30-03-2003 17:39									#1
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Gotta love this one!

Go to http://tv.yahoo.com/news/wwn/20030319/104808600007.html.

	30-03-2003 17:59									#2
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quote: "We don't believe this guy's story -- he's either a lunatic or a pathological liar," says an SEC insider.

Damned, do these guys get special training, or what !!!

	30-03-2003 18:19									#3
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What! You don't believe he could be geniune?

Should've done a poll on it I guess.

	30-03-2003 18:21									#4
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I'm intrigued as to the nature of the deals he capitalised on.

To trade so successfully in several disparate companies requires a lot of inside contacts that I can't see an unknown having. I wonder if he somehow managed to bug offices or whether he is simply a very good computer hacker who intercepted many a confidential e-mail.

	30-03-2003 18:31									#5
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Did he mumble something about "12 monkeys"?

	30-03-2003 18:45									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Big Crunch I'm intrigued as to the nature of the deals he capitalised on. To trade so successfully in several disparate companies requires a lot of inside contacts that I can't see an unknown having. I wonder if he somehow managed to bug offices or whether he is simply a very good computer hacker who intercepted many a confidential e-mail.

Or he's a time traveller. The late 90's, early Millennium is a very popular vacation spot.

Personally I prefer the Lesser Spiral Arm civilisation as a place to go but that's because time travel makes me queasy.

	30-03-2003 19:11									#7
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April fools joke out too early.

	30-03-2003 19:26									#8
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Since they don't have any substancial evidence, I don't see how could they put him in jail.

	30-03-2003 19:32									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Azazel Since they don't have any substancial evidence, I don't see how could they put him in jail.

They have sufficient evidence to arrest him, he has confessed to market manipulation. At any rate, they also have substantial evidence for putting him in for psychiatric evaluation.

The whole story sounds suspect though.

	30-03-2003 19:32									#10
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It's a joke, everybody. The last line in the article sez it all:

"Weekly World News will continue to follow this story as it unfolds. Keep watching for further developments. "

	30-03-2003 19:36									#11
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Oh, some of you might not know of the WWN.

It's a faux tabloid published here in the US. It's owned by the same people that run National Enquirer, and it sounds like a hell of a place to get a job. I remember reading an interview with an NE reporter who claimed that had he done it all over again, he'd work for the WWN (whose offices are next door to NE).

Why?

NE work environment: stressful, fear of lawsuits, too much fact-checking (really!)

WWN work environment. Fun, everybody laughing at their stupid stories, lots of good weed to be used for inspiration.

So he says..

	30-03-2003 22:59									#12
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I was just about to post that myself.

	30-03-2003 23:04									#13
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quote: Originally posted by SpencerH April fools joke out too early.

Yeah probably now you mention it.;

	30-03-2003 23:11									#14
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Oh, It's the WWN!

	30-03-2003 23:18									#15
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I can come up with $800.

	30-03-2003 23:56									#16
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I refuse to believe the same quality paper that told us the touching and terrifying story of Batboy could possibly lie about anything.

	31-03-2003 00:47									#17
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Not to mention their "Alien Endorses... " expose(s)!

	31-03-2003 10:40									#18
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This is actually an old story. The Weekly World News ran the same story with a couple details changed about 5 or so years ago. I know because I always grab that thing while waiting in line at the grocery store because it's freakin' hilarious.

When the WWN published their story about the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse seen in Lake Havasu or Bullhead City or wherever in Arizona it was, those things literally sold out everywhere. It was funny.

	31-03-2003 10:56									#19
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Utterly bogus, all of it.
Time travel wasn't developed until 2412.

	31-03-2003 11:18									#20
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quote: Originally posted by ravagon Utterly bogus, all of it. Time travel wasn't developed until 2412.

In my timeline it was developed in 2012!!! Of course, it was a bit buggy......I intended to go to a timeline where Russia benevolently ruled all......But I guess I forgot to carry the 3 when doing the calculations So maybe it wasnt so buggy.....

	31-03-2003 11:22									#21
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Anyone who goes from $800 to $350 mil in 126 trades is the man, time travel or no.

	31-03-2003 11:26									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Tassadar5000 ......I intended to go to a timeline where Russia benevolently ruled all......

You won't find that on another timeline. You need another plane of existence altogether for something that far from reality.

	01-04-2003 11:58									#23
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"Officials are quite confident the "time-traveler's" claims are bogus."

Juh...