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To: Greg Luke who wrote (2188)	11/24/1997 2:57:00 PM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Greg writes of an old "rule": A healthy market will start at a low point (Jan. DOW = 6200) to a high(Aug. DOW = 8300), then retreat back to the mid-point of 7250 and then return to it's bullish climb. It seems like this "rule" fits todays market perfectly. ---------------------------------- I disagree. The BullRun started much lower, maybe 777 if I remember, and has only had one really big "correction" in 1987. Since then, I don't think it has had more than a 10.X % correction. Your 6200 point is just one of many on a line that goes pretty much up and to the right from 1974 or so. I made a chart of this which you can see with this url: quote.yahoo.com^DJI&d=my This chart shows it even better from 1993 on: quote.yahoo.com^DJI&d=my or quicken.com BTW, I think you were responding to BB Jr. He writes/does the www.adcom.com website where BB Sr. had his first web presence. More links at: suite101.com regards Kirk out

To: Greg Luke who wrote (2188)	11/24/1997 6:58:00 PM
From: Scott D.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

"I know with absolute certainty that Fortran is not used in any engineering firm today. It is equally hard to believe that COBOL remains an active part of the business community." I think you will find some disagreement with these statements. So what are businesses using? Java+++? Also, I think you are responding to bb jr. (based on his previous postings. I have not programmed in Fortran for many years. But take a look at http.cs.berkeley.edu Famous math professor still using "Fortran/DOS"!

To: Greg Luke who wrote (2188)	11/24/1997 7:16:00 PM
From: Jim O'Hare	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

I am not sure whether the person who responded to your message was BB or BB Jr; I suspect the latter. First of all I think it is disingenous of him to be writing responses on this thread using his fathers name without suffix (jr). I note the signature at the end of the response was BB. Also, as for COBOL I cannot believe any company is actively developing software in COBOL. I suspect most of the software people working in COBOL do nothing more than to correct the Y2K problems in legacy systems. In my opinion the year 2K problem is vasly overstated; it is technical hysteria.

To: Greg Luke who wrote (2188)	11/25/1997 2:18:00 PM
From: DD™	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

GL: FYI, the Bob Brinker who posts is the esteemed Bob Brinker Jr., son of the venerable Bob Brinker, host of the Starship Moneytalk. DD