Design Lessons from MOST?

"Henry Spencer" wrote in message
...
\ was still entangled with
the remnants of the old company.

The real problem is simply that it's going to take time and energy for a
lot of phone calls and hassle, plus a certain amount of cash, to get all
this sorted out,


Cash? Cash is a problem. Wanna know how to print your own?

Just wait for a stock to lose 40% of it's value, at a continuous
45 degree angle over a period of ten days or so. Buy it
and wait. Like the last stocks I played such as
ticker frns, smdi, depo or pgwc. https://us.etrade.com/e/t/home

Look for yourself is you don't believe me. It's as easy as
one-two-three. That is for those that can figure out
what 40% of something is, and judge a 45 degree angle.

If a stock has lost 40% of it's value /without any bad news/
to set it off, that's a clue that the hedge funds
etc are playing the stock.

You see, they, not us mere mortals, get to buy at the bid
and sell at the ask. So the more they buy the
farther the stock price drops, and the more they
sell the farther the price goes up.

This racket is an endless source of disaster for
newbee day traders, as watching good news drive
the price down just seems to keep catching them
holding the bag.

There, now you know how to make all the money
you want for the rest of your life.


Jonathan

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and those have been in short supply. What's been needed
is a while with things on an even keel, no great crises needing to be
dealt with, no imminent travel about to put everything on hold, and a
reasonable cash reserve. A week from now (after one last short trip),
these factors should all finally come together.

(In hindsight, quickly getting that ordinary-user account may have been a
mistake. I'd have been more motivated to sort this all out fast if I'd
had no connectivity. Clumsy and awkward connectivity, I could sort of
live with, so arranging a real fix got postponed.)
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On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:03:22 +0000, Henry Spencer wrote:

Chuck Stewart wrote:

Can you say what happenned? If you say *you* are being stymied in a net
problem I must assume it's something interesting...

Nah, not really, just frustrating.

... along the way, the details of my original deal got forgotten
somehow. So long as nobody messed with things, it all just kept on
working. I did see signs that I'd sort of been forgotten (except by the
billing department, of course), but I could see that sorting this out
would be a hassle, and doing something about it always seemed to be low
priority. Big mistake.

There are now a variety of third-party
solutions to your various woes, but I
wouldn't be surprised if they all turned out
to be more trouble, more expensive, or simply
inapplicable to your locale, (or all three)
than just reaching an accomodation with your
current ISP.

Thus is the fate of trailblazers...

Nowadays I just advise friends to keep their
domain registrar separate from their various
service providers and to avoid Network
Solutions like the plague it is in regards to
*any* service they might offer... but in this
case that's like the city slicker telling the
grizzled old pioneers about these terrible
creatures called "bears" that are supposed to
roam the wilderness

--
Chuck Stewart
"Anime-style catgirls: Threat? Menace? Or just studying algebra?"

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 15:49:44 GMT, in a place far, far away,
(Derek Lyons) made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

(Henry Spencer) wrote:

I guess the overall lesson is that you really can do a substantial science
mission, using the Amsat design philosophy, on a ridiculously small
budget... given the right management, the right lead scientist, and a
funding agency that's willing to try a relatively hands-off approach.

Drawing a curve through a single point.

He didn't "draw a curve." He stated an existence proof.