"Kiddies: I barely survived the Digital Dustbowl"

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Post #46,649 by tablizer 7/24/02 12:43:19 AM Reply	"Kiddies: I barely survived the Digital Dustbowl" re: "The last few years of the stock market are truly a "once in a lifetime" thing. Not many alive today remember the last one which was comparable. It is unlikely that most alive today will ever again see the like." ________________ oop.ismad.com
Post #46,652 by orion 7/24/02 1:01:25 AM Reply	Hey, remember the late 80's and early 90's? Back when the computer industry suffered a slowdown? Sort of the same thing happened recently. *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*
Post #46,669 by ben_tilly 7/24/02 6:18:40 AM Reply	I was talking about the stock market as a whole... and not just one corner of it. Besides even that corner of it this time around represented a lot more money for a lot more people. Cheers, Ben "... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything." --Richard Feynman
Post #46,671 by orion 7/24/02 6:26:07 AM Reply	Well it feels like the early 1990's that was the last time that I was out of a job for this long. Another Bush is president, and we are (almost) at war with Iraq. What else could it possibly be? *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*

Are we at a unique point? - (drewk) - (10) - July 23, 2002, 02:35:27 PM EDT

3 years of low times does not make for a downfall - (tablizer) - (2) - July 23, 2002, 03:46:05 PM EDT

If you ask me - (orion) - July 24, 2002, 12:59:22 AM EDT

It is when... - (lincoln) - July 25, 2002, 03:54:07 PM EDT

World domination hasn't tended to last many centuries - (ben_tilly) - (6) - July 23, 2002, 09:53:05 PM EDT

"Kiddies: I barely survived the Digital Dustbowl" - (tablizer) - (3) - July 24, 2002, 12:43:19 AM EDT

Hey, remember the late 80's and early 90's? - (orion) - (2) - July 24, 2002, 01:01:25 AM EDT

I was talking about the stock market as a whole... - (ben_tilly) - (1) - July 24, 2002, 06:18:40 AM EDT

Well it feels like the early 1990's - (orion) - July 24, 2002, 06:26:07 AM EDT

Who knows, maybe India will be next? - (orion) - (1) - July 24, 2002, 01:02:20 AM EDT

I don't think so - (tablizer) - July 25, 2002, 10:55:50 PM EDT

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