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/09/24/solyndra_solar_industry Mqurice PS: But remember - there is a joker. I should have my brand new currency ready to go well before then, so gold might be going down faster than US$ as Atavistic Aztecs run for cover from all the drama as Cyberspacoids take over. > I hereby repeat my "Joker" warning to the Atavistic Aztecs prancing naked around their blazing campfire, chanting imprecations to the dark sky, and incantations to the golden flames. Financial relativity theory is beyond their ken just as the Special Theory of Relativity and General Theory of Relativity were beyond Newtonian knowledge. The event horizon beckons and they move closer to the flames ... Inside information..... Cyberspace chat about Cyberspace development between Mq and the front lines, battle stations. <I have pretty thoroughly tested it but never know when everything will unexpectedly go horribly wrong Maurice Winn: Okay, good luck with that. Maurice Winn: I suppose you noticed I have had a few odd things on the development server [you mentioned you had me going on that] ----: yes and completely expected things ----: I have JUST put you back onto production servers ----: so give or take caching you should be on the case ----: with so many users problems show up pretty quickly! ----:I can see that it is apparently all working well (watching the server logs) ----: ha 3 screens, multiple computers all go ----: looking good ----: battle stations! Maurice Winn: Geeks doing battle.... Maurice Winn: Incoming packets IP address 10.10.23.42 - duck and cover... ----: stop saying things like that it scares me!> Article about BP Solar closing: ft.com <High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.comto buy additional rights. ft.com will close the chapter on more than 40 years of history after deciding to shut down its solar business, once regarded as one of its flagship alternative energy divisions. The group has told staff that it had made the decision after the business became unprofitable. MoreON THIS STORY Solar companies challenge plan to halve subsidies Solon opens insolvency proceedings Buffett utility makes solar power moveAnalysis China’s rush into renewablesIn depth Climate changeIN OIL & GAS Repsol in $1bn deal for Mississippi fields BP, Total and Statoil secure Angola rights Repsol rescues Sacyr with stake purchase Sinopec eyes €2.7bn Repsol stake “The continuing global economic challenges have significantly impacted the solar industry, making it difficult to sustain long-term returns for the company,” wrote Mike Petrucci, chief executive of BP Solar, in an internal email to staff last week. ... continued.... > Mqurice