[e-gold-list] Re: List DEAD :-(

2001-10-02 Thread jpm
>Let's say I want to know whether e-gold and "gold itself" are effectively >the same commodity. Julian, they self-evidently are NOT the same "commodity", they are not the same thing. ("commodity" is a technical term, let's just say "thing".) Also Julian, when you say "gold itself" in this sen

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Fed Dances

2001-10-02 Thread David Brooks
>Q: How would you go about abolishing the Federal Reserve? Almost all >USD in circulation are debts to the Federal Reserve. How would you >replace this debt-backed currency with an other type? Since 'backed' currency is the most desire money, and the total amount of gold (silver, platinum, p

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Fed Dances

2001-10-02 Thread Craig Spencer
> However, WITH a Federal Reserve system in place, you can't just 'leave the > economy alone'. I think that is what I said. That is one reason (of many) it should be abolished. > Q: How would you go about abolishing the Federal Reserve? Almost all USD in > circulation are debts to the Federa

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Fed Dances

2001-10-02 Thread SnowDog
> Nevertheless, the answer given you was correct. Leaving the economy > alone is best. However, this entails abolishing fiat money since the > very existence of fiat money is a massive economic intervention by the > state. The only policy to recommend to the Federal Reserve is for it > to abol

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Fed Dances

2001-10-02 Thread Craig Spencer
SnowDog, > > > What would you do to boost the economy? > > > > Me? I wouldn't do anything to boost it. It should be left entirely > > on it's own. This is a perfect response to the question! > Unfortunately, with a debt-backed currency, (unlike an asset-backed > currency, like gold), it's no

[e-gold-list] Re: Cheapest Callback-service payable by e-gold?

2001-10-02 Thread George Matyjewicz
At 12:36 PM 10/2/2001 -0400, tom tommy wrote: >I have started a project to make cheap callback services available >internationally via payment through e-gold. > >Before really digging into coding and other time consuming work, I'd >appreciate some feedback on this list, if such a service would be

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Fed Dances

2001-10-02 Thread SnowDog
> > What would you do to boost the economy? > > > > Just curious... ;] > > > > ...! > > Me? I wouldn't do anything to boost it. It should be left entirely > on it's own. It's amazing that most didn't learn a thing from > the self imposed implosion (an economic event) of the former USSR. > Or Japan

[e-gold-list] Re: Cheapest Callback-service payable by e-gold?

2001-10-02 Thread James M. Ray
At 12:57 PM -0400 10/02/2001, tom tommy wrote: >Hi, I assumed the callback concept would be known. I myself use such an >account since years, but it was always a nitemare to fund it, even with a >credit card they have high hurdles, which are counter productive to any >privacy (like utility bills,

[e-gold-list] Re: Cheapest Callback-service payable by e-gold?

2001-10-02 Thread tom tommy
Hi, I assumed the callback concept would be known. I myself use such an account since years, but it was always a nitemare to fund it, even with a credit card they have high hurdles, which are counter productive to any privacy (like utility bills, etc.) Callback gives you the cheapest possible ra

[e-gold-list] Re: Cheapest Callback-service payable by e-gold?

2001-10-02 Thread David Brooks
Tom, Could you expand a little on what your 'callback service' will do? Dave Brooks Editor / Bricks of Gold Website & eZine --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did you know that e-metal is a wonderful holi

[e-gold-list] Re: its easy

2001-10-02 Thread Alexis Golzman
(This was about the convenience of using GBCs): > amazon.com does ALMOST ALL the online shopping, and you can use > amazon.com via bananagold.com, as do HUNDREDS of egold users. > > Indeed, bananagold even has competition in metalproxy.com, which I > believe does barnesnoble.com. > > EVERYTHI

[e-gold-list] Cheapest Callback-service payable by e-gold?

2001-10-02 Thread tom tommy
Hello folks, I have started a project to make cheap callback services available internationally via payment through e-gold. Before really digging into coding and other time consuming work, I'd appreciate some feedback on this list, if such a service would be used by this community. Looking fo

[e-gold-list] Re: Price of physical gold and e-gold in circulation

2001-10-02 Thread Dmitry Salnikov
Hello All, There is a simple explanation about 5 bars less in e-gold vaults. A number of mass media sources have advised to buy two weeks supply of canned food and other emergency supplies, like early warning report for investors -- http://www.chaostan.com/ The people who have spare money to f

[e-gold-list] Price of physical gold and e-gold in circulation

2001-10-02 Thread James M. Ray
(Subject-line changed, to better-reflect reality.) At 09:07 AM -0500 10/02/2001, Julian Dibbell wrote: ... >Well, now, dangit, Jim, you may be right. You usually are. But help me out >here. The reason I'm assuming the price of gold in fact has PLENTY to do >with the circulation of e-gold goes som

[e-gold-list] Re: The future for gold backed currency??

2001-10-02 Thread Fidex Marketing
Greetings to the list... This is the first time I have posted here but some of you already know me as we are in the process of adding e-gold market maker facilities and debit cards to our payment processing system which is essentially designed for low-value international payments such as e-com

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Fed Dances

2001-10-02 Thread Bob
eCurrencyCrawler wrote: > > > http://www.bananagold.com/bob.html > > The article is a bit "off the mark" seeing as it is not uncommon for > interest rates to be extremely low or negative values in a downward > economy... > > "Whacky" wouldn't be the exact term I would use... I would much rather

[e-gold-list] Re: List DEAD :-(

2001-10-02 Thread Julian Dibbell
Thanks for everybody's clueful answers to my possibly clueless question. They'd all be interesting to grapple with, but since Luc Van den Borre and Jim Ray both challenge me to justify an assumption others seem to take for granted, let me see if I'm up to that. Specifically, Luc asks: "Why would

[e-gold-list] Re: List Dead - but now has apparently become reanimated

2001-10-02 Thread jrw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- re: the hows and whats of e-gold backups it sounds like there may be enough interest in the user community to have us pop out some kind of briefing or summary on e-gold system architecture. stay tuned for that. for now - e-gold does indeed maintain offsite b