hobold (hobold@informatik.uni-bremen.de) on 2/3/03 wrote:
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>You underestimate the reach of Paul's words. His articles are always quickly linked to by other sites.

That doesn't matter. It would not be necessary for him to divulge his country of birth or residence, nor his ethnic background, nor anything that does not have any relevance to the intended target audience. In this case, it is hardware and software engineers, students and enthusiasts.

If someone is foolish enough to use it as investment advice, then he/she deserves whatever he/she gets. :-).

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>The fact that he is not explicit about his recommendations, but that his recommendations
>are nevertheless very clear is what I criticize.

It would be more appropriate to say that you have inferred that there are implied recommendations... which should be evidence enough that this is at least twice-removed from an explicit recommendation... :-).

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>You were wise not to make any assumption on wether ot not I agree with the analysis.

That is because I am discussing the issue, and not the person. :-).

Regards,
Dean

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>What I attacked was the presentation. The content isn't debatable except for forward-looking statements.
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>>Everyone has bias, including those who read... it is up to the reader to take away what he or she is capable of. :-).
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>Thank you for being much more reasonable than I am.
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>Holger Bettag
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