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To: SI Brad who wrote (1078)	4/21/1998 2:01:00 PM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 32871

I nominate Bill Gates as the scapegoat for the outage. -g- Tom

To: SI Brad who wrote (1078)	4/21/1998 2:03:00 PM
From: Biomaven	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32871

Brad, One other piece of info that may be useful in figuring out what went wrong is that I could enter as a non-member even while I couldn't get in as a member. I could read all the threads, but if I tried to log-in or do anything requiring membership it timed out. Traceroute and ping to talk.techstocks.com were both fine (unusually good, in fact). Hope this helps, Peter

To: SI Brad who wrote (1078)	4/21/1998 2:06:00 PM
From: Graystone	Respond to of 32871

I was hanging online and got fritzed. I was staying on so I was interested in what happened. The site stayed working through www.techstocks.com, just couldn't log on. Sure it wasn't that KTEL thread he says with a grin. You did notice that 666 thing there, you weren't using SATAN to test things again were you.

To: SI Brad who wrote (1078)	4/21/1998 2:24:00 PM
From: AugustWest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32871

Well, like all other SI addicts, I am elated that things are back to normal. I almost had to do something productive around the house - like clean orwhatever she was talking about.<g> BTW Brad; I was able to view the total of people who had me bookmarked (I really hadn't thought that many people were watching me-ug!). But now I can't view it. I caught it earlier in stock talk. Is that correct, and have you moved or removed it?

To: SI Brad who wrote (1078)	4/21/1998 3:26:00 PM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32871

>>I was sleeping at the time and my "SI monitoring" beeper was set to "vibrate"...it was dutifully buzzing around on the carpet while I blissfully slept. You might want to consider maintaining the setting but keeping it in your front pocket so you can experience simultaneous pain and pleasure the next time trouble rears its head. <g>

To: SI Brad who wrote (1078)	4/21/1998 4:37:00 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32871

I was sleeping at the time and my "SI monitoring" beeper was set to "vibrate"...it was dutifully buzzing around on the carpet while I blissfully slept. My beeper is turned off and the bed is set to vibrate. To each their own. - Jeff

To: SI Brad who wrote (1078)	4/22/1998 9:32:00 AM
From: AugustWest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32871

Morning Brad; I'll keep this low volume as not to disturb your slumber! This is just a passing thought, but i was wondering if you have any plans to permit us to 'clear new message count' on individual threads we have bookmarked instead of having to clear the whole lot of them. Thanks.

To: SI Brad who wrote (1078)	4/22/1998 11:17:00 AM
From: WTMHouston	Respond to of 32871

Today: 9:59 a.m. (CST) down again, but not nearly as long....began to think you guys had a 9:59 virus.....thankfully not a 2 1/2 hour one this time though. Any hope for fixed fonts on Private Messages??????? Has been, is, and will continue to be the best board on the net!!! Troy

To: SI Brad who wrote (1078)	4/22/1998 2:20:00 PM
From: Brooks Jackson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32871

Brad: a tiny glitch to check out. The Cityscape Financial thread does not display quotes at the bottom, like other threads for specific companies. I suspect it is because the symbol changed from CTYS to CTYSC a few months ago. If I'm right, there may be other threads with the same problem, and you may want to consider a system for keeping threads linked to their quotes when symbols change. Love SI!

To: SI Brad who wrote (1078)	4/23/1998 9:05:00 AM
From: V.	Respond to of 32871

Brad, Jeff and Jill, Congratulations dear friends!! I am so very happy for you!! Love, V. Go2Net! GO SI!!

To: SI Brad who wrote (1078)	4/23/1998 9:09:00 AM
From: Mighty_Mezz	Respond to of 32871

Congrats on the merger with GNET. You're rich!!! Much continued success!

To: SI Brad who wrote (1078)	4/23/1998 9:13:00 AM
From: Biomaven	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32871

Brad, Congratulations to all. Now you guys are going to have to start actually reading the investment advice here on SI. <G> Peter

To: SI Brad who wrote (1078)	4/23/1998 9:17:00 AM
From: David Lawrence	Respond to of 32871

Brad, congratulations to you, Jeff and Jill. You deserve the big payday for all of your hard work and dedication to your customers. Don't forget a clause in the final agreement for "Webmaster For a Day" - I own a raincoat so Seattle won't be a problem!

To: SI Brad who wrote (1078)	4/23/1998 10:09:00 AM
From: Brooks Jackson	Respond to of 32871

$33 million! What a country! Congratulations on well-earned success. Of course, that's denominated in tulip bulbs, but still....

To: SI Brad who wrote (1078)	4/23/1998 12:52:00 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Respond to of 32871

Brad, the Stock Swap thread has also decided to cash in on the internet mania and we've decided to declare independence from SI and sell ourselves to another company for $1M. Surely GNet won't miss one little thread, right? (gg) Hope you didn't unpack. ;^) - Jeff

To: SI Brad who wrote (1078)	4/23/1998 1:35:00 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32871

Brad, the Bloomberg version of your dealings (Congrats!): Go2net to Acquire Silicon Investor for $33 Million in Stock Seattle, April 23 (Bloomberg) -- Go2net Inc. said it will buy closely held Silicon Investor, a Web site for small investors, for about $33 million in stock to broaden its audience and boost advertising revenue. Go2net runs Web sites with a range of features from stock information to games. Silicon Investor offers tips and hosts financial discussion groups on market trends, initial public offerings and mutual funds. Go2net will issue about 1.25 million of its shares for Silicon Investor. Personal finance sites are among the fastest growing on the Internet as personal investors seek more information online. Silicon Investor will give Go2net more than a million new users to help lure advertisers. The purchase ''positions us with a new revenue stream,'' said Go2net Chief Executive Russell Horowitz. Silicon Investor is based in Overland Park, Kansas, and employs three people. The company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of go2net and will move to Seattle. Go2net rose 1 1/8 to 27 3/4 in midday trading. o~~~ O

To: SI Brad who wrote (1078)	4/23/1998 3:00:00 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32871

Here's a strange thought... now that SI is a publicly traded company, does that mean Brad can't divulge what neat stuff he's working on for fear of disseminating "inside information"? - Jeff