It would be nice to beable to set in for instance: Object goldbar name goldbar weight 10000 value gold
Object goldcoin name goldcoin weight 10 (or whatever it is) value gold that way the value will be * by the current value to weight ration (in thiscase 1/1) --- Brendan Lally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/3/06, Miguel Ghobangieno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > gold and silver coins are not fiate currencies, > their > > value can't be just inflated. You need paper money > for > > that (or money who's value is more then the value > of > > the material). > > > > I won't support inflating gold and silver etc. I > will > > support creating paralell fiat currencies, and yes > > they did exist in the ancient world. > > Ah, but now you have to consider what is actually > fluctuating. Is it > that the value of gold is dropping, or the value of > the currency is > increasing. > > In recent history, it has tended to be the case that > fluctuations in > the prices of gold/silver etc, have overwhelmingly > /not/ taken other > prices with them. Just because the US dollar weakens > against gold (or > if you prefer that gold strengthens against the > dollar) doesn't mean > that the price of bread alters. > > Certainly it is fair to say that gold has > traditionally been quite > consistent with reference to other commodities but > silver-backed > currencies (and especially silver-backed currencies > with a debased > coinage, which is what I am describing here, rather > than fiat > currencies) have fluctuated over time with respect > to the price of > gold. > > Whether you make the 'value' field relative to a > fixed commodity, or a > currency, is really an irrelevant point, once you > have the same > relationship between them being expressed, however, > if we take the > consumer's-eye view of the economy, prices are > significant relative to > wages, which are fixed in a currency, not to a > commodity that few of > them will ever trade in (plus it involves modifying > fewer object > values). > > _______________________________________________ > crossfire mailing list > crossfire@metalforge.org > http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ crossfire mailing list crossfire@metalforge.org http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire