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Emcee: John Finley	Type: Unmoderated

Introduction Compact

After having read through oodles of press releases and other company communications I thought it would be fun to have a place to take an irreverent look at some of the more humorous, repetitious, and/or bald-faced spins as companies vie for the (now abundant) speculative dollar.

Points will be awarded for the generous use of "good words" or buzzwords that are currently popular (e.g. internet, broadband, optical, b2b, wireless, etc.) Combining "great ideas" and/or "enabling technologies" into a paradigm shift is especially valuable.

Judging will be done by popular vote or something(?). The awarding of "points" shall be made whenever the mood strikes us.

This should be just a tongue-in-cheek look at spin-meistering with no attempt to be made at impugning a specific company so there will be no indignation allowed <gg>.

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75	Sandbox companies. technologyinvestor.com Good analogy by Harry Newton. I admi	kinkblot	-	7/21/2004
74	I guess Dick Tracy's vid-phone wristwatch has been done... The cyber-sex su	John Finley	-	7/14/2004
73	Space-age accessories? e.g. Thump(tm): performance eyewear w/ MP3 player inves	kinkblot	-	7/13/2004
72	At least there is still some exuberance out there <g> appft1.uspto.gov Wo	John Finley	-	7/11/2004
71	Nanosys, Inc. Preliminary Prospectus dated April 22, 2004: sec.gov As if &qu	kinkblot	-	7/3/2004
70	Well at $450 I'm not going jump at them quite yet although I had some ideas	John Finley	-	9/4/2003
69	Pay $449, join "emerging mobile age." eyetop.net One of our favorite	kinkblot	-	9/3/2003
68	The Men in Black also use The National Enquirer for professional ends... Intere	John Finley	-	8/8/2003
67	trend-spotting Search engine sites that rank searches by popularity: <b>	kinkblot	-	7/28/2003
66	Nature Materials Update on synthetic gecko-tape [registration required to view	kinkblot	-	6/30/2003
65	No Way! Someone named Huggler founded Velcro Industries... I wonder if Askair&	John Finley	-	6/30/2003
64	Velcro is an old one in this category. Velcro is employing quantum processes in	kinkblot	-	6/30/2003
63	<i>"it can be used to move computer chips in a vacuum</i> Cool	John Finley	-	6/28/2003
62	Gecko Glue sci.newsfactor.com <i>Self-cleaning, re-attachable, and dry,	kinkblot	-	6/26/2003
61	Well I don't s'pose they suspended anyone's disbelief but Owen Wilso	John Finley	-	6/17/2003
60	Nope, haven't seen that one yet. A boxer is substituted for the tennis play	kinkblot	-	6/16/2003
59	<i>But now, at the beginning of the 21st century, he said, ''a lot	John Finley	-	6/16/2003
58	More big potential in small things. At MIT's Institute for Soldier Nanotech	kinkblot	-	6/9/2003
57	Hi Will I remember the Japanese came up with a nifty PV paint at one point. Pro	John Finley	-	5/8/2003
56	Konarka Technologies [mentioned in article "The next big things" on p	kinkblot	-	4/27/2003
55	<i>rocket propellants</i>??!? That doesn't sound very safe. I h	John Finley	-	4/19/2003
54	Yes, kudos! I second that. Not only is this an example of human ingenuity, but	kinkblot	-	4/18/2003
53	Baked out the romance? We humans are an interesting breed. We can bake in good	John Finley	-	4/18/2003
52	It mattered to these guys: <b>Gem Industry Is Shaken by Reports of Treate	kinkblot	-	4/17/2003
51	Cool!.... or should I say HOT. OK Scotty, beam me up. The thing I find notably	John Finley	-	4/10/2003

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