Second, why are they demanding share prices in the $100 range when Ebay/Yahoo (company's with more value) are priced significantly less than that?
Well, this is the kind of BS we read every day in the "professional" newspapers. And now - the same from a daytrader...
Suppose I am selling something ar the auction and tell everybody: "I think this thing is worth $100, but I am going to sell it to the highest bidder with a $0 starting bid". What kind of people will come shouting: "Why are you demanding $100, it's too much!!!":
Here is what I've found about this case on the Net: http://www.sec.gov/litigation/opinions/34-45437.ht m...beginning in February 1996, Kufrovich engaged in discussions of a sexual nature with a 14-year-old girl via an Internet chatroom. Kufrovich, who was 41 years old at the time, represented himself in these discussions to be a younger person, closer to the girl's age. These discussions resulted in Kufrovich arranging to meet the girl in March 1996 for sexual relations in a hotel room in another state, where she would be traveling with her mother. When she met Kufrovich at the hotel, the girl immediately realized the deception about his age, left the room, and alerted her mother, who reported the incident to the police.
In December 1997, Kufrovich agreed to plead guilty to two federal felony charges: (1) enticing and attempting to entice a minor to engage in an unlawful sexual act, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2422(b), and (2) traveling interstate with intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ?2423(b).
Now, let's compare "extent". Come to the door, see not 22 yo boy as expected, but 41 year old man - run. And has your domain name grabbed and abused. Which one is greater?
Anyway, she is lying that she was 13 years old, she is lying that she was raped, she is lying that it took her 2 years to put him to jail... And she (not Penguin) named her TV show Katie.com and her website is still full of bookcovers with bright Katie.com on them - right there, next to "apology" for Penguin's grabbing the domain name... I don't get it.
If this is true - the info can ruin book sales
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If this is true - sharing the info can ruin the book sales much worse than just "poor language, 1 star" reviews. People are after a hot story, and "17, kissed a bit" is absolutely not so hot as "13, raped" story. Share this on Amazon?
Big Boom was not with a lunar rocket. It was next door - with a very big military R-16 rocket. It was later tested successfully and accepted by the military. Probably still pointing at some of the American cities...
I was under impression that I am selling my products to my employer, not to my employer's customers. It would be very scary to think otherwise: my employer sells stuff all around the world, and I am going on vacations/business trip to lots of places.
I was Ricochet user and am now playing with 3g (Sprint PCS Vision). How do they compare? Speed is almost the same (128K down on Vision, up to 160K on Ricochet), I expect the coverage to be better on Sprint PCS (not only SF Bay Area is covered but also Oregon - but that is just an assumption, I have not tested it), the key feature is reliability. Sprint's Vision is so-o buggy. It give errors instead of stock quotes on the phone, it stalls each quater of the hour or so when used as a modem. And I can't even complain - modem usage is out of the scope of the contract...
I'd like Ricochet back - in the current conditions, with unstable Vision. If Sprint fixes its Vision - why bother changing providers?
SJ Mercury News run the same article on Monday. They also included the following picture in it: Aerie Chief Executive Mort Aaronson stands on a rooftop in downtown Denver next to a wireless application protocol : See photo.
>I live a few miles from AOL, mci/worldcom/uunet, and many other MAJOR data centers. Yet *my* choices are: Cable modem, overpriced IDSL service, ISDN, or modem. People living in spitting distance of the main MCI center can't even get my limited selection.
I was using Ricochet. It was just 150K but I liked it. Hope it will resurfaced again.
>I hope all the Dmitry supporters are pleased that >he's shown himself to be a backstabbing
> rat.
If you read the story up to the end you'll see the Elcomsoft role on this development:
``ElcomSoft offered to take Dmitry's place and substitute the company as the sole defendant in this case,'' Joe Burton, attorney for ElcomSoft, said in a statement.
``This decision actually liberates us from worrying about Dmitry going to jail,'' Katalov said in a statement. ``Now this risk is removed, the company can pursue its own defense more aggressively.''
Actually I am rather impressed by Elcomsoft behavior in this case. They paid 50k bail, now this... Thinking about my current employer in the similar circumstances... Does Elcomsoft have a vacancy?
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Second, why are they demanding share prices in the $100 range when Ebay/Yahoo (company's with more value) are priced significantly less than that?
Well, this is the kind of BS we read every day in the "professional" newspapers. And now - the same from a daytrader...
Suppose I am selling something ar the auction and tell everybody: "I think this thing is worth $100, but I am going to sell it to the highest bidder with a $0 starting bid". What kind of people will come shouting: "Why are you demanding $100, it's too much!!!":
a) stupid,
b) with a hidden agenda.
Make your choice.
Here is what I've found about this case on the Net: http://www.sec.gov/litigation/opinions/34-45437.ht m ...beginning in February 1996, Kufrovich engaged in discussions of a sexual nature with a 14-year-old girl via an Internet chatroom. Kufrovich, who was 41 years old at the time, represented himself in these discussions to be a younger person, closer to the girl's age. These discussions resulted in Kufrovich arranging to meet the girl in March 1996 for sexual relations in a hotel room in another state, where she would be traveling with her mother. When she met Kufrovich at the hotel, the girl immediately realized the deception about his age, left the room, and alerted her mother, who reported the incident to the police.
In December 1997, Kufrovich agreed to plead guilty to two federal felony charges: (1) enticing and attempting to entice a minor to engage in an unlawful sexual act, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2422(b), and (2) traveling interstate with intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ?2423(b).
Now, let's compare "extent". Come to the door, see not 22 yo boy as expected, but 41 year old man - run. And has your domain name grabbed and abused. Which one is greater?
Anyway, she is lying that she was 13 years old, she is lying that she was raped, she is lying that it took her 2 years to put him to jail... And she (not Penguin) named her TV show Katie.com and her website is still full of bookcovers with bright Katie.com on them - right there, next to "apology" for Penguin's grabbing the domain name... I don't get it.
If this is true - sharing the info can ruin the book sales much worse than just "poor language, 1 star" reviews. People are after a hot story, and "17, kissed a bit" is absolutely not so hot as "13, raped" story. Share this on Amazon?
Big Boom was not with a lunar rocket. It was next door - with a very big military R-16 rocket. It was later tested successfully and accepted by the military. Probably still pointing at some of the American cities...
I was under impression that I am selling my products to my employer, not to my employer's customers. It would be very scary to think otherwise: my employer sells stuff all around the world, and I am going on vacations/business trip to lots of places.
Are you saying that I can be jailed anytime now?
I was Ricochet user and am now playing with 3g (Sprint PCS Vision). How do they compare? Speed is almost the same (128K down on Vision, up to 160K on Ricochet), I expect the coverage to be better on Sprint PCS (not only SF Bay Area is covered but also Oregon - but that is just an assumption, I have not tested it), the key feature is reliability. Sprint's Vision is so-o buggy. It give errors instead of stock quotes on the phone, it stalls each quater of the hour or so when used as a modem. And I can't even complain - modem usage is out of the scope of the contract...
I'd like Ricochet back - in the current conditions, with unstable Vision. If Sprint fixes its Vision - why bother changing providers?
SJ Mercury News run the same article on Monday. They also included the following picture in it: Aerie Chief Executive Mort Aaronson stands on a rooftop in downtown Denver next to a wireless application protocol : See
photo.
>I live a few miles from AOL, mci/worldcom/uunet, and many other MAJOR data centers. Yet *my* choices are: Cable modem, overpriced IDSL service, ISDN, or modem. People living in spitting distance of the main MCI center can't even get my limited selection.
I was using Ricochet. It was just 150K but I liked it. Hope it will resurfaced again.
>I hope all the Dmitry supporters are pleased that >he's shown himself to be a backstabbing
> rat.
If you read the story up to the end you'll see the Elcomsoft role on this development:
``ElcomSoft offered to take Dmitry's place and substitute the company as the sole defendant in this case,'' Joe Burton, attorney for ElcomSoft, said in a statement.
``This decision actually liberates us from worrying about Dmitry going to jail,'' Katalov said in a statement. ``Now this risk is removed, the company can pursue its own defense more aggressively.''
Actually I am rather impressed by Elcomsoft behavior in this case. They paid 50k bail, now this... Thinking about my current employer in the similar circumstances... Does Elcomsoft have a vacancy?
>Isn't he part owner of the company he works for?
Stock options are rather rare in Russia, so I guess not.
Have anyone noticed that he will be at probation in Russia, having to phone a US marshal or smth once a month?