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[MetalMeister]

Hi Onlooker
Just for the record:

I can’t take the credit for finding the K Cast program that honour goes to DSL.

However I did post that I had noticed that stocks often lag movements in the spot price, and you may be able to take advantage of this.

So here’s my check list example for anyone interested.

1) Watch K Cast for the change in sentiment.

2) Double check the K Cast indication isn’t an anomaly.
I look here.
http://www.livecharts.co.uk/MarketCharts/silver.php

3) Look to see which of the big players have been hit on the day.
Good free live prices here (but I don’t know if it works outside the UK);

http://www.shareprice.co.uk
eg.
http://www.shareprice.co.uk/NASDAQ:SSRI/SILVER-STANDARD-RES
(News here as well, but it’s not as good for that)

4) Check your target stock(s) for any bad news that could be affecting the price.
Use your own favourite company news source.

http://www.digitallook.com/
eg
http://www.digitallook.com/companyresearch/133231/Silver_Standard_Resources_Inc./company_news.html

5) No bad news? Then buy.

It shouldn’t take long, especially if your favourites are organised to take you to the relevant company news links (have back up favourites just in case a site is down at the critical time).

It may well have worked for me today but I had a train to catch early this morning.
Never mind opportunities are like trains (there is always another one on its way).

ATB

Hi YC
Here are some UK sites that I have raided from my favourites. They should help you to watch any UK stocks that might be of interest. I hope that they work for you (in the past some of you haven’t been able to access links that I have posted because you are outside the UK).

FREE LIVE STOCK QUOTES (streaming live quotes and data if you register, and that’s free too).
http://www.shareprice.co.uk/
FRES
http://www.shareprice.co.uk/FRES/FRESNILLO-PLC

Delayed prices and info:
News site
http://www.digitallook.com/
FRES
http://www.digitallook.com/cgi-bin/dlmedia/security.cgi?username=&ac=&csi=1527692

http://www.digitallook.com/companyresearch/1527692/Fresnillo/company_news.html

Broker views for UK stocks
http://www.digitallook.com/dlmedia/investing/uk_shares/broker_views

http://www.iii.co.uk/markets/?type=holdings
FRES
http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:FRES.L&it=le

http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:FRES.L&display=news&it=le

http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:FRES.L&display=community&it=le

Here’s another.
http://www.sharecrazy.com/share2607share/share.php?disp=share&epic=FRES

There’s ADVFN which I am sure most of you know of (try a free account for limited access).
http://www.advfn.com/

I have the feeling that next week silver could go (possibly much weaker) weaker than it is now. The opportunities for silver must be close though.
 

I was expecting a bit of a silver downturn this week, which was going to give me the opportunity to add. Mmmmm.

Re: Adrian Douglas GATA article.

Ultimately you can’t corrupt the incorruptible (but it must be physical).

I think this chart speaks volumes of how insecure the average US citizen must be feeling (and why the government should be very worried):


http://www.ruger-firearms.com/


Re: My post yesterday

ANI (no room for confusion there)
www.animasresources.com

PEZ (needed some clarification).
www.pedimentgold.com


ATB  

Good posts SW.
Thanks in particular for some more Marty Armstrong (not around to reading it all yet).

Another one to add to YCs reading list.
If you still believe that gold or silver ETFs are a proxy for physical gold or silver then please read on:

http://seekingalpha.com/article/149209-are-gld-and-slv-legitimate-investment-vehicles

Still believe?

I posted last week that I thought that by this time this week the silver spot could be weaker (much weaker), and that would provide a good opportunity.
I was wrong. Silver had a good week (+7.14%).

Now who was it that tipped silver?
Ole Blue (silver/gold/crude) eyes.
Yet another coupe for YC. Well done.

[MetalMeister]

Sidewinder:

Excellent article.  Not only is Matt Taibbi’s article an eye opener, so are some responses from readers, who could be Wall Street insiders. 

These readers reveal that the average investor is not just competing against other ordinary investors along with brokers working for large institutions; but also, against Hal 9000-like computer programs designed to easily get phenomen profits for their super well capitalized creators, the investment banksters.

See:  http://www.djmisc.com/type/super_archives/Paul_Dean_HAL_Sings%20Daisy.jpg

See:  http://content.ytmnd.com/content/4/1/d/41dbb8993730f9f7e6fffe29b11990a1.jpg

At this forum, certain groups of obscure stocks such as those related to Vegas, or car rentals have been found to rise together; and on the flip side, educational stocks have suddenly declined together.  So, for a specific market sector to raise or fall in unison, I suspect that it is either a group of brokers has coordinated their trading activities together or that computer programs have controlled certain market sectors at specific time intervals as ordered by their creators.  I now think that it is more likely for the latter to be true. 

Hoorah for Rolling Stones. I work on Wall Street and have for years feared what GS has become. Taibbi gets most of it right, except the article suggests that GS ran the whole show. All the major firms were involved.

Program Trading: One thing Taibbi misses is how GS has turned the stock market into a roulette wheel with their program trading: Trades that can last only an hour and are run by computer algorithms. On some days GS program trades are nearly 40% of the NYSE volume!!

Through the efficient allocation of human capital, the best and the brightest are attracted into developing (i) derivatives of derivatives of derivates of derivatives of derivatives – for example Collateralized Debt Obligations cube, or (ii) complex trading models to arbitrage on minuscule price differentials. Disciplines with real scientific but no financial value, such as quantum physics, mathematics, aerospace are left for the faint-hearted.

Who would want to spend their life toiling away in the name of scientific research to benefit mankind when the alternative is to strike it rich by pressing a few buttons on a Bloomberg terminal? In the past 50 years, there has been a strong negative correlation between market performance and Space development, with many top rocket scientists being lured into investment banking during the roaring go-go era. These geniuses would develop highly sophisticated vehicles such as Jupiter V, not to go into space, but to hold Collateralized Debt Obligations. In the past 30 years, The Dow has gone up more than 1300% but astronauts are still driving the same Volvo 240 into Space.

Matt Taibbi got this right. When it comes to the whining of the crooks from Goldman Sachs and Wall Street, my guess is they figure they can drown out the truth with lies in number. As someone who experienced the internet boom and bust right in the middle of a company that was fodder for both predator and parasite, the description Matt provides is dead-on. A bunch of knucklehead opportunists looking for the next "big market" or "new products" or "new space" that is prime for marketing overvalued shares to busy people or sometimes people looking for the next money maker to get them to retirement by age 35.

In case you haven't seen this from WSJ:

"for 2009, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is on track to pay out as much as $20 billion this year, or about $700,000 per employee. That would be nearly double the firm's $363,000 average last year"

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124649352055183157.html#mod=testMod

Also, see the following price graphs for two separate commodities; one for gold and the other for silver.  Yet, they are also remarkably alike.  Surely, they are generated by one computer program shared by the bullion dealers?   

http://caseyresearch.com/dImage.php?i=1227183028-gold8.gif

http://caseyresearch.com/dImage.php?i=1227183029-silver7.gif

I will share one with you now onlooker..... Matt Taibbi from Rolling Stone Mag wrote a good article in the Jul 2 issue entitiled "The Great American Bubble Machine".  short video there also.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/28816321/the_great_american_bubble_machine/#

Bf:

Very true.  But the “American bank bailouts” is the mother of all bailouts in any part of the world.  They affect all America taxpayers.  The bank bailouts help Wall Street and not Main Street.  Plus, because the bank bailouts are not completely transparent, they have become controversial.

Here's what Americans are writing or saying about the bank bailouts.

The American prim and proper banking community confirms who created the U.S. banking problems, and who benefits from the bailouts.

See: http://www.epi.org/publications/entry/event_20090610/

Simon Johnston wrote a May 2009 article titled The Quiet Coup.  Johnston, Matt Taibi and others exposed to the public that there is a “Wall Street-Washington Corridor” and American Oligarchs.   

See:  http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200905/imf-advice

See:  http://dailybail.com/home/bank-bailout-news-glenn-greenwald-says-summers-geithner-and.html

In the news media, financial critics are not holding back in telling the truth that only Wall Street benefited from the bank bailouts.

Eliot Spitzer, former “Sheriff of Wall Street” is back!  He talks about Goldman Sachs financial earnings and Main Street.  Yes, he probably has an axe to grind with America’s financial oligarchies.

Nevertheless, Eliot Spitzer speaks the truth, and he is fearless. 

See:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBbwfOdjLko&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo%2Egoogle%2Eca%2Fvideosearch%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rlz%3D1G1GGLQ%5FENCA313%26ei%3DeohiSqr%2DOKnEtgfAjL3tDw%26resnum%3D0%26q%3Deliot%2520spitzer%2520goldman&feature=player_embedded

And in the political arena, there is Congressional Oversight Panel Chairman, Elizabeth Warren who is also as fearless.  Trillions from U.S. taxpayers are unaccounted for.

April 21, 2009.  Here’s Elizabeth Warren's eloquent plea on behalf of American taxpayers to bored –looking Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.  Her speech says it all regarding what Main Street thinks about the bank bailouts.

See:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga4hkN1FjEo

[MetalMeister]

many of you probably have this, but I needed it for my own notes so I figured I'd post here as well - major sector ETFs and their inverse counterparts.  There are not -exact- but close enough for comparison's sake:

DOW -- DIA // DOG
S&P 500 -- (SPY) IVV // SH
S&P 400 Mid -- IJH // MYY
S&P Small -- IJR // SBB
Russ 1000 -- IWB // RWM

Cons. Disc -- (XLY) UGE // SZK
Energy -- (XLE) DIG // DUG
Finance -- (XLF) UYG // SKF
Indust -- (XLI) UXI // SIJ
Tech -- (XLK) ROM // REW
Mater -- (XLB) UYM // SMN
Real Est -- (IYR) URE // SRS
Utils -- (XLU) UPW // SDP



Let's make some money.

[MetalMeister]

YC

This is a link for information on the “Annapolis” of civilian Academies .  As you can see you need nomination from a friggin politician so is government run. 

http://www.ehow.com/how_2040262_apply-merchant-marine-academy.html
That link will get you to the national academy

There are many around Texas A&M runs a maritime academy.    Of course the life is not for everyone but very rewarding for personal accomplishment. Google can provide load of information.  Thing is most kids going this route are GOAL orientated and the applicants will be in a peer group with focus and direction not hanging out at student activities trying to find direction and coming under the influence of slackers for the most part. 

Here is a site to get a feel about life in the business. 

http://gcaptain.com/forum/professional-mariner-forum/

[MetalMeister]

YC:

I am glad that you created this forum.  And I am not going to shoot smoke up your behind.  I am going to put my out-of-the box/crazy thinking cap to answer your questions How Did America Get In This Economic Situation?

SW says.

Q:  What I want to know is why are we really in the economic situation that we are in?

A:  Short answer over leveraged financial institutions operating without meaningful regulation.  Creating instruments that had absolutely no value and which they themselves, rated these instruments as AAA.  Then, controlling the trading in these instruments they were packaged, re-packaged and all the while having a real value of about nothing.   May as well have been a market in old socks. If you package collateral, assign it’s value and take my money secured by something you KNOW has no value, then you have committed fraud.  This environment was created by bankers with money employing lobbist to funnel money to politicians to create an environment that the bankers could run these crooked funds with impunity.  Once the scheme unravels the cover-up begins and what we are seeing is nothing more than the cover-up.  All the Tarp and subsidy is just smoke and mirrors to protect those criminals that have nearly brought down this republic.  This is far from over.

I think that SW is correct.  I want to expand on his comments. 
 
What are SW’s over leveraged financial institutions’ “instruments”?  They are derivatives.  I present John Embry’s April 2009 well thought out article on the dangers of derivatives.  He calls them “The Elephant in the Room.”

In our view, there are two major problems with derivatives that have led them to magnify the current financial crisis: their notional market size and their lack of transparency.  These two qualities make them the ultimate paper market – massive, volatile, and in our opinion, exceedingly dangerous.

His complete article is in:  http://www.sprott.com/main3.aspx?id=54

And also read the following déjà vu article Derivatives Disaster, Hedge Fund Monsters? written in 2005 on the global dangers of derivatives by David Chapman.

See:  http://www.safehaven.com/article-4099.htm

On June 17, 2009, via President Obama Announces Financial Regulation Reform speech, Obama gave his double talk to the naïve general public. Obama publicly berated Wall Street to score points for himself with the public and at the same time, gave his dream economic team (consisting of the Fed / financial – political oligarchs / his top campaign  contributors, Geithner and company) total control over fixing America’s economy.

I will now interchange Obama’s economic dream team with Wall Street.   

See:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHpnfif8MfI

It is clear that Wall Street, and not Obama, the President who is in charge with fixing America’s economic situation which includes fixing America’s “Elephant in the Room.”

The American economy consists of different sectors - Wall Street (ex: derivative markets) and Main Street (ex. manufacturing).  But since Wall Street is in charge with fixing the economy, IMO, it is only Wall Street that will benefit.  What about Main Street economic issues?

Unfortunately, Main Street issues are of no interest to Wall Street.

Wall Street has recently blatantly revealed that all return profits were going back to Wall Street as bonuses.  Main Street was going to get nothing.  For example, Wall Street could have been more productive by creating financial programs for starting up businesses to stimulate Main Street’s economy.  A very unlikely scenario.

So, Wall Street will push aside Main Street issues, and American’s productive industries such as manufacturing will continue to suffer.

See:  http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2009/07/does_team_obama/

Does Team Obama Believe in Manufacturing? Jul 15 2009

Back to my idea that only Wall Street that will benefit because it is in charge of fixing America’s economy.

July 2009, Geithner (Wall Street) has finally publicly dealt with “The Elephant in the Room.”  He finally hints that there is a link between derivatives and the current global economic crisis.

http://uk.reuters.com/news/video?videoChannel=75&videoId=107764

Geithner said that Washington is going to get tough on the derivative markets by imposing new government regulations.  Tough? 

Financial critics think that Geithner is just doing double talk, again.  The big players of Wall Street will benefit from the new government regulations.

The loopholes glaring out of this most disingenuous doublespeak are better defined as Special Interest Vehicles. (SIVs) In other words, all that has to happen to avoid the clearinghouse rules is to fabricate custom contracts as opposed to standardized ones, and have ready for inspection a certificate proclaiming that their customized character is a requirement of the transaction not for avoiding clearinghouse rules.

See:  http://www.midasletter.com/commentary/090707-1_CFTC-corrupt-foxes-tending-chickens.php

CFTC: Corrupt Foxes Tending Chickens By James West  July 7, 2009

and

See:     
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2009/05/is_there_a_huge_loophole_in_ob.html

Is There A Huge Loophole In Obama's Derivative Reg Reform?  May 2009

We've been studying the Obama administration's plan to rewrite how derivatives are regulated, and one big concern shows up.
The whole point is to prevent the AIG problem: where one big company has sold so many derivatives to so many financial institutions around the world that if it collapses the whole global economy might collapse.
But the administration's proposal doesn't seem to address all of the issues.

The new rules address the problems in a few ways:
- Banks and other players have to tell the government when they buy and sell these derivatives. That means the government can know how many are out there and who has them.
- If banks and others are buying and selling standardized derivatives, they must trade them on an exchange, sort of like how stocks are traded on an exchange. That way it's more transparent and the prices should more accurately reflect the market sentiment.
- But -- and here's the big but -- banks and others are perfectly free to continue trading custom-made derivatives as private transactions between two parties.

The proposal calls for:

The encouragement of regulated institutions to make greater use of regulated exchange-traded derivatives.
"Encouragement," not "requirement."
It seems all carrot and no stick: we'd like you to change, but you're perfectly free not to.

Investment banks and others that sell things like CDS have a huge incentive to stay away from exchanges. Trading a standardized product on an exchange is like selling any standardized commodity: you are open to a lot of competition which drives down commissions. If you sell a one-of-a-kind product, though, you can charge through the nose. Think Coca-Cola vs. generic cola.

It seems reasonable to expect that every single sales team on Wall Street will work very hard to convince their customers that they have Very Special, One-Of-A-Kind Credit Derivatives that are far better than the boring old ones traded on the exchange.

The new proposed regs aren't completely toothless. The government will know more about how many derivatives are out there. But the government might not know much at all about the nature of the derivatives. And these things are so strange and behave particularly oddly during times of crisis. Knowing the number but not the kind might not be enough.

Here is a May 2009 interview with the CEO from Cantor.  He is over joy with the then proposed new regulations for derivatives.   

http://video.foxbusiness.com/5060322
Cantor's CEO on American Government Regulated Derivatives

Cantor CEO is happy probably because he knows of the government derivative regulation loopholes will remain in place for him up till and beyond Geithner's July 2009 speech on derivative regulations.

Geithner’s speech on derivatives reveals that Wall Street’s old ways of doing business will continue and Obama’s economic dream team will continue to spend little time in making the productive sectors of the American’s economy prosper again. 

[MetalMeister]

Can't wait till I have time to view this one!!!

Hot stuff:
Government of Wall Street by Wall Street for Wall Street:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaQNACwaLw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fobama%2Ddeception%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F2009%2F06%2Fobama%2Ddeception%2Dby%2Dalex%2Djones%2Ehtml&feature=player_embedded

I haven’t had time to watch it in it’s entirety, as we are going away for the weekend, but what I have watched so far is pretty powerful stuff.

Some balanced comment from DSL would be nice.
Come to think of it a few of our old regulars seem to have gone into hiding after Obama became president (either that or they left the country).
I hope to catch you later (if I can get a connection).

ATB

[MetalMeister]

I will continue with the second video for you on the next post.  It, unlike the short above is 1hour an 51 min. long and I will have to search for the full version as they sometimes make it just “go away”

Here is the other video I was talking about.  It ties in with the other video and the reason is this.  The film is by Hollywood producer Aaron Russo.  He did “The Rose” with Bett Midler and several other successful films.  Aaron came to Las Vegas (Henderson actually) some years ago and ran for governor.  Of course he lost as he was portrayed as an “outsider”.  I would assume this is when he met a man named Irwin Schiff who happens to be the father of Peter Schiff in the previous video.  I met Irwin back in 1990 and frankly did not quite know what to make of him.  But he “peaked” my interest because some of the things he was saying, although (I thought) outrageous, and went against everything I had ever believed about Taxes, Control, Rule of law.  But I found Irwin interesting and spent some time with him to pick his brain.  Irwin has written several book about the US Tax system and I have read everything he has written.  I figured, I would read his “missives” and go back and tell how full of it he was.  Quite the opposite, I researched at length all the claims in Irwin’s book and frankly was surprised.  I could find nothing to refute his arguments.

 So, I would stop by his office occasionally to argue with him.  Irwin was larger than life.  At the time, he was in his 70’s and driven by one thing;  Put the IRS out of business.  He had pulled 18 months in the Federal pen for “failure to File” back in the 80’s and still wrote, talked, did radio, TV, and generally stayed in their face.  I remember driving by his office one day and he had erected a sign about 6 feet high and 30 feet long across the top front of his office on a busy street that had one of those do not enter type circles with the slash across it and IRS in the center.  Like ban the IRS.  It said “PAY NO INCOME TAX” in huge red letters.  I just smiled and shook my head as I drove by.
 
Like Ron Paul and others Irwin has it all figured out. Unfortunatly, for Irwin they got him.  A couple of years ago armed IRS agents converged on his office and arrested him for not filing tax returns and he now (he must be in his 80’s)  sits in a federal prison.  His books were banned from further sales and the judge granted a “Summary Hearing” in his case to the federal prosocuter.  This meant the Judge would decide the outcome of his trial without a jury.  And we can guess the rest of the story. 
Anyway, Russo interviews Irwin Schiff in the video and that’s how he ties in with the other news videos with Peter Schiff of Pacific Capital.  I guess Irwin taught his son something about the economy. 

http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/peter-schiff-was-right

DUH........   I forgot to put the other link up the other night.  Been trying to learn how to trade futures.  Let me say this about futures.  It aint easy.  This seems like a casino trading emini contracts and I guess it really is.  after 3 days of no losses I cant make the right move to save my life.  Dont know if I am cut out for that style of trading.  It is all on the paper account thank goodness. 

Here is the link to the Aaron Russo film, it is an hour and fifty one minutes long so you will need some time to view it. 

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1656880303867390173

[MetalMeister]

Hi Guys....
You asked, I will tell… As you know I am basically operating on TA, that is in my comfort zone. I have triggers I filter on that keep fresh lists I scan daily.
Everyone has their own way of peeling an orange….
Since I am in BC, I predominantly track/follow the TSE/TSX for this stuff.
Stuff I have been following, am involved with, or have been involved with.
Some are miners, and some are not, anyways, here is where I have been the last year or so. Ok, ok, YC and SS the numbers are not at 14X, but close, and these do represent good value, especially the first two, which I would consider extremely safe, as safe as any mining company could be.

1) III.TO Imperial Metals…. 2.00 to 21.00    up 9500%
     I mentioned this one on this board quite some time ago, was Bethlehem Copper a while back, my cousin runs a massive Ore truck for them.
 Big Copper deposit near Spences Bridge.

2) TCK/B.TO  Tech Corp 3.35 to 46.92      up 1300%
     I am not sure, but I thought I mentioned this one on the board a while back also.

3) CSI.TO Colossus Minerals 0.51 to 8.68    up 1600%
    I told EVERYONE about this one long before Mr.Dines mentioned it, but he is a good man for telling all his TDLers.

4) SMF.TO Semafo 0.75 to 7.61   up 914%   Miner
5)  STP.V Southern Pacific 0.08 to 1.45  up 1712%  Miner
6)  TSD.V  Tsodilo Res.  0.40 to 2.50   up 525%  Miner
7) VTR.TO  Volta Res  0.26 to 1.79  up 588% Miner
8 ) WTN.TO  Western Coal 0.36 to 6.79  up 1786%  Miner (Coal)
9)  NGD.TO  NewGold  0.94 to 6.67  up 609%  Miner
10) OGC.TO Oceana Gold Corp  0.13 to 3.38  up 2500% Miner

Now some other stuff…NATGAS and some Oils were hot earlier this year and mentioned some on the board.

11) PRE.TO Pacific Rubiales Energy  2.05 to 23.35  up 1039%  Energy
12) TPL.TO  Tethys Peroleum 0.35 to 2.18  up 522%  Energy
       Mentioned this one on the board early,as well as IAE.V (Ithaca Energy)
13) AGT.TO Alliance Grain Traders  7.56 to 35.40 up 368%  Grain
14) SXC.TO     12.60 to 76.03  up  503% Health

So, there you have it. When I have a chance, I will start to turn the microscope over to the American Exchanges and look for value there, but right now, I don’t have the time to spend on it. 2 hours per night is all I can muster, but further scanning would produce some good results there, I am sure. But right now, I am noticing weakness all across the board, that started back in...….welll just look at the charts…
Good Luck and Good Trading.... D     

[MetalMeister]

SS here is one I meant to put up some time ago but forgot. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBGbsr3AGnU

He show what a real bar sounds like and demos a lead bar.  The sound is defiantly different and simple to recognize.   

below is Mrs. Silver Queen showing a counterfeit Engelhard bar from 1981.  Back in the Hunt bros deal I had a couple buddies who went on the road buying silver.  They did quite well and had a smelter operation running about full time with melt downs. They know nothing about the metal in the beginning and became experts in a matter of weeks.  There were quite a few enterprising fellows around that put out some fake bars in those days by drilling out the core and filling with lead.  Some of those are still floating around and with the price where it is you can rest assured that more will appear.  A little knowledge goes a long ways towards protecting yourself.  There is also a magnet test and the ultrasonic thickness gauge test. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyQSSmVcb6c&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgSXg-WOEVY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T8fdshyEek&feature=related

[MetalMeister]

Careful SS, back in the day to prevent TOTAL boredom on layovers I use to leave my laptop on in the room with a packet sniffer running and logging all the activity in and around the hotel.  Then if I was bored in the evenings (which were few but nonetheless) I would look at how many dopes left me their passwords, email and other sensitive info.  Additionally you may be surprised how many routers you can log into in a busy hotel district.

I was not interested in doing anything malicious but rather curious as to the lack of security precautions many practice.  If you connect wireless I don''t care what anyone says it can be snagged out of thin air. 

For sensitive transmissions I recommend PGP for encoding.  Governments hate that technology as the sun would nova 5 times before the best cray computer could reassemble even this short message if sent using PGP (Stands for Pretty Good Privacy).  I have had it since about 1989 and it really is good.  Mostly for emails, wipe files, and mounting a private locked disk partition on your hard drive to store what you don't want anyone having a chance to ever break into without the passphrase.  But, you never know what's out there. 

You can install a small program which will remain hidden on most any symbian based phone which has the ability to record all calls in and out, record all text and email messages and by calling a simple number you can actually listen to conversation even if the phone is not in use.  I have seen this work and was blown away by this one.  You can log on to the website and actually track the phone on GPS.  http://www.flexispy.com/  You can monitor the phone from anywhere on the planet. What girlfriend would turn down a new phone?   Lots of cheating girlfriends and wives have been "busted" by these things. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQmVi0sduqI&feature=related

I actually installed it on my phone for several reasons.  I was in and out of places not that secure and in the event of kidnapping etc I always had the phone with me and it could be tracked and monitored.  It will even tell you if the sim card has been changed.  I had a phone stolen and was determined to catch the next perp and have fun with them.  Once left one in a taxi and got it returned by telling the dispatcher where it was and what was going on in the cab.  Really is cool stuff.  Got teens?  put it on and tell them, of course they won't believe you but at least you can put your finger on their location any time you wish.

[MetalMeister]

Here's a good vid showing the wood gas stove. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyofhLYYVC8

Of course this cat's trying to sell this simple stove for camping purposes.  I went to his website and godd on him, he's selling some books and two models of this stove.  The stoves sell for $59 and $79 depending on what size.  You can build one for $00 with stuff laying around most any home.  If I have time I will draw up plans for this simple stove on sketchup.  Got abot the usual 4 projects going on now so don't know when I will get around to this one.  It only takes tow cans one a little smaller that the other a uni-bit for your drill and an old computer fan and anyone can do a professional job building one of these.  An it's a good demonstration for the kids to learn about using energy, history and lots of other lessons.  Like the fellow says in the vid this is old tech as blast furnaces 100 years ago used this tech as well as capturing the gases were used to power cars and trucks as late as during WWII. There are like a cult of people making and using bio-gas and also lots of anaerobic digesters being used by everyday people to produce gas, liquid fertilizer and all sorts of clever things.   Most all of this is 100 year old tech that has been overlooked and underdeveloped since the advent of petro powered things which is too easy. 

[sidewinder]

Man, I just read that quote and boy do I need to use spell check after being up 20 hours.  like some drunk wrote that.  LOL   May I will edit it.  Did that using IE and the damn thing, unlike Google Chrome starts jumping around on this web site once I fill up the initial text box.  Don't know why it does that but it's really annoying.  The only way to use this with IE is compose the msg on Word then copy and paste here.  RPITA ...................  My Chrome has been acting up and slow so I used IE last few days can't say as I have missed it. 

sorry for all the errors but as I said had been up over 20 hrs at the time.