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To: Rick who wrote (540)	3/20/1999 6:24:00 PM
From: Rick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 782

Introduction - Part 1 (sorry out of order) Those of you that follow these boards know me as Johnny B. Dog on Yahoo, and Rick on Silicon Investor, and occasionally as johnlewing. In order to most appreciate what I have to say, it will be necessary to do the following things: 1. Forget for the moment that Mr. Jim Sims is a greasy, selfish, carpetbagging, snake oil selling, white collar criminal. He will be gone soon enough, as he has now exposed his true character to his company and shareholders. The warning signs have been there for some time, and some people familiar with his odious ilk could smell him from miles away, but the final straw is his recent insider sales prior to delivering the revenue and earnings warning. It would be beyond belief if he is able to remain in his leadership position in the face of this and other obvious deceptions and manipulations of employees, shareholders, and the Wall Street analysts. All three groups should have known better, but some criminals are better than others, and Mr. Sims is a highly ranked criminal, well practiced in the art of deception for personal gain. (When it comes to solid, long term business management and long term shareholder value, Mr. Sims is not the real thing PERIOD). 2. If you have held the stock for the past 6 months, evan as the warning signs have piled up, and insincere (or possibly just stupid) analysts have continued to praise the stock, please assume the lotus position and repeat this mantra until every cell in your body accepts the message: "I am a financial fool; I have ignored obvious warning signs in the hopes of getting rich; Instead of objectively analyzing facts, I listened to a silver haired bullshitter with a history of duping shareholders and employees, instead of objectively analyzing facts; I was heartened by analyst praise, even though I know they don't work for me and often are working against me; I am a stupid f ing idiot, I am a stupid f…ing idiot, I am a stupid f ing idiot ! I will learn from this and be a much smarter investor in the future. 3. Repeat step 2 until the good feelings you have about learning this lesson outweigh the bad feelings you have about the money you've lost. For some of you, this may require a 2 week retreat in the mountains, but take it from someone who's been there: It is "THE WAY". Note: If you cannot reach the required state of mind, any continued reading on the subject will be a waste of your time as your mind will be unable to distinguish truth from fantasy.