[e-gold-list] About one hour remaining on Rational Review ad auction
E-Gold list members: As advertised, the auction of Rational Review's ad will end in about an hour, at midnight CDT. The present top bid is 12 grams; there was a 20-gram bid contingent upon some questions being answered, but unless that bid is confirmed by midnight, or unless I receive other bids that appear to have been sent prior to midnight, the 12-gram bidder will be getting one year of banner advertising, at the top of Rational Review's front page. My computer says that it is 23:05 right now; I look forward to any other bids. Regards, Tom Knapp --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Auction closed
Everyone, The last bid which I received prior to midnight in the Rational Review ad auction was for 12 grams of gold. Sold American. Thank you for your participation! Regards, Tom Knapp --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] (Fwd) Current bids on Rational Review ad auction
Everyone: Update on the auction of one full year of front-page, top- position banner advertising on Rational Review (original terms below my signature for your reference): As of this writing (approximately 3:40 p.m. CDT, December 14) I have received two bids on the ad, the top bid being in the amount of 10.5 grams of gold. Since the current high bidder did not indicate that I have permission to identify him or her, I won't. I will post at least one more update on the bidding between now and midnight tomorrow night; since all bids have been in excess of the 10 gram reserve price, someone _is_ going to get this ad space. As I mentioned, details below my sig. Regards, Tom Knapp Publisher Rational Review With bids closing at midnight on the night of December 15th, I am accepting bids (to be paid in e-gold) for an ad to run at the top of Rational Review's front page for one full year -- January 1-December 31, 2003 inclusive. Terms: The reserve price is 10 grams of e-gold; the winner will be notified by email on December 15th, and payment must be received prior to the ad beginning to run. Advertiser will provide the ad graphic and the URL to which the ad links; the ad is to be 468*60 pixels and of a file size no larger than 10K. The advertiser may submit up to one new banner and/or URL per month, and I may take up to three days from receipt to make the change. I reserve the right to reject any bid from an advertiser that I do not believe meets the credibility standards of Rational Review -- in other words, market makers and legitimate merchants are welcome, but no HYIPs or scams, please. Bids may be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will post, on this list, some time on the 13th, 14th and 15th, the amount of the current top bid, although not the identity of the bidder making it unless I have that bidder's permission to do so. Some details to help inform your bid: The site is located at www.rationalreview.com. The placement of the ad will match that currently occupied by a LifeSharers banner (that may be replaced by a Libertarians for Life banner between now and the 15th). Rational Review appears to have about 6,000 unique users per month at this time, having ramped up from 1,500 or so at January's launch. I expect that circulation to continue to rise, and will do everything in my power to cause it to do so. RIght now, the front page appears to be getting between 2,000 and 2,500 hits per month. Note: I say appears because the stat engine that comes with my hosting isn't the best in the world. I intend to upgrade it in the near future. It only goes back seven days transparently and 15 days overall, which means that I have to do a lot of manual figuring. For what it's worth, the site has averaged 248 views per day, from 142 unique users per day, for the last 7 days (including the incomplete current day). That would normalize to 7,440 views per month from 4,260 unique users -- but this period is a slow one for the month . Views/users are much higher at the beginning and middle of the month when new content tends to be posted. This month also appears to be running a bit slower than the last two months -- but new content will be going up later in the month, and I expect an attendant surge in traffic. Rational Review's audience is a tightly focused demographic: libertarian readers. That demographic, of course, tends to be friendlier to digital currencies than some others. We also accept e- gold for donations and product payments, an activity that will be expanding and that we expect to result in a larger proportion of interested readers visiting the site. --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Current bids on Rational Review ad auction
Hello, everyone! A quick update on the auction of one full year of front-page, top- position banner advertising on Rational Review (original terms below my signature for your reference): As of this writing (approximately 10 p.m. CDT, December 13) I have received one bid on the ad, in the amount of 10 grams of gold (that being the reserve price). I guess there are two ways of looking at this ... either that bidder stands to get a heck of a deal because others are timid, or the ad isn't worth even ten grams of gold and he's the only one to make a bad business decision. Obviously, I lean toward the former theory. Side note: I mentioned that I would announce the highest bid some time on the 13th, 14th and 15th, but not announce who had placed that bid. Looking back, I'm not sure that was wise -- after all, I could just make up a bid and there would be no way for anyone to call me on it. So, on any further bids, I _will_ announce the top bidder's identity _if_ I have that bidder's permission to do so. If not, I won't. As I mentioned, details below my sig. Regards, Tom Knapp Publisher Rational Review With bids closing at midnight on the night of December 15th, I am accepting bids (to be paid in e-gold) for an ad to run at the top of Rational Review's front page for one full year -- January 1-December 31, 2003 inclusive. Terms: The reserve price is 10 grams of e-gold; the winner will be notified by email on December 15th, and payment must be received prior to the ad beginning to run. Advertiser will provide the ad graphic and the URL to which the ad links; the ad is to be 468*60 pixels and of a file size no larger than 10K. The advertiser may submit up to one new banner and/or URL per month, and I may take up to three days from receipt to make the change. I reserve the right to reject any bid from an advertiser that I do not believe meets the credibility standards of Rational Review -- in other words, market makers and legitimate merchants are welcome, but no HYIPs or scams, please. Bids may be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will post, on this list, some time on the 13th, 14th and 15th, the amount of the current top bid, although not the identity of the bidder making it unless I have that bidder's permission to do so. Some details to help inform your bid: The site is located at www.rationalreview.com. The placement of the ad will match that currently occupied by a LifeSharers banner (that may be replaced by a Libertarians for Life banner between now and the 15th). Rational Review appears to have about 6,000 unique users per month at this time, having ramped up from 1,500 or so at January's launch. I expect that circulation to continue to rise, and will do everything in my power to cause it to do so. RIght now, the front page appears to be getting between 2,000 and 2,500 hits per month. Note: I say appears because the stat engine that comes with my hosting isn't the best in the world. I intend to upgrade it in the near future. It only goes back seven days transparently and 15 days overall, which means that I have to do a lot of manual figuring. For what it's worth, the site has averaged 248 views per day, from 142 unique users per day, for the last 7 days (including the incomplete current day). That would normalize to 7,440 views per month from 4,260 unique users -- but this period is a slow one for the month . Views/users are much higher at the beginning and middle of the month when new content tends to be posted. This month also appears to be running a bit slower than the last two months -- but new content will be going up later in the month, and I expect an attendant surge in traffic. Rational Review's audience is a tightly focused demographic: libertarian readers. That demographic, of course, tends to be friendlier to digital currencies than some others. We also accept e- gold for donations and product payments, an activity that will be expanding and that we expect to result in a larger proportion of interested readers visiting the site. --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Advertising auction
To whom it may concern, I have communicated with several market makers and e-gold merchants regarding advertising on Rational Review. After some thought, it is my intention to just see what the market will bear. Effective immediately, and closing at midnight on the night of December 15th, I am accepting bids (to be paid in e-gold) for an ad to run at the top of Rational Review's front page for one full year -- January 1-December 31, 2003 inclusive. Terms: The reserve price is 10 grams of e-gold; the winner will be notified by email on December 15th, and payment must be received prior to the ad beginning to run. Advertiser will provide the ad graphic and the URL to which the ad links; the ad is to be 468*60 pixels and of a file size no larger than 10K. The advertiser may submit up to one new banner and/or URL per month, and I may take up to three days from receipt to make the change. I reserve the right to reject any bid from an advertiser that I do not believe meets the credibility standards of Rational Review -- in other words, market makers and legitimate merchants are welcome, but no HYIPs or scams, please. Bids may be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will post, on this list, some time on the 13th, 14th and 15th, the amount of the current top bid, although not the identity of the bidder making it. Some details to help inform your bid: The site is located at www.rationalreview.com. The placement of the ad will match that currently occupied by a LifeSharers banner (that may be replaced by a Libertarians for Life banner between now and the 15th). Rational Review appears to have about 6,000 unique users per month at this time, having ramped up from 1,500 or so at January's launch. I expect that circulation to continue to rise, and will do everything in my power to cause it to do so. RIght now, the front page appears to be getting between 2,000 and 2,500 hits per month. Note: I say appears because the stat engine that comes with my hosting isn't the best in the world. I intend to upgrade it in the near future. It only goes back seven days transparently and 15 days overall, which means that I have to do a lot of manual figuring. For what it's worth, the site has averaged 248 views per day, from 142 unique users per day, for the last 7 days (including the incomplete current day). That would normalize to 7,440 views per month from 4,260 unique users -- but this period is a slow one for the month . Views/users are much higher at the beginning and middle of the month when new content tends to be posted. This month also appears to be running a bit slower than the last two months -- but new content will be going up later in the month, and I expect an attendant surge in traffic. Rational Review's audience is a tightly focused demographic: libertarian readers. That demographic, of course, tends to be friendlier to digital currencies than some others. We also accept e- gold for donations and product payments, an activity that will be expanding and that we expect to result in a larger proportion of interested readers visiting the site. Regards, Tom Knapp --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Okay, this is getting ridiculous ...
The situation still exists wherein e-gold spends work sometimes and don't work sometimes. How long has this been going on? Somewhere between 24 and 48 hours, I think. For reasons that everyone here knows (how many businesses that accept e-gold have lost sales, and maybe even customers, over the last 24 hours because those customers put products in a virtual cart, went to a virtual checkout, and were told come back later?), that dog just won't hunt. System down for a few minutes occasionally? Shit happens. System down for a few minutes every few minutes? Shit will stop happening, quick. Shit like people funding their e-gold accounts if they can't rely on being able to spend from or out-exchange from them. Fix this. It is consequential, even (maybe especially) to small account holders who just want to be able to conduct their transactions using e-gold. Regards, Tom Knapp --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Re: Okay, this is getting ridiculous ...
On 7 Dec 2002, at 10:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Furthermore, my tests more and more suggest that it is more likely to happen on LARGE (over 2 or 3 kilos) spends. That suggests all sorts of horrible things. For what it's worth (and I see that the fine folks at e-gold/GSR have heard our pleas), none of the spends I had problems with were more than a gram or so. I suspect that the correlation in your own tests was anomalous. Regards, Tom Knapp --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Re: Trouble making spends
On 4 Jan 2003, at 17:27, Dan@SydneyGoldSales wrote: Is anyone else having trouble making spends using e-Gold at the moment? I keep getting the Try again in a few minutes message and a lot of minutes have gone by. Is it with regard to a particular account that you are spending to? I've had problems making spends today to TheGoldCasino, but eventually was successful. There did not seem to be a reciprocal problem -- when I took my winnings home, everything went swimmingly. Tom Knapp --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Re: this is fucking insane
On 6 Dec 2002, at 10:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When will egold be working again, does anyone know? It appears to be working, just intermittently. Since I'm not a frequent user, i.e. gazillions of transactions a day, it's only an annoyance to me. To people who rely on e-gold for substantial commerce, I suspect it is getting very old very quickly. Today, it seemed to work the opposite as well, in as well as out. Funded my TheGoldCasino account, after several tries (try again in a few minutes), but they couldn't get my winnings (yes, Jim, I won again -- didn't double my stake this time, though, I TRIPLED it) back to my e-gold account. I'll be trying again shortly. Not that I don't trust TheGoldCasino, mind you (I've never had a bad experience there, even on the rare occasions when I've lost), but I like my gold all in one place, preferably GSR's vaults, when I'm not using it. Especially my casino winnings. I might get tempted to break my own rule about not breaking into the original stake once I've doubled it. This suggests that the problem may not centered on particular accounts, since the spends were problematic in BOTH directions. And now, I think I'll plug MY TheGoldCasino referral link (they pay out gold when people come and play through referral links -- not based on win or loss, either, but on number of hands played): http://3657147.thegoldcasino.com For what it's worth, they also give away a monthly door prize. You generate drawing entries by playing (once again, based on how much you play, not how much you win or lose or the amount of your bets). This month, the prize is 50 DVDs of your choice and a player. I never thought I liked online casinos until I played at TheGoldCasino, but it's a ripping good time. Especially when I win. Regards, Tom Knapp --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Re: Where do I register domains with e-gold?
On 4 Dec 2002, at 19:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know where I can register domain names with e-gold? I registered one awhile back with Van Rein: http://dns.vanrein.org/ Fast, efficient service, reasonable price. Tom Knapp --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] RATIONAL REVIEW: December Content now available
The December issue of Rational Review is shaping up at: http://www.rationalreview.com/ This, our fourteenth issue, will put Rational Review's first year behind it. Thank you for reading! Available now: - Steve Trinward: Reality Check After thirty years of Libertarian Party politics, there are still far too many folks who seem to think this game is played like some sort of multi-level marketing scam. http://www.rationalreview.com/archive/stevetrinward/stevetrinward120102.html - Thomas L. Knapp: A Year of the Long March When George Orwell wrote _1984_, he wasn't really departing from humanity's previous experience in any great way. Mankind's history is a sea of slavery punctuated by waves of liberty that have crested and then descended back into the vast pool below. http://www.rationalreview.com/archive/tlknapp/tlknapp120102.html - Coming soon: new articles from R. Lee Wrights and L. Neil Smith and a new cartoon from Scott Bieser. Also available now: Why you should support Rational Review: http://www.rationalreview.com/announcements/support.html _How_ you _can_ support Rational Review: http://www.rationalreview.com/support.html Regards, Tom Knapp Publisher Rational Review --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Got the Capulin coffee
Hey everyone, Just wanted to let you know that I got my package of Capulin coffee in the mail on Friday (I've been traveling, so I didn't have time to settle in and brew some up until last night). Two reasons for letting you know this: 1) Mr. Fourwinds is obviously a prompt and honest payor -- he didn't _have_ to send the coffee unless he liked my work and wanted to use it. He not only sent it, but sent it quickly. I suspect his customers get the same kind of service; and 2) This is some GOOD coffee! I can't claim to be a gourmet or anything, but I know a good cuppa joe when I taste one. Everyone in my household remarked favorably on its rich, full flavor and its deeper coloration and aroma. We're drinking the French Roast right now; Mr. Fourwinds also included a smaller package of the Continental Roast, which I'll be trying this week. I also plan to take a few cups' worth of each over to my favorite non-chain coffeehouse to let the proprietor try it. I plan to be a Capulin customer from here on out. If you drink coffee, I suggest you give Capulin a try. Good coffee is one of the great pleasures of life, after all. Regards, Tom Knapp -- Thomas L. Knapp It would be strange indeed if so Director of Partner Services celestial an article as FREEDOM The Freedom Network should not be highly rated. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Tom Paine -- --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Price Cut -- Buy Roulette for the Leisure Gambler with E-Gold
He who does not toot his own horn, the same shall not be tooted. -- apocryphally attributed to H.L. Mencken Several months ago, I released Roulette for the Leisure Gambler* at the rock-bottom price of $2.00. I've made a little money on the e-booklet, although I made more from the freelance gig that it got me writing help files for an online casino (thanks to a member of this list who liked the booklet and pointed me in their direction). Being a cost versus benefit kind of guy, I've put off writing the Leisure Gambler* e-booklets on blackjack and craps until I believe that doing so is worth my time ... I'd like to make more money, and sometimes that means making less per transaction. So I've cut the price of Roulette for the Leisure Gambler* in half. That's right: For $1.00 -- Amazon Honor System, PayPal or, very preferably, E-Gold -- you can have my 22-page e-booklet that explains everything the leisure gambler* needs to know about the game of roulette. For half the price of your first minimum bet on a quarter roulette table, you get: A brief history of roulette A readable guide to how the game is played An analyses of popular betting systems and why they don't work My Four Rules for Leisure Gamblers*, applicable to _any_ game A system for maximizing your roulette experience If you're a leisure gambler*, your $1.00 purchase is bound to save you money -- perhaps _make_ you money -- on your next trip to Vegas or Tunica. Get your copy of Roulette for the Leisure Gambler* at: http://www.rationalreview.com/press/leisuregambler/ Regards, Tom Knapp * Leisure gambler refers to the non-professional: someone who doesn't rely on gambling for his or her livelihood. If you're a professional gambler, you probably don't need this e-booklet (unless you're not very good at your job). --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Re: PressHog: WoW Thomas
On 26 Nov 2002, at 14:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds like your pretty clear on it to me Tom! and fact is.. I was sending French Roast because it is what most folks are accuctomed to if you're going to flash around, you wanna try a little of the (dare I say), Arabian Wine the original light roast we call Continental. Jim and E-gold's favorite? No, thanks -- gotta have French Roast. My significant other prefers it, and it's always good to keep one's significant other happy. If she becomes unhappy, the coffee pot might get broken over my head and then it wouldn't matter what kind of coffee we had, I wouldn't be able to brew a pot up ;-) Regards, Tom -- Thomas L. Knapp It would be strange indeed if so Director of Partner Services celestial an article as FREEDOM The Freedom Network should not be highly rated. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Tom Paine -- --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Re: PressHog: WoW Thomas
On 26 Nov 2002, at 7:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: get that out to a few of your friends, please! I've distributed it via PRWeb, but to be honest I am not exactly sanguine as to their effectiveness. I've also posted the release to IndyMedia, Alternet and Mother Jones, publications that tend to emphasize fair trade coffees, indigenous preservation efforts, etc. I have George Matyjewicz's Automated Press Release service on my radar screen (and did before I got your message, George!), but, while the prices are eminently reasonable, I can't very well write a press release and distribute it for $25 if I have to pay a minimum $50 for distribution ... which means that I will probably be re- examining my own rate structure for industry and extra-regional business releases. My service is geared toward local and state libertarian political organizations, and I am building my own personal mailing databases by region, as I go. Business releases will definitely be a secondary possibility, but probably on a smaller scale. Those higher prices that you find on the professional submission sites aren't just arbitrary; it _costs_ to develop a good database of press contacts. I will be working to develop a good database of media that cover alternative currencies and e-currencies (but, to any of the monitoring spammers, I'm not interested in x-thousand addresses -- I will be targeting actual content to actual purveyors who might be interested, not filling individuals' mailboxes with stuff). Regards, Tom Knapp --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Re: PressHog: WoW Thomas
On 26 Nov 2002, at 10:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lest ye continue to promote Corporate BS! Whoa! What makes you think I promote Fair Trade per se? Recognizing that you have the same target audience and promoting your competition are two different things. 'Fair Trade' is a corporate catch word and provides the same washed coffees as the other multi nationals exploiting the people. their gimmick is they establish a minimum standard like a minimum wage AND while better than un-fair trade. minimum wage is like. Whoopy Ding! No Big Thing! They do not address the principal CAUSE of village destitution, forest destruction and consumer misunderstanding!! You know that. I know that (now). Most people don't know that -- and one target audience both for Capulin Coffee and for your particular project in Papalitas, is the same crowd that buys fair trade coffee because: 1) They _think_ it's better coffee. 2) They _think_ buying it benefits the indigenous people. 3) They _think_ buying it helps the environment. Or, as you say: IMO, the REAL PROBLEM continues because money making scams like 'Fair Trade' 'catch words', make Good People (who look for good things to do, think they are doing something good) so they stop looking for something good to do or trying to do something good, believing that they have done something good! They ONLY legitimize the water process, which is the REAL CULPRIT. And OH and WHOA, those 'Good Folks don't want someone to tell them that they have been duped so a guy like me, (with a different view and PRODUCT) has a WAY harder time swimming against everyone's current! I sent the release out to some of the publications which Fair Trade consumers could be expected to read because that audience wants to get good coffee while doing good things, and you are offering that opportunity. I might be interested, in the near future, in doing a story, as opposed to a press release, on Capulin v. Fair Trade, for submission to one of the paying markets that hits that audience. That would be on my dime, as I'd expect the publication, not Capulin, to fork over. I also plan to take part of my Capulin delivery down to my favorite little coffeehouse and get the proprietor to taste it (he runs it as a church outreach). He doesn't just do Fair Trade coffees; he uses various sources for good coffees, but I don't know if he uses Capulin. Hopefully he will start. Regards, Tom --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Re: OsGold Legal Rort Competition
On 25 Nov 2002, at 22:16, Graham Kelly wrote: The accusers need to get a life... stupid propeller-heads. NO, sorry, that's degrading to the techies! 1 gram of e-gold, who comes up with the best worst name for these dills/idiots/morons. Need it be original, or would historical do? Might as well do both. Original: Aautheist, n. ay*ow*thee*ist A person who does not believe there is any gold. or Augnostic, n. ow*nos*tik A person who claims to know that there is no gold. or Austrich, n. aw--strich A person whose head is buried, er, somewhere, and who is therefore unable to tell the difference between scams like OSGold and legitimate e-currency providers and market makers. Historical: Nattering Nabobs of Negativism. Provenance: Former U.S. vice president Spiro Agnew, characterizing the press. Regards, Tom Knapp E-Gold Acct: 240944 -- Thomas L. Knapp It would be strange indeed if so Director of Partner Services celestial an article as FREEDOM The Freedom Network should not be highly rated. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Tom Paine -- --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] PressHog: Accepting E-Gold for Press Release Services
To users of E-Gold: My latest project is so new that the web site isn't even up yet, but enough of you have seen my work that I expect word of mouth to help me get things started right away. I am an experienced writer of press releases for Libertarian candidates, campaigns and organizations. My press releases get attention and result in media coverage. PressHog is my attempt to turn my skill into revenue -- and to save you, your organization or your firm money on its media communication needs. For $25 -- $10 to the first ten customers -- I will craft a press release of up to 500 words, re-write it to meet your needs, and distribute it to selected media organizations in your area via email. PressHog clients retain all rights to their releases. PressHog also offers freelance and ghost writing, as well as editorial and consulting, services at negotiable rates. E-Gold, PayPal and Amazon Honor System accepted, with a money-back guarantee less any irrevocable transaction fees levied by the payment processors. Please address inquiries to [EMAIL PROTECTED], attn: PressHog. Regards, Thomas L. Knapp --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Re: PressHog: Accepting E-Gold for Press Release Services
daniel fourwinds wrote: My question is can you do anything to help with this and how much CAPULIN will you do it for?? Thanks for the opportunity to strut my stuff, as it were. The one thing I probably can't help much with is distribution -- you know your target audience better than I do. I would suggest getting a release out to a) coffee-oriented publications and b) socially conscious publications that cater to the fair trade coffee market. Please find below my rough draft, describing your company and your effort from the information you provided. If you like it and want to use it, is yours, and I am willing to follow up with corrections and changes as needed. If you _really_ want to pay, any quantity of Capulin's French Roast, either in whole bean form or in the best grind for a standard home filter coffee maker, will be quite satisfactory. Either way, I suspect that I'll be ordering some soon. It's hard to get decent coffee anymore. Regards, Tom Knapp FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 26, 2002 P.O.C. Daniel Fourwinds 520-331-7668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] HOW ABOUT A NICE CUP OF JUNGLE PRESERVATION? Are you drinking away the world's mountain jungles? If you bought your coffee at the grocery store, odds are it's not only an inferior blend, but one grown using environmentally damaging farm practices. For centuries, coffee was shade grown beneath the canopies of jungles like that surrounding Tecuitata, a village in Mexico's Nayarit state, producing the superior flavor that made a cup one of life's great pleasures. In recent years, however, demand has moved large coffee producers to develop less flavorful hybrids that can be intensively farmed under the open sun -- and that, in turn, has moved smaller native producers to ravage their own locales in an attempt to keep production up and prices down. Enter Daniel Fourwinds and Capulin Coffee. I'll put my coffee up against the major brands any time, says Fourwinds. Capulin is shade grown and sun dried. That's the most environmentally responsible way to produce a good coffee -- and it also results in a drink that is superior in every way. Additionally, says Fourwinds, Capulin's methods put money directly into the pockets of native growers, encouraging them to steward the jungle that makes their livelihood possible. Capulin provides a natural, shade grown, chemical free, fully ripe traditionally sun dried and hand processed Arabica coffee, while more than doubling the income of the peasant farmers -- a claim that no other coffee company in America can make. At present Fourwinds, through the Tree of Life Ministries Association, is raising funds to purchase facilities in the village of Palapitas, bringing economic hope to the peasant population at a time when corporate dominance and an infestation of the coffee boring beetle have brought Tecuitata and other area villages close to economic and environmental collapse. This is a village of folks who do not want to find themselves in the same dire straits as the people of Tecuitata, a situation which appears imminent should we fail, says Fourwinds. It is a paradise for birds and the best of Nature's diversity, and it's home to villagers who are desperately attempting to avoid falling into the grips of forest clearing for chemical-dependent mangos and bananas. Your donation -- or your purchase of Capulin's products, which are surprisingly inexpensive -- isn't just environmentally responsible. It's also one of the last ways to get a really good cup of coffee. Capulin is located on the web at www.capulin.com. More information on how to help with the Palapitas project is available at http://www.capulin.com/capulinsupletter.html. -30- 410 words --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Liberty Dollar -- automation?
Automation good. Waiting for turnaround bad. It's possible that I'm just not looking in the right place ... but does there yet exist anything for Liberty Dollar analogous to E-Gold's Shopping Cart Interface or other form code for accepting their Digital Warehouse Receipts via a web site? From what I can tell, it would all have to be manually done right now: I want to buy your thing. Okay, send me the DWR's and I'll get back to you. Either that, or an automation form that would require the user to type in their ID/passphrase on a site other than Liberty Dollar's. Bad juju. Any help on this would be appreciated. Regards, Tom Knapp --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Re: Tax protest labelled extremist
On 18 Nov 2002, at 14:48, Ragnar wrote: Ben, --- Ben Legume [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's also a movement that has been linked strongly to violence; to attacks on IRS agents; to blowing up IRS offices, as well as many other crimes, he said. There's a great deal of criminal activity associated with the movement. Do they take e-gold donations? I'm going to ask them that question. They agreed to be interviewed on Planet Gold. While you're at it, could you ask them if they know of any IRS office ever being blown up? Seems like that would have made the news, but I've never heard of it happening, more's the pity. I think someone must have read Bill Brannon's _Let Us Prey_ and mistaken it for non-fiction. I don't think anyone has yet _made_ it non-fiction. Tom Knapp -- Thomas L. Knapp It would be strange indeed if so Director of Partner Services celestial an article as FREEDOM The Freedom Network should not be highly rated. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Tom Paine -- --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] E-Gold directory page and other questions
To anyone who knows: How does one go about getting one's enterprise listed on E-Gold's director page of Merchants and Organizations? I work with an organization (Free-Market.Net/the Henry Hazlitt Foundation) which accepts e-gold donations, and operate a webzine/e-press (Rational Review) that also accepts e-gold (and which will be marketing a lot more offerings in 2003). Also, does anyone know if any of the e-gold e-commerce providers have a user-friendly recurring payment system to automatically e- invoice donors/subscribers who want to pay periodically instead of in a lump sum? I'd like to set up some systems like this for a paid- subscription newsletter that will be launching in 2003. Regards, Tom Knapp -- Thomas L. Knapp It would be strange indeed if so Director of Partner Services celestial an article as FREEDOM The Freedom Network should not be highly rated. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Tom Paine -- --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] New e-booklet available -- writing the Libertarian Op-Ed
Hello, everyone! Rational Review accepts donations of, and sells products in return for, e-gold. The first in our new series on Practivism (practical activism) is Writing the Libertarian Op-Ed: How to Create an Effective Op-Ed or Letter to the Editor -- And Get it Published. $2.00, payable with E-Gold or via PayPal or Amazon Honor System, at: http://www.rationalreview.com/press/practivism/ Regards, Tom Knapp --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Re: warning, Free-market.net forum message contains suspect code
On 11 Nov 2002, at 14:01, Jim Davidson wrote: I've contacted the folks at Free-market.net And we'll take care of it ASAP -- it shouldn't be too difficult to shut down the ability to perpetrate such things. Regards, Tom Knapp Managing Editor Free-Market.Net -- Thomas L. Knapp It would be strange indeed if so Director of Partner Services celestial an article as FREEDOM The Freedom Network should not be highly rated. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Tom Paine -- --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Re: Hey, where's the beef. (or gold in this case)
On 17 May 2002, at 5:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree with Michael's post. Unless e-gold's gold reserve is PROPERLY audited and not just some screen on a web page that says, yeah we've got x ammount of gold bars stored without specifying their EXACT individual weight (after all, gold bullions never weigh exactly the same), location and a name and phone number of a respectable trusted 3rd party e-gold might as well be a scam. I do not say it is but I find it very hard to convince others it is not a scam as I can not show them any proof... A lot of that seems to me to be the new nature of the service. Do you call the auditors of charities you donate to or banks you maintain accounts in, or do you substantially simply trust their reports? I don't go around trying to convince people that e-gold is not a scam because I have no reason to believe that it _is_ a scam. I have purchased goods and services using e-gold, I've accepted e- gold as payment, and I've used Omnipay to convert balances to cash. The checks have never bounced. The Enron case established that an audit is not necessarily a valid clean bill of health. Ultimately, I have to trust e-gold/Nevis/the escrow company/the trust to fulfill their contractual obligations, and my recourse is to take them to court for fraud if I believe they haven't done so. That's the case with _any_ good or service. Of course, in response to this thread, I did decide to do a little looking around. Something referring to itself as Central Escrow Agency Limited reported on a February 2001 inspection of reserves as noted here: http://www.e-gold.com/ceal-inspection-2001-02-22.htm Any idea what Central Escrow Agency Limited is? I find no references to it other than in relation to e-gold, so I don't know if it's a third party or not. This is what is lacking in the e-gold system. Who tells me the gold is really there and not evaporated into thin air or consumed by the owners of e-gold. E-Gold does. You either trust/expect them to fulfill their contractual obligations or you don't. If you don't, you shouldn't be dealing with them. If you do, you can still get screwed. Just as you can by the mechanic who tells you that he replaced the fuel pump, etc. This is known as life. You have recourse to the courts in case of fraud. In my perspective. E-gold is not a valid payment method for anything more than say $20 in gold until it is clear WHERE the gold is. The EXACT ammount, WHO audited it (a proper BIG company like KPMG, or similar) and a telephone number from the auditors that we can call to verify e-gold's claims. Just like people could call up Arthur Andersen and be told that Enron was sound? It is not that I am paranoid but a simple 'trust us, your gold is safe' really does not cut it for a payment system. :-) I think any 12 year old will agree on that. It's been the basis for deposit/transaction systems since they were invented. Another point that really worries me is that e-gold's servers are stored in the US of A. and not in a proper 'international' juristriction like the Channel islands or whatever. We can be sure anything e-gold is monitored by Echelon and that it is not as anonymous as we might think it is. :-( That's a valid criticism. Of course, if you want true anonymity, the thing to do would be to set up an alternate, offshore, totally encrypted network for transacting e-gold balances outside of the e- gold system itself ... but you'd then be trusting the other transactors, since an audit would be effectively impossible (you might not even know who they ARE). I hope someone is listening to this as the previous times I saw similar postings here the discussion died out very fast without a proper solution in sight. I think it might be _worthwhile_ for e-gold to commission an outside audit by a reputable company; I'm not especially concerned about it, though. My greater concern would be some government descending upon the depository and confiscating the metal. Tom -- Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others. -- Edward Abbey --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
[e-gold-list] Re: Hey, where's the beef. (or gold in this case)
On 17 May 2002, at 15:20, SnowDog wrote: Any idea what Central Escrow Agency Limited is? I find no references to it other than in relation to e-gold, so I don't know if it's a third party or not. Yes, they are the same group operating the Centrul Fund of Canada, for the past 40 years. This is is a gold and silver fund which trades on the AMEX, under the symbol CEF. Their website is http://www.centralfund.com/ . Last year they performed as E-Gold's Escrow Agent, counter-signing when bars of gold were taken out of the E-Gold System. Thanks for the information. I find that reassuring, to the extent that I needed reassurance (although that is obviously not as much as some of e-gold's account holders -- part of my comfort level may be that I don't have a great deal of money in the system). E-Gold does. You either trust/expect them to fulfill their contractual obligations or you don't. If you don't, you shouldn't be dealing with them. If you do, you can still get screwed. Just as you can by the mechanic who tells you that he replaced the fuel pump, etc. This is known as life. You have recourse to the courts in case of fraud. It seems to me that you're thinking of E-Gold more as a payment system, than as an internet money. As a money, I would expect a higher confidence level, than a payment system. I have complete confidence in the owners of E-Gold. I have been convinced. However, it's certainly understandable that others may not wish to keep a large amount of e-gold, without more confidence in the system. I, too, have been convinced. However, I _do_ think of e-gold as money -- I just think of it as money in the same sense that most people do. Ever since the introduction of fiat currency, people have generally regarded money _as_ a payment system, backed by nothing more than the full faith and credit of a group of liars jotting down numbers in the ledgers of a central bank that is either controlled by, or granted a monopoly by, government. To the extent that e-gold _offers_ itself as a higher standard -- a real, gold-backed currency -- I suppose that they should be _held_ to a higher standard of verification; but an escrow report is enough for me to place more faith and credit in them than a bureaucrat's assurance that yep, our meaningless numbers add up. The bottom line for me is that I try not to do business with people I don't trust, at least not more than once (then I _decide_ whether to trust them or not). I watched e-gold for awhile before putting any of my assets into it, and I found no reason to believe that they were engaged in anything but honest enterprise. Since coming on board, I've used e-gold in various ways, with nary a problem (well, actually I had a problem with a third party, but it wasn't a trust problem it was that my previous computer, an old Mac, couldn't seem to work with BananaGold's Java stuff -- now that I'm on a PC, guess how I'll be paying for my Amazon purchases?) I suppose it is _possible_ that some day I'll receive an email from someone telling me try to log in! They're gone! They took the money and moved to Lima! But I seriously doubt it. I figure I'm more likely to get stiffed for change on a twenty at the local department store. Regards, Tom Knapp -- Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others. -- Edward Abbey --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
