Yet Another Stock Contest

also known as

Gallery of Fools

The Rules

The goal of this contest is to guess on what day the CATP stock price will first reach $100.
If there is a stock split after 1 January 1997, this contest will be adjusted accordingly, i.e. if there is a 2 to 1 split, the contest is over when the price reaches $50.

(Now that Novell has taken over CTP, this means that the NOVL stock price will need to reach $149.7. Fat chance...)

Everybody with a CTP UNIX (email) account could enter the contest once. (You were kindly requested not to enter the contest under somebody else's name.)
You could enter the contest, or change your entry at any time, as long as the current stock price was $50 or less (corrected for stock splits). This meant that if the price rose to $98, and then dropped to $47, you could have changed your entry again.

The Prize

This contest will actually have a real prize! The winner of the contest will receive a CTP Stock Contest T-Shirt in the size of your choice.
(But personally I think that Eternal Fame® is cooler!)

(This offer is still valid. In the unlikely case that the CATP stock price ever hits $100, I will try to track the winner down and send him or her the T-shirt.)

Entering

Entering this Stock Contest, or changing your entry, is no longer possible. Deleting your entry is also not possible, no matter how embarrassed you are. (If a significant amount of money makes its way to me, your entry could be accidentally lost, though. ;-) )
(Do check out [link]And Yet Another Stock Contest and [link]The Final Stock Contest, though!)

The Situation (as of 3 Sep 2010)

The last known stock price is really really low. (No, we did not have a stock split!) Still a LOT to go.

If the stock price would reach $100 today (yeah, right!), the winner would be: Jason Kretchmar.

The Entries

Name Email Date # Days Comments Last Change # Chgs
[home]Jonathan Lipsitz [email]jlipsi 1 Jan 1997 4993 That is 100 Canadian dollars which is roughly equal to whatever the stock price was back then. 2 Mar 1998
[home]Dennis Nwaigbo [email]dnwaig 19 Apr 1997 4885 Speculation is an intuitive deduction based on trends 27 Jan 1997
[home]Linda Casborn [email]lcasb 24 Jul 1997 4789 My Birthday! 1 Apr 1997
[home]Todd Vanderwoude [email]tvande 13 Aug 1997 4769 Cause the stock market will crash on August 15th and everything goes high before a crash 3 Apr 1998
[home]Michael Vargo [email]mvarg 1 Sep 1997 4750 I need the T-shirt to tour around Europe 20 Jan 1997
[home]Fabian Tejedor [email]ftejed 3 Sep 1997 4748 It's just a cool date!!! 24 Feb 1997
[home]Nutan Chandra [email]nchan 15 Oct 1997 4706 My psychic powers say so :) 6 Jan 1997
[home]Knut Vonheim [email]kvonhe 31 Oct 1997 4690 Market up in 97. Sales has materialized their leads. CTP publishes excellent 3rd QTR results. I cash in before the bubble breaks in 98. 21 Jan 1997
[home]Carl Marn [email]cmarn 1 Nov 1997 4689 Intuition!! 24 Jan 1997
[home]Stephen Cutting [email]scutt 5 Nov 1997 4685 I'm in Marketing so I always look on the bright side - No not another T shirt !! 21 Jan 1997
[home]Dennis Walsh [email]dwalsh 15 Nov 1997 4675 using EVA, MVA, the Dupont Ratio, and my psychic hotline friend told me so 12 Sep 1997
[home]Dave Rubin [email]drubin02 25 Nov 1997 4665 Zeno's Paradox: I've calculated this through the paradox using the end of the century, continually dividing between now and that point, then working backwards, taking into consideration both Relativity and Quantum Physics, then said screw it and used my Birthday. 5 Mar 1997
[home]Frank van Tol [email]fvant 5 Dec 1997 4655 Sinterklaas likes us all soooooo much (and he needs a T-shirt) 25 Jan 1997
[home]Tom Hall [email]thall 10 Dec 1997 4650 Cuz I will be on holiday and things like that happen while I am not around 11 Sep 1997
[home]Doug Hazelman [email]dhazel 13 Dec 1997 4647 It's my Birthday! 18 Apr 1997 1
[home]Chris Orr [email]corr 15 Dec 1997 4645 because I will sell some stock the day before ;) 22 Jan 1997
[home]Sam Prakash [email]sprak 16 Dec 1997 4644 'cause I'm _always_ RIGHT!!! 21 Jan 1997
[home]Mangala Ananthan [email]manant 9 Jan 1998 4620 Because....................!! 28 May 1997 1
[home]Matthew Parsons [email]mparso 17 Jan 1998 4612 Speculative guess based on limited knowledge of stock market; B'day. 7 Jan 1997
[home]Tony Castellano [email]tcast 21 Jan 1998 4608 I don't know..... 10 Jan 1997
[home]Michael Grier [email]mgrier 30 Jan 1998 4599 After careful evaluation of P/E ratios, cashflows, and market conditions... I will take this wild guess ! 19 Feb 1997
[home]Ingolf Mollat [email]imoll 31 Jan 1998 4598 Simple solution of the Schroedinger equation. 6 Jan 1997
[home]Bjarte Walaker [email]bwalak 10 Feb 1998 4588 I know it... 31 Jan 1997
[home]John Viotto [email]jviott 12 Feb 1998 4586 Bill Parcells said so 22 Jan 1997
[home]Michael Taranto [email]mtaran 14 Feb 1998 4584 It's in the stars... 21 Jan 1997
[home]Leon Gommans [email]lgomma 16 Feb 1998 4582 Lets see, an average daily increase of $ 0.169643 a day, that makes 406 days. I always get lucky at my birthday. 6 Jan 1997
[home]Robert Taylor [email]rtaylo 1 Mar 1998 4569 Acquisition of Microsoft 21 Jan 1997
[home]Ton Laarhoven [email]tlaar 3 Mar 1998 4567 The stock doubles every 10 months! (FROM NOW ON) 6 Jan 1997
[home]Fernando Wong [email]fwong 14 Mar 1998 4556 It just happens with no apparent reason 18 Feb 1997
[home]Melanie Sue Shiflet [email]mshifl 18 Mar 1998 4552 i like it like that! 9 Jul 1997
[home]KSB Sairam [email]ksaira 19 Mar 1998 4551 Because I like birthday presents... 1 Sep 1997
[home]Todd Van Hoozier [email]tvanho 24 Mar 1998 4546 C'mon - momma needs a new pair of shoes... 21 Jan 1997
[home]Brian Guan [email]bguan 2 Apr 1998 4537 My stock options will be fully vested by then ... 6 Jan 1997
[home]Sriram Ganesh [email]sganes 17 Apr 1998 4522 I have enough T-shirts. I don't want one before this date ;-) 22 Jan 1997
[home]Craig Miller [email]cmill 18 Apr 1998 4521 Same amount of time it took to triple as last time 23 Jan 1997
[home]Larry Modder [email]lmodde 1 May 1998 4508 The Moon Will Align with the First Ring of Saturn thereby causing our stock to hit $100 19 Jan 1998
[home]Corregan Brown [email]cbrown 7 May 1998 4502 I have no idea, but for the sake of my Stock Purchase Plan, I hope I'm wrong *grin* 4 Feb 1997
[home]Stuart Miller [email]smille 13 May 1998 4496 Confuscious says so. 6 Jan 1997
[home]Aad Nales [email]anale 15 May 1998 4494 ...and I could only get unconsious when i had to much to drink ... 7 Jan 1997
[home]David Fiske [email]dfiske 23 May 1998 4486 Because everyone else is a moron, and I know the answer! :-) 10 Feb 1998
[home]Peter Randolph [email]prando 31 May 1998 4478 11 Feb 1997
[home]Johnson Fernandez [email]jferna 4 Jun 1998 4474 B'coz its a good day 18 Dec 1997
[home]Todd Virtue [email]tvirt 15 Jun 1998 4463 27 Jan 1997
[home]Greg Sanders [email]gsande 17 Jun 1998 4461 Just because 15 Jan 1998
[home]Jennifer Marshall [email]jmarsh 18 Jun 1998 4460 23 Dec 1997
[home]Edward Muldoon [email]emuldo 1 Jul 1998 4447 Word on the golf course says so.. 7 Nov 1997
[home]William Willems [email]wwill 12 Jul 1998 4436 I had a dream... 7 Jan 1998
[home]Madhu Chandra [email]mchan 17 Jul 1998 4431 Because "CTP" is going to acquire "IBM" 21 Jan 1997
[home]Rob van Rij [email]rvanri 18 Jul 1998 4430 Because....... 10 Mar 1997
[home]Peter Hellstrom [email]phells 2 Aug 1998 4415 My best guess..... 5 Jan 1998
[home]Michael Dotson [email]mdotso 7 Aug 1998 4410 At about 50% every 6 months since last split==Aug. 1998 7 Feb 1997
[home]Edward Milkow [email]emilko 15 Aug 1998 4402 My daughter's First Birthday! 16 Feb 1998
[home]Mimi Knowles [email]mknowl 16 Aug 1998 4401 It's written in the stars!! 8 Dec 1997
[home]Dari Stout [email]dstout 22 Aug 1998 4395 Delivering on time for our Major Contracts increases market confidence : ) This date came to me in a vision following a splendid buffet meal in Santa Cruz in November . . . 17 Feb 1997
[home]Michael Cohan [email]mcohan02 1 Sep 1998 4385 It has been preordained by the Church of Scientology. 22 Jan 1997
[home]Marcel Nebel [email]mnebel 8 Sep 1998 4378 I won't reveal my formula 21 Jan 1997
[home]Roy Ammeraal [email]ramme 17 Sep 1998 4369 I don't know. I'm forced to join this stock contest by our TTL, Mr Beerclub himself. 14 Feb 1997
[home]Michelle Donohue [email]mdonoh 19 Sep 1998 4367 A very lucky day!!! 19 Dec 1997
[home]Jeroen Heyning [email]jheyn 21 Sep 1998 4365 seems logical 15 Jan 1997
[home]Rajesh Kumar [email]rkumar02 22 Sep 1998 4364 The day hopefully someone will agree to marry poor me !!:>) 18 Jun 1997
[home]Patrick Draper [email]pdrap 23 Sep 1998 4363 I'll play your silly reindeer game! 7 Jan 1997
[home]Felix Lu [email]flu 28 Sep 1998 4358 It is my lucky day 5 Jan 1998
[home]Sachin Sangtani [email]ssang 1 Oct 1998 4355 Because t(p) = p^x * 3.1947 * i^k where k is the distance in light years (to the nearest meter) from andromeda and i is the speed of light as defined by George Lucas in Star Wars and x is the only unknown in this equation. 20 Jan 1997
[home]Meg (Smyth) Picornell [email]megp 3 Oct 1998 4353 A very lucky day!! 19 Jun 1997
[home]Ian Armstrong [email]iarmst 6 Oct 1998 4350 A wild stab in the dark... 9 Jul 1997
[home]Georg Tuparev [email]gtupar 7 Oct 1998 4349 8 Jan 1997
[home]Ciaran Madden [email]cmadde 8 Oct 1998 4348 there's GOLD in dem dere hills... 5 Dec 1997
[home]Linda Chow [email]lchow 9 Oct 1998 4347 October is just a lucky month for me... and, you don't want to know how long I will have been with Cambridge by then) 21 Jan 1997
[home]Jason Temple [email]jtempl 11 Oct 1998 4345 I'm betting the farm on it! 18 Feb 1997
[home]Marc Koehler [email]mkoeh 13 Oct 1998 4343 Result of CTP estimation methodology (Hmmm, let's see. What about six weeks for Design) 6 Jan 1997
[home]Mark Dawson [email]mdawso 14 Oct 1998 4342 Just a random guess. 21 Jan 1997
[home]Sheryl Swope [email]sswope 15 Oct 1998 4341 my original day - August 15th '98 was taken..........( * * ) 17 Mar 1998
[home]Jimmy Tran [email]jtran 20 Oct 1998 4336 Just because...My sister's friend's b-day. 16 Feb 1998
[home]Melwin Menezes [email]mmene 30 Oct 1998 4326 I Wish.... 8 Dec 1997
[home]Per Lindstrom [email]plinds 31 Oct 1998 4325 I will buy. 17 Mar 1998
[home]Asim Abbasi [email]aabbas 3 Nov 1998 4322 Bill Gates told me 12 Mar 1998
[home]Anees Qureshi [email]aqures 12 Nov 1998 4313 why not !! 6 Jan 1997
[home]Jeff Telford [email]jtelfo 14 Nov 1998 4311 12 May 1997
[home]Sumit Nigam [email]snigam 15 Nov 1998 4310 Just a wild guess. 31 Aug 1998
[home]Cherith Brooke Bailey [email]cbaile 17 Nov 1998 4308 If that's the way it's gotta be...that's the way it's gonna be 23 Jan 1998
[home]Paraic O'Toole [email]potool02 18 Nov 1998 4307 It seems like a nice date 7 Jan 1997
[home]David Driscoll [email]ddrisc 19 Nov 1998 4306 My pal Warren Buffett and I were talking, he said, "if your're not inside you are outside - don't worry Davey boy I'll make sure you win that t-shirt". 8 Dec 1997
[home]Jennifer Pereira [email]jperei02 20 Nov 1998 4305 Hoefully its a lucky guess 9 Mar 1998
[home]Wanda Silva [email]wsilva 25 Nov 1998 4300 For me to know and you to find out :) 10 Feb 1998
[home]Nicole Calder [email]ncald 29 Nov 1998 4296 Five years at CTP. 21 Jan 1997
[home]Joanna L. Krenk [email]jkrenk 30 Nov 1998 4295 One year anniversary with Cambridge 18 Dec 1997
[home]Mark Phillips [email]mphill 2 Dec 1998 4293 It's all about knowing the right people 21 Jan 1997
[home]Ellen Glusman [email]eglusm 4 Dec 1998 4291 it's meant to be.... 8 Dec 1997
[home]Robert Worthman [email]rworth 9 Dec 1998 4286 Ancient Chinese Secret 21 Jan 1997
[home]Christian von Pentz [email]cvonpe 12 Dec 1998 4283 Fix Time / Fix Prise ;-) 12 Dec 1997
[home]Dalia Quinones [email]dquino 13 Dec 1998 4282 Sheer Luck 23 Jan 1997
[home]Debra Trelut [email]dtrelu 30 Dec 1998 4265 Because we are an amazing company with amazing people! 30 Dec 1997
[home]Derek Vandivere [email]dvand 1 Jan 1999 4263 6 Jan 1997
[home]Delair Adib [email]dadib 2 Jan 1999 4262 Good way to start 1999 3 Mar 1998
[home]Kent Mar [email]kmar 7 Jan 1999 4257 That's what the psychic friends told me! 22 Jun 1997
[home]Ian MacNeil [email]imacne 8 Jan 1999 4256 It came to me in a vision. (Really though, I promised Art T. that I would cut him in on the action if he just "made a few calls"). 30 Apr 1997
[home]Prasad Kalyanaraman [email]pkalya 10 Jan 1999 4254 Day I will attain moksha 22 Sep 1997
[home]Mandeep Sidhu [email]msidhu 11 Jan 1999 4253 Trust me! 10 Jan 1998
[home]Dirk Hermans [email]dherm 15 Jan 1999 4249 CTP Belgium's revenue will hit a billion $ 7 Jan 1997
[home]Sarah Westcott [email]swest 18 Jan 1999 4246 Speculation on end of year numbers, after annual rise in 1997. 5 Feb 1997
[home]Patrick Chaney [email]pchan 21 Jan 1999 4243 Should about double by then.... 31 Dec 1997 2
[home]Michael Porter [email]mport 22 Jan 1999 4242 Ahhh..... Because Bevis said so. 16 Jan 1997
[home]Erik Sebesta [email]esebe 31 Jan 1999 4233 The day I retire to a life of leisure. 6 Jan 1997
[home]Hans Meyer [email]hmeyer02 4 Feb 1999 4229 I need a gift for my sons 3rd birthday 22 Jan 1998
[home]Bahram Assadollahzadeh [email]bassad 10 Feb 1999 4223 intuition and lucky guessing 19 Jan 1998
[home]Mark Stephan [email]msteph 11 Feb 1999 4222 my horoscope said this would be the day 9 Jun 1998
[home]Jon Wilmoth [email]jwilmo 12 Feb 1999 4221 15 Jul 1998
[home]Rajdeep Endow [email]rendow 21 Feb 1999 4212 I wrote a program to come up with the date, and here it is. If it comes true, I don't need the t-shirt. Will just patent the algorithm! 5 Oct 1998
[home]Kenneth Rhodes [email]krhode 24 Feb 1999 4209 Birthday...... Good things always happen then. 15 Jul 1997
[home]Patrick Hynes [email]phynes 25 Feb 1999 4208 In the know... 11 Aug 1997
[home]Niraj Kumar [email]nkumar02 28 Feb 1999 4205 Because it's my beloved's Birthday 1 Jun 1998
[home]Harald Meyer [email]hmeye 2 Mar 1999 4203 Why not? 6 Jan 1997
[home]Joseph F. Kuveikis [email]jkuvei 3 Mar 1999 4202 I consulted a hypnotist. Plus, Harold chose March 2, my favorite date. 9 Dec 1997 1
[home]Yvonne Baas [email]ybaas 9 Mar 1999 4196 17 Jan 1997 2
[home]Fiona MacGill [email]fmacgi 11 Mar 1999 4194 A Quater Centuary Birthday bonus 4 Feb 1998
[home]Cedric Williams [email]cwill 15 Mar 1999 4190 Because I got to think about it 22 Jan 1997
[home]Amit Gujral [email]agujr 18 Mar 1999 4187 Coz it hit 50 some time in March '98... 2 Apr 1998
[home]Robert Bell [email]rbell 20 Mar 1999 4185 That's what the voices keep telling me 14 Mar 1998
[home]Rachel Lowrie [email]rlowri 22 Mar 1999 4183 I've never won anything else - it's time 15 Jan 1998
[home]Phil Mandeville [email]pmande 25 Mar 1999 4180 Because it's my Birthday 6 Feb 1998
[home]Charles Schrage [email]cschra 31 Mar 1999 4174 good as any 12 Mar 1998
[home]Hal Rodriguez [email]hrodri 1 Apr 1999 4173 As good a day as any. 26 Jan 1997
[home]Cary Goldstein [email]cgolds 2 Apr 1999 4172 Deep Though says this is the ultimate answer 15 Oct 1997
[home]Ankur Gupta [email]agupt 4 Apr 1999 4170 Gut Feel 6 Jan 1997
[home]Richard Fernandez [email]rferna 6 Apr 1999 4168 Just one of those hit or miss bets. 5 Mar 1997
[home]Eric Hudson [email]ehudso 8 Apr 1999 4166 Make it so... 28 Jan 1998 1
[home]Jarno Fallstrom [email]jfall 9 Apr 1999 4165 Premier League opening game 21 Jan 1997
[home]Lionel Douglas [email]ldougl 10 Apr 1999 4164 Trends 19 Oct 1997
[home]John Buba [email]jbuba 14 Apr 1999 4160 The day we buy Microsoft 18 Dec 1997
[home]Jonas Branning [email]jbran 15 Apr 1999 4159 I need to rebuild my home by then...... 21 Jan 1997
[home]Erik Dooper [email]edoope 16 Apr 1999 4158 "Make it so, Number One" 19 Aug 1997
[home]Karolina Divert [email]kdiver 21 Apr 1999 4153 I have my contacts... 8 Jan 1998
[home]Thomas Valdes [email]tvalde 25 Apr 1999 4149 The voices tell me so!! 27 Mar 1997
[home]Andrew Price [email]aprice02 5 May 1999 4139 Because I turn 30 today 13 Jan 1998
[home]Larry Pieniazek [email]lpien 14 May 1999 4130 My birthday in 98 won't happen... so 99 it must be 26 Mar 1998 1
[home]Todd Bucklin [email]tbuckl 16 May 1999 4128 The magic eight ball never lies 6 Jan 1998
[home]Lindsey Flanagan [email]lflana 17 May 1999 4127 1 Sep 1998
[home]Sreenath Nampally [email]snampa 18 May 1999 4126 I have no clue ;-) 20 Aug 1998
[home]Bas Klijssen [email]bklijs 19 May 1999 4125 Champions League 1998 11 Dec 1997
[home]Gerard Hoogerwerf [email]ghooge 22 May 1999 4122 Back from the future 24 Dec 1997
[home]Lisa Nolan [email]lnolan 24 May 1999 4120 My Birthday!!! 2 Apr 1998
[home]Kip Welty [email]kwelty 26 May 1999 4118 because it is correct 9 Jul 1997
[home]Zaid Haiman [email]zhaima 28 May 1999 4116 It wil be my birthday and I ALWAYS get clothes. 15 Sep 1998
[home]Michael Schaap [email]mscha 30 May 1999 4114 It'd better - I need to have sold my options by then 1 Feb 1999 4
[home]meher Lanka [email]mlanka 31 May 1999 4113 7 Apr 1998
[home]Lars Osterkrueger [email]loster 1 Jun 1999 4112 Cambridge is investing heavily in setting up new operations ww. There will be a spin off in 99. 6 Apr 1998
[home]Erik Mann [email]emann 4 Jun 1999 4109 Based on current laundry schedule, will need new T-shirt by then 10 Feb 1998
[home]Kamran Ozair [email]kozai 6 Jun 1999 4107 Its written in the book of ....... 13 Feb 1997
[home]Juergen Flemming [email]jflemm 15 Jun 1999 4098 It's a cool date and still enough time to think about.... 10 Dec 1997
[home]Jennifer L. Thoemmes [email]jthoem 19 Jun 1999 4094 Why not!!! 2 Oct 1998 1
[home]William McAuliffe [email]wmcaul 21 Jun 1999 4092 The Tarot Cards never lie! 20 Mar 1998
[home]Subramani Ananthasubramany [email]sanant 23 Jun 1999 4090 'cos it will. 24 Apr 1997
[home]Thomas McCaskey [email]tmccas02 24 Jun 1999 4089 When it gets to $100, we're ALL going to win a lot more than a t-shirt . . . =-] 24 Jan 1998
[home]Ming-Hong Liu [email]mliu 30 Jun 1999 4083 NO COMMENT 3 Feb 1998
[home]Pablo Gersberg [email]pgersb 5 Jul 1999 4078 9 Dec 1997
[home]David Sacks [email]dsacks 6 Jul 1999 4077 Simple. Take the number of Swiss packets that I drink each day, multiply by the plates of salad leftovers that I eat, gives end of Q2 1999. Give finance a week to publish results, and presto! 20 Jan 1997
[home]Tom Johannes Bang [email]tbang 7 Jul 1999 4076 Why not? 21 Jan 1997
[home]Peter C. Wong [email]pwong 10 Jul 1999 4073 Ten years at CTP! 6 Jan 1997
[home]Ravin Nawalrai [email]rnawal 17 Jul 1999 4066 lucky guess 28 Apr 1997
[home]Wayne Walker [email]wwalke 24 Jul 1999 4059 Why not? 19 Feb 1998
[home]Neil Wilson [email]nwilso 26 Jul 1999 4057 I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you (and I know your email adds.) ...Birthday 29 Jan 1998
[home]Kenneth Fassman [email]kfassm 29 Jul 1999 4054 The same day 'Ginger Spice' left the band... 2 Sep 1998
[home]Esa Moilanen [email]emoila 30 Jul 1999 4053 Because it will be a hot Friday! 30 Mar 1998
[home]Robert Wall [email]rwall 31 Jul 1999 4052 I would explain, but your head would explode. 21 Feb 1997
[home]Michael Warren [email]mwarre03 1 Aug 1999 4051 A wild, but inspired, guess !!!!!! 12 Mar 1998
[home]Jasper Schaap [email]jschaa 2 Aug 1999 4050 7837 days before CATP will reach $1000 3 Jul 1997
[home]Henry Clement [email]hcleme 3 Aug 1999 4049 That's the date where the dart landed! 21 Jan 1998
[home]Bev Morrison [email]bmorri02 4 Aug 1999 4048 My son's birthday. Besides, no one else had picked this date. 24 Mar 1998
[home]Krishna Saridena [email]ksari 8 Aug 1999 4044 9 Dec 1997
[home]Caitriona Diviney [email]cdivin 11 Aug 1999 4041 You never do know ... 8 Sep 1998
[home]Rex Easley [email]reasle 12 Aug 1999 4040 It just has a good feel to it. 29 Oct 1997
[home]Kimberly Lawler [email]klawle 13 Aug 1999 4039 First Friday the 13th in 1999! 12 Mar 1998
[home]Carolyn Breen [email]cbree 14 Aug 1999 4038 i will be selling all my options, and i want it to be 100 (at least) 2 Aug 1998
[home]Kevin Freeman [email]kfreem02 15 Aug 1999 4037 pure speculation 12 Dec 1997
[home]Claes Nordahl [email]cnorda 25 Aug 1999 4027 Why not? 6 Jan 1998
[home]James Herbert [email]jherb 1 Sep 1999 4020 Not that I care... 9 Jan 1998
[home]Dennis Van Der Graaff [email]dvande02 6 Sep 1999 4015 Sept. 6th has always been a special day...(and my birthday)... 25 Mar 1997
[home]Scott Baird [email]sbair 9 Sep 1999 4012 It's got a lot of 9's in it which is 3*3 and 3 is very lucky 9 Jan 1997
[home]Carl Stjernfeldt [email]cstjer 11 Sep 1999 4010 Hmmm....... :-) 15 Dec 1997
[home]Nick Birmingham [email]nbirmi 13 Sep 1999 4008 13 Oct 1998
[home]Bart de Kruiff [email]bdekr 17 Sep 1999 4004 This is obvious 15 Jan 1997
[home]Anand Ramachandran [email]aramac 19 Sep 1999 4002 We are buying Anderson on 18 September 1999 24 Mar 1998
[home]Narendra Gore [email]ngore 20 Sep 1999 4001 Nostrademos says " It has to happen before Y2K" 17 Dec 1997
[home]Larry Cram [email]lcram 21 Sep 1999 4000 because the autumnal equinox has good karma 24 Mar 1998
[home]satoe ohoka [email]sohoka 25 Sep 1999 3996 This has been a lucky day for me. 12 Feb 1998
[home]Melissa Green [email]mgreen 26 Sep 1999 3995 Statistically, this is THE date, but it's also my b-day. 19 Nov 1997
[home]Bala Ganesan [email]bganes 27 Sep 1999 3994 How do you think I made all my money !!! 19 Dec 1997
[home]Kristen Malerba [email]kmaler 30 Sep 1999 3991 My b-day!!! 25 Mar 1998
[home]Paul Beattie [email]pbeatt 7 Oct 1999 3984 The second anniversary of my first NEO hangover. 9 Dec 1997
[home]Eddy Wong [email]ewong 8 Oct 1999 3983 PE Ratio Analysis. More details in w3.ctp.com/~ewong/invest 26 Feb 1997
[home]Richard Narine [email]rnari 13 Oct 1999 3978 Because these are my lucky numbers. 21 Jan 1997
[home]Lisa Woodruff [email]lwoodr 15 Oct 1999 3976 It's going to take at least a year to recover from this "MESS"! 8 Oct 1998
[home]Karen Grinter [email]kgrint 21 Oct 1999 3970 I've got the inside info 1 Apr 1998
[home]Bryan Collier [email]bcolli 24 Oct 1999 3967 According to present market trends, the ozone layer, blah blah...I dunno..Oh yeah that's my birthday............ 31 Jul 1998
[home]James Mirrin [email]jmirri 29 Oct 1999 3962 Cause im so smart 28 Jan 1998
[home]Paul Coffey [email]pcoffe 11 Nov 1999 3949 The little men told me..... 31 Jul 1998
[home]John Langenfelder [email]jlange 12 Nov 1999 3948 It's my birthday 10 Dec 1997
[home]Neeraj Vora [email]nvora 17 Nov 1999 3943 Cause... I said so. 9 Feb 1998 1
[home]Bjorn Bjornsson [email]bbjorn 25 Nov 1999 3935 Because 26.Nov 1999 was taken 3 Feb 1998
[home]Brian Franke [email]bfrank 26 Nov 1999 3934 Five years since... -This date will definitely change. 29 Jan 1997
[home]Sara E. Wides [email]swides 28 Nov 1999 3932 something to be thankful for 12 Feb 1997
[home]Pieter Smit [email]psmit 2 Dec 1999 3928 I need a new shirt for my birthday! 11 Feb 1997
[home]David Bryant [email]dbryan 15 Dec 1999 3915 Call 1-900-CTP-STOK (a mere $4.95 per minute) and I'll tell you! 16 Jan 1998
[home]Joe Comeau [email]jcomea 19 Dec 1999 3911 It'd be a great birthday present 8 Jan 1998
[home]Camilo Arbelaez [email]carbel 24 Dec 1999 3906 Christmas Present 2 Mar 1998
[home]Bjorn Axelsson [email]baxels 29 Dec 1999 3901 My source is classified 13 Mar 1998
[home]Maria Vic Gonzalez [email]mgonza 30 Dec 1999 3900 End of Century Buying Frenzy 15 May 1997
[home]Scott Johnson [email]sjohns 31 Dec 1999 3899 Last day to buy before the end of civilization... 11 Oct 1998 1
[home]Hari Pallempati [email]hpalle 1 Jan 2000 3898 I want to buy a 2000 model BMW 2 Feb 1997
[home]Diederik Heepke [email]dheepk 2 Jan 2000 3897 Stock market opens for the first time in the new century 30 Jan 1998
[home]Jacques Heesterbeek [email]jhees 3 Jan 2000 3896 The Nasdaq trading system will get distracted because of the millenium problem. 6 Feb 1998
[home]Anand Turaga [email]aturag 8 Jan 2000 3891 Y2K BUG AND A BIRTHDAY IN THE FAMILY 23 Jul 1998
[home]Rakesh Malik [email]rmalik 11 Jan 2000 3888 My birthday in the year of the millenium!!! 27 Aug 1998 1
[home]Clive Bourke [email]cbourk 15 Jan 2000 3884 Slight revision from 15 January 1998 8 Sep 1998 1
[home]David Weddington [email]dweddi 16 Jan 2000 3883 A nice present for my 50th birthday 31 Jul 1997
[home]Michael Tobin [email]mtobi 17 Jan 2000 3882 pv=-31, fv=100, pmt=0, i=58, solve for n. 7 Jan 1997
[home]Keren Hamel [email]khamel 30 Jan 2000 3869 14 Jan 1997 1
[home]Paul Jones [email]pjones 14 Feb 2000 3854 Because I'm an old romantic 29 Jan 1998
[home]Nico Bekema [email]nbeke 20 Feb 2000 3848 I'll probably want to buy a new house by then 13 Mar 1998
[home]Richard A. Johnson [email]rjohns02 16 Mar 2000 3823 Why? That's the way it will be 23 Mar 1998
[home]Julie Kochman [email]jkochm 17 Mar 2000 3822 My birthday! 7 Jul 1998
[home]Eric Carlson [email]ecarls 18 Mar 2000 3821 Dianetics, page 553. "Clothing will be outdated by 3/18/2000" q.e.d. 2 Feb 1997
[home]Charlotta Medin [email]cmedi 26 Mar 2000 3813 This is the date! It is written in the stars! 7 Mar 1997
[home]Asha Devi [email]adevi 1 Apr 2000 3807 Suprises do happen when we least expect it - So why not on April Fools Day!!! 12 Aug 1998
[home]F. J. Jungen [email]fjunge 2 Apr 2000 3806 Well, it would be a nice present for my 32nd birthday. 10 Jan 1998
[home]Per-Arne Hakansson [email]phaka 3 Apr 2000 3805 Jupiter will line with Mars, and the moon will be in the 4th house... 5 Feb 1997
[home]Robert Speck [email]rspeck 6 Apr 2000 3802 My daughter's 3rd Birthday and people will finally realize the world did not come to an end. 29 Jul 1997
[home]Sanju John [email]sjohn04 9 Apr 2000 3799 'cos the market relies on me 24 Jul 1998
[home]Jean-Daniel Schlaeppy [email]jschla 11 Apr 2000 3797 Because I have some fantasy 6 Jan 1997
[home]Kenneth Donau [email]kdonau 20 Apr 2000 3788 Some date during the spring in the year 2000. I love springtime. 27 Jul 1998
[home]Joon Park [email]jpark02 10 May 2000 3768 I'm the man, period. 3 Jun 1998
[home]Niels Zijderveld [email]nzijde 12 May 2000 3766 Then it is spring in the US, everybody is happy and starts buying stock 22 Sep 1998
[home]Tanya Byrne [email]tbyrne 27 May 2000 3751 I hit the quarter of a century mark !!!! 4 Feb 1998
[home]Joakim Molin [email]jmoli 6 Jun 2000 3741 Sveriges Nationaldag och Svenska flaggans dag!! 1 Apr 1998
[home]Laurie Corkum [email]lcorku 3 Jul 2000 3714 A very special day!! 24 Jul 1998
[home]Morten Halvorsen [email]mhalvo 7 Jul 2000 3710 21 Jan 1997
[home]Bernd Kirisits [email]bkiris 9 Jul 2000 3708 I turn 30 today therefore something has to happen! Furthermore I really want the shirt! 23 Sep 1998
[home]Jean-Louis Morel [email]jmorel 31 Jul 2000 3686 Because it's my birthday ! so.. 18 Feb 1998
[home]Blake Jernigan [email]bjerni 30 Aug 2000 3656 Why not! 5 Dec 1997
[home]John Mollick [email]jmolli 1 Sep 2000 3654 I had my palm read, my tarot done and have visited the Dali Lama. 11 Dec 1997
[home]Antonio Lauria [email]alauri 15 Sep 2000 3640 7 Jan 1998
[home]Cornelius Pone [email]cpone 24 Sep 2000 3631 Because I said so 8 Jan 1998
[home]Scott Armstrong [email]sarmst 26 Sep 2000 3629 my b-day in 99 is taken 5 Aug 1998
[home]Roger Kull [email]rkull 27 Sep 2000 3628 The day our merger with McDonalds is announced 28 May 1998
[home]Hannah Kim [email]hkim 7 Oct 2000 3618 Simply the Best!!! 22 Dec 1997
[home]Folkert Veenstra [email]fveens 13 Oct 2000 3612 The best day of the year 30 Mar 1998
[home]Stephan Renou [email]srenou 27 Oct 2000 3598 D'une part parce que c'est moi qui le dit, et qu'en matiere de finance je suis imbattable. D'autre part parce que c'est mon anniversaire... HaVe FuN... 8 Sep 1998
[home]Lee McGrath [email]lmcgra 15 Nov 2000 3579 Just a hunch... 12 Jan 1998
[home]Barry Shuman [email]bshuma 20 Nov 2000 3574 My birthday in Y2K. 1 Jun 1998
[home]Joanna Salgado [email]jsalga 1 Jan 2001 3532 If Armageddon doesn't happen in the last second of the millennium, our stock will surely hit 100! 7 Oct 1998 1
[home]Nisha Goel [email]ngoel 10 Jan 2001 3523 I don't know ! maybe because I turn big 30 on that day 3 Feb 1998
[home]Robin Crohns [email]rcrohn 16 Jan 2001 3517 That's the time it takes to reach $100! 18 Aug 1998
[home]Kevin Mosser [email]kmosse 5 Mar 2001 3469 because the green goat rides at midnight 30 Sep 1998
[home]Jaya Date [email]jdate 29 Mar 2001 3445 Just a guess. 6 Aug 1998
[home]Loy Osmond Santosh D'Souza [email]losmon 8 Apr 2001 3435 Insider info - I'm on a Nasdaq project. 11 Jan 1998
[home]David Donaldson [email]ddonal 13 Apr 2001 3430 Ssssshhhhhhh!!! It's a secret! 22 Oct 1998
[home]Matt Wright [email]mwrig 17 Apr 2001 3426 I had the nod from Mystic Meg 19 Jun 1997
[home]Paul Callanan [email]pcall 26 Apr 2001 3417 Assuming the world doesn't end! 14 Apr 1997
[home]Jenny Choi [email]jchoi 28 May 2001 3385 Based on my stock pricing theory...... 14 Jul 1998
[home]Ulrich Romahn [email]uroma 30 May 2001 3383 One day before my last bet! I am afraid after the last "crash" it might never recover, but we should be optimistic! 9 Sep 1998 1
[home]Yogesh Narasimhan [email]ynaras 16 Jul 2001 3336 I will be singing "I am 30, going on 31" starting from that day. 12 Feb 1998
[home]Thomas Dahlgren [email]tdahl 14 Oct 2001 3246 Cause, that's when A C Clarke think we will have contact with extra-terrestrial intelligence. They'll probably sweep the market for IT stocks. 27 Feb 1998
[home]Robert Pincus [email]rpincu 15 Oct 2001 3245 About 20% annualized growth. Double in five years is typical. CTP will do it in less! 15 Dec 1997
[home]Bal Mahale [email]bmaha 1 Jan 2002 3167 It's a secret ...... 8 Jan 1997
[home]Nitin Buty [email]nbuty 20 Feb 2002 3117 Nostradamus' CTP Prophecy: Century #6 Quatrain #24.. 5 Apr 1998
[home]Ken Henderson [email]khende 3 Mar 2002 3106 It's the day I turn 50 and I'll need a good T-shirt to celebrate. 20 Feb 1997
[home]James Lombardi [email]jlomba 17 Apr 2002 3061 I'm working on Nasdaq Online...we know these things... 17 Jan 1997
[home]Robert Jen [email]rjen 29 Jun 2002 2988 My 15 year CTP anniversary 12 Feb 1998
[home]Matthew Smith [email]msmith03 1 Jul 2002 2986 Second star to the right, and straight on till morning... 20 Aug 1998
[home]Oliver Poppenberg [email]opoppe 2 Aug 2002 2954 Because I turn 40 on this day. 9 Oct 1998
[home]DOLORES BARTGIS [email]dbartg 1 Apr 2003 2712 Cause It is entirely possible that I am the oldest employee working for CTP. Oooooh No!!! Cause I am so wise?? 19 Feb 1998
[home]Susan Franz [email]sfranz 8 Oct 2004 2156 Market up immediately before traditional Late October Crash Scare (tm) 8 Dec 1997
[home]Shaina Sreedharan [email]ssreed 14 Aug 2005 1846 I turn 30ish 9 Jan 1998
[home]Jason Kretchmar [email]jkretc 8 Nov 2010 66 I was visited by an angel (i think) 9 Mar 1998
[home]Francois Molliere [email]fmolli 22 Nov 2010 80 Because it will be her birthday and because I like A. C. Clarke Novel !!! My secret formula : it is secret !!! 26 Aug 1998
[home]Steve Ferretti [email]sferr 31 Dec 2030 7424 Because its the highest number here and I see myself as being dead before this happens! 12 Feb 1998

There are 276 entries. The earliest date chosen is 1 January 1997, by Jonathan Lipsitz (mindless optimist!), the last date chosen is 31 December 2030, by Steve Ferretti (pessimist!). The mean date is 3 September 1999, the median date is 19 May 1999, the midrange date is 1 January 2014.


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