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2151. vonKreedon - 3/21/2001 5:59:17 AM Testing, postings seem to have died. 2152. Oceans11 - 3/21/2001 10:12:23 PM One
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Fly me to the moon
Let me fly around the stars.. 2153. Oceans11 - 3/21/2001 10:13:20 PM Luck be a lady, tonight... 2154. Dusty - 3/21/2001 10:58:55 PM Welcome oceans11 !!! 2155. Oceans11 - 3/22/2001 3:11:30 AM tEsT 2156. wordninja - 3/22/2001 9:29:13 AM Howdy!!
]^{ )>2157. CalGal - 3/22/2001 9:40:50 AM Well, hi there! Is TT down? 2158. wordninja - 3/22/2001 1:52:47 PM Yup!! 2159. arkymalarky - 3/22/2001 3:20:30 PM Hey, I've read some of your posts in TT. Good to see you here! 2160. RosettaStone - 3/22/2001 6:02:18 PM Wordy is one of the best from TableTalk. But too prolific.
TT is back online but trouble is in its future. News is that it's being put on the block to be sold--but, surprisely, no serious offers.
I feel sorry for The Well people. $15 a month means that they have a lot invested in Salon.com.
2161. AceofSpades - 3/23/2001 3:45:28 AM
 2162. dusty - 3/23/2001 4:07:01 AM Nice to see you back wordninja 2163. dusty - 3/23/2001 4:11:18 AM RosettaStone
Why are you surprised there are no serious offers?
Hell, I've been mulling whether I could put together an offer.
Roughly 5 million for an operating online mag with a staff. Seems like that would be worth at least 5 million to someone. I haven't figured out a business model to make it make sense for me, but I'm open to ideas. (Of course, I haven't looked at their balance sheet; maybe they have some serious liabilities.) 2164. dusty - 3/23/2001 4:12:14 AM BTW, wordy isn't too prolific. I enjoy his posts. Maybe a bit too thin-skinned at times, but usually enjoyable to read. 2165. wordninja - 3/23/2001 7:18:06 AM If'n ya prick me witha needle I will bleed, cuz I'm such a tender ol' fart . . .
2166. RosettaStone - 3/23/2001 8:07:10 AM Dusty: There are 15 million shares of Salon.com out there, worth .37 a share.
Staff of almost 100, who just took a 15% pay cut. David Talbott, his wife and family control a lot of stock--and want to stay on under new management.
I would hate for The Well to go under because salon's IPO.
2167. dusty - 3/23/2001 8:16:48 AM RosettaStone
Why are you telling me this? I already reported the value. The salary cuts are old news. Tell me something new. 2168. RosettaStone - 3/23/2001 8:26:43 AM Unfair. I know little other than what I read elsewhere.
Eighteen months ago when Salon.com stock went down to $2.75 a share and I thought it had bottomed out, I talked to my broker about buying 500 shares but he discouraged me and I followed his advice.
Oh, yes. One other thing. I remember reading that San Francisco Chronicle was interested in investing in Salon.com last year.
But no longer.
2169. RosettaStone - 3/23/2001 7:00:46 PM time test 2170. Jon Ferguson - 3/24/2001 3:38:39 AM Stinky insurance
It never ceases to fascinate me how so many people can be caught up in this superstitious, irrational, archaic cult called Christianity.
Even among many of the non-believers here, the persistent niggling doubt that is so highly in evidence is truly a marvel to behold.
There is almost no reason whatsoever to believe that there is a God. There is even less reason to believe that anything remotely resembling the Biblical God exists. And yet we babble for hours and hours about this fantastic being who belongs with unicorns, goblins, angels and dragons ... in fairy tales.
Many billions of years ago, a few amoeba gained a foothold on Earth. They might have come from interstellar debris, or we might have even been colonized by another civilization much like our own. We are only a few decades from being able to do so if we so desired (there's no reason to colonize a new planet with people, amoeba and time will do the trick nicely.)
After a lot of evolution, here we are. It is not a miracle that everything works as it does, it is exactly what one would expect after billions of years of adaptation. The world is still a very chaotic place as anybody whose head isn't inextricably wedged up their ass would be happy to admit.
There is no God, people. Get over it. There are a brainwashed few who are too far gone to hear this message. But those of you who seem to be wavering need a wake-up call. This was it.
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