All posts by Silverblade Dagger
| Sep 13th 2007, 17:42 Silverblade Dagger |
Riot Mechs » My first post and commentary on MECH. My first post and commentary on MECH. |
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| Yeah, just like the subject line says, this is my very first post here, although I have been reading the forums since I transfered over from the JTF site, and started buying stocks. I'm so used to other formats for various forums, so this might take some adjustment... As for my commentary on MECH, I write my first post here because I am really impressed by the way Ima has been constantly and consistently keeping current and potential shareholders informed and fired up about his company. I'm impressed by the way he's been coming up with various ideas for side ventures such as the multimedia merchandising to not only try to make a profit, but to keep things interesting. I won't name names, (mainly because I've forgotten them) but there are some CEOs that might benefit by being as open or as on-the-ball as Ima seems to be. Now I'm not talking about over hyping things to make a turd seem like pile of roses, I'm sure the other companies are quite worthwhile, but putting up a company and then just letting it sit in waiting for people to buy in just isn't comforting for a potential shareholder like myself. I'm not just talking IPO's either. I do like when an owner takes interest in those that also share in the company, no matter if they own 100 million shares, or just 1. I do have to say that seeing over 5 million shares sitting in waiting was a bit daunting, even if I was still earning interest. After all, I could probably earn more with that money in trading up to just before all the shares were bought. However, because I do see a great amount of potential, and of course a lot of excited promotion, I'm more than willing to try and jump in to move things along. Also, the quicker they buy out, the quicker I can get my pixelated butt in one of those machines and do some damage! Hehehe... I may not be the most knowledgeable when it comes to financial speak, or stocks for that matter, but I do believe MECH is an investment worth making. Keep up the good work, Ima, and good luck! Honoris Causa... Silverblade Dagger |
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| Sep 16th 2007, 19:21 Silverblade Dagger |
General Investment Discussion » Something Worth Discussing? Something Worth Discussing? |
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| In light of the recent closings and suspiciously fluctuating stock prices, what would be everyone's thoughts about having a sort of circuit breaker for trades? By "circuit breaker", I mean a system that pauses trading for a set time if the stock prices go past a set percent of the buy/sell prices. Essentially, similar to how the Lindex will stop trades if the price goes past 10,20, and 30% within a 12 hour time frame. Now, I'm not a financial expert by any means, but I can see this in two ways. The first, is that it would prevent people from buying/selling stock at an obscene amount as witnessed recently. It's not to say that trading between alts would be stopped by this, but it could deter quick pump-n-dump. The second way I see this would be that it can hamper honest trades as well as those trying legitimately to get off a sinking ship, and perhaps constrict value or legitimate growth. It might also be a problem as volume increases as more traders and investors come into the fold. That's how I see the pros and cons of a circuit breaker, and I could be wrong in my thinking about this. So I'd like to know what everyone's thoughts are on the idea, seasoned investor or just rezzed yesterday. Maybe it is something Arbitrage and the gang can look into, or not. If anything, it can't hurt to discuss it and show each angle of it. So... yes to a "circuit breaker" and why? Or... no to a "circuit breaker" and why? Perhaps it can be educational for people like me here on SLCapEx. Honoris Causa... Silverblade Dagger |
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| Sep 22nd 2007, 04:23 Silverblade Dagger |
SL Tronics Media » So what does it do?! Re: So what does it do?! |
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| Actually, Torley Linden had a blog post about converting any YouTube video into an MOV/MP4/etc format and then uploading to a service that would host for free. I tried it till the music videos that were on YouTube were then taken down because of the MPAA or whatever. Here's the links: Torley's Blog About the Subject: http://torley.com/how-to-convert-youtube-videos-for-playing-in-second-life VIXY website for conversions: http://vixy.net/ Blip.tv hosting site: http://blip.tv/ Simple steps are to copy the YouTube url and paste them into the bar on Vixy, and then set the conversion type. After Vixy converts it, (it might not work sometimes or goes real slow, but keep trying) you download it and then upload it to your Blip.tv account. Then you try and find the specific url on blip.tv with the mov/mp4/etc of the video in question and then put that into your media player in SL. It's messy, but it gets the job done. Just be careful of music videos and anything that can be taken down due to the lunacy of the RIAA or MPAA, Blip.tv will take them down moreso than YouTube will. Honoris Causa... Silverblade Dagger |
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| Sep 22nd 2007, 05:41 Silverblade Dagger |
SL CapEx Public Forum » To Arb Wise and Bo beck Re: To Arb Wise and Bo beck |
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| Ya know, I really can't see why people think BNT and AIG are the victims in some sort of soap opera play put on supposedly by Mr. Wise and Mr. Beck. What is so special about BNT that people should want to invest in it? It's said that no dividends will be paid till 100 sims are bought, yet at last count, only 52 were owned? The only thing BNT was good for was daytrading, and even that isn't worth the time, effort, or risk. What's the point in buying stock in it when there are a total of 130 million shares, yet only 20 million shares are tradable, and are near worthless? What is the point in investing in a company where the CEO can't fill out a simple financial statement as required? Seriously, what is the point? They are better off on their own exchange, IMHO. Mr. Brautigan can have his own island of paranoia to wallow in for all I care. As for AIG, at one point, I would have screamed out, "Arb, just pay the debt off completely and move on." I'm not a fan of debt in any form. But hearing about supposed fraudulent CEO information and etc, it all leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. If even 1/10th of the things I've read about AIG are true, then business needs to be concluded with AIG and ways need to be parted. All-in-all, having the companies at least frozen is a safe bet. There is just way too much noise about those two companies for them to be useful down the road, and so I'm all for wrapping things up and moving on. Besides, Mr. Wise has done nothing but earn and gain my respect, I can't say the same for Mr. Brautigan and Mr. Allen. Honoris Causa... Silverblade Dagger |
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| Sep 22nd 2007, 09:04 Silverblade Dagger |
Brautigan & Tuck Holdings Public Forum » What's up to my BNT shares? Re: What's up to my BNT shares? |
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| "BNT could not list anywhere else so they are making their own exchange. CEO is a real piece of work." You don't know how much that made me laugh! But for the sake of civility, I shall keep what I thought I read to myself. heheheh Honoris Causa... Silverblade Dagger |
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| Sep 22nd 2007, 15:37 Silverblade Dagger |
Brautigan & Tuck Holdings Public Forum » What's up to my BNT shares? Re: What's up to my BNT shares? |
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| Chances are they will. The fact remains that next to worthless is still next to worthless, even if the view out the window changes. Correction... it'll have slightly more value than next to worthless because then BNT can charge fees for profit, but won't be paid out in a dividend till 2010. Honoris Causa... Silverblade Dagger |
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| Sep 23rd 2007, 00:43 Silverblade Dagger |
SL CapEx Public Forum » interest not paid? Re: interest not paid? |
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| I've had an account with JTF since March and the payment of interest has only been interrupted maybe two or three times, and as always it gets corrected and things continue smoothly afterwards. It's one of the reasons I've never used any other SL bank, they have a problem, they fix it, and they don't waste time coming up with an excuse. Honoris Causa... Silverblade Dagger |
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| Sep 24th 2007, 03:22 Silverblade Dagger |
General Investment Discussion » How did SLCX reached a 0.10 low today today ? Re: How did SLCX reached a 0.10 low today today ? |
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| As what happened with SLMS by yours truly, sometimes all it takes is for someone to sell their shares without doing a limit order, and like what happened with me, sell enough to complete the buy orders that are waiting. If there was a total of say 5000 shares waiting to be bought and that was just the top 10 orders or whatever is listed, and there are no orders for less because people want to buy them ASAP, as soon as the order is filled, you get a massive gap in buy price. With nothing to back up and fill gaps in prices, it really won't take much to tank the price, which can lead to people gaming the system. Take a look on the other end of the spectrum on this like for SLTM. The other day, there were sell orders up to L$3.00, a gap to L$5.00, and then another gap to L$10 and up the ladder from there. If all the shares up to L$3 were bought up, the only thing preventing it from going higher is L$5 and so on, and it can go crazy from there. Just reverse the process with buy orders. Personally, I don't think limit orders should be indefinite, but I think that having it at just a couple days isn't helping either. Having more traders and people willing to put up a limit order with sufficient volume to slow or stop runaway values for an extended period of time seems to me like it would help keep things stable. Then again, I'm not an investing guru, so I could be blowing smoke out of my IRA. I know the topic of order time limits has been beat to death here on the forums, but this is just how I'm seeing things. Honoris Causa... Silverblade Dagger |
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| Sep 25th 2007, 07:30 Silverblade Dagger |
General Investment Discussion » SL CapEx Detractors SL CapEx Detractors |
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| From time to time I come across comments about how supposedly "evil" CapEx or any of the management is, or whatever complaint happens to spill from their mouths/minds/fingertips. I have heard whining like, "CapEx was too slow to do something!" "CapEx was too quick to take action!" "CapEx is this 'n that!" "CapEx blah-blah-blah, whine-drone-complain." To say that CapEx can not get anything right is an understatement, not due to a deficiency on their behalf, but due to the fact that you can't please everyone. The warped kind of analogy I would make of this, is the CapEx management is the driver behind the wheel of a station wagon. The rest of us are the kids riding in the back seats. Some of the kids are droning, "Are we there yet?" Some kids are whining, "I got to pee!" Some kids are saying "We're going too slow!" Some of us kids are just being quiet, patient and well behaved. Oh, and let's not forget those of us who are backseat drivers, those who are saying that the driver is braking too soon, not braking soon enough, or aren't braking at all, and tweaking with the radio stations the whole time. I'm just waiting for the driver to lean over the seat and yell, "Shut it or I'm gonna pull this car over and paddle your tails till you can't sit down!" But fortunately, we have some thick skinned, and extremely patient people at the wheel. I guess the point of this post is to say that if you are expecting perfection, get Arb and Bo some robots to do the job. I personally trust their judgment, even though through no fault of theirs, my portfolio value has sunk like a turd in a toilet. Given the rough weather that we all have been riding through financially, I think we're doing alright. I'm not saying that people shouldn't use constructive criticism, but people need to be patient as well as try to be understanding, and can the whining chatter that isn't going to do anyone any good. Otherwise, you might as well be left behind at a rest area and be forgotten. Delisting and freezing companies may have been too soon, too late, whatever, but it's done. We need to get over it, get things moving again, and try to rebuild faith in the SL financial area. I for one, would like to leave the last couple months behind and move forward with CapEx because the future is only as bad as everyone makes it and wants it to be. Honoris Causa... Silverblade Dagger |
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| Sep 25th 2007, 09:39 Silverblade Dagger |
General Investment Discussion » SL CapEx Detractors Re: SL CapEx Detractors |
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| "Oh my! I was just reminded of the three-part Brady Bunch episode where they all take a trip to the Grand Canyon in their station wagon. With nine people in the car, it's a wonder that no one got killed! If it were up to me, I'd have let Bobby and Cindy remain lost. :-)" Yeah, I was thinking of a blend of that episode series, National Lampoon's vacation, and a couple Simpsons episodes. Honoris Causa... Silverblade Dagger |
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