kamikaze_Optimizer - 7:59 am on Oct 4, 2007 (gmt 0)

it means that your pages apparently have a set amount of pagerank "juice" and that linking out lessens the amount available to pass around internaly.

Ah, I could debate that for hours. Use the word ‘excessive’ with “linking out” and I might agree with you.

Link structure matters a great deal...

Yes, I agree.

...linking out included.

Again, excessive is an important word here.
So is the phrase ‘Relate Content’. Not to mention who you link to.
I could link out to Wikipedia all day (not that I want to) and be safe with my links verses linking out to random blogs with *.cn URL's.