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   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Paul S Person   wrote:   
   >On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 15:46:42 -0500, Cryptoengineer   
   > wrote:   
   >>Every example he used to 'prove' it would work involved cherry picked   
   >>examples where the result had already occurred. Challenged to predict   
   >>an event that hadn't actually happened yet, he failed miserably.   
   >   
   >This is why most modern "prophets" are very very vague, either about   
   >what will happen or when it will happen (or both).   
      
   This is why the key is to be the prophet, and not the person who has to   
   act out on the prophecy.   
      
   When the market goes up, people buy, and the broker makes money.  When   
   the market goes down, people sell, and the broker makes money.  The sure   
   way to make money in the market is to be the broker.   
   --scott   
      
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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