[e-gold-list] Alexa

At 9:48 AM +1100 12/5/03, Jonathan Boles wrote: ... >No. Considering that the vast majority of internet users DON'T have it >installed, your claims of even partial "accuracy" are complete bull. Alexa only measures IE use, and everyone here uses Mozilla by now (www.mozilla.org) don't they?? T

[e-gold-list] Re: gold price downturn and investment vehicles

At 5:12 PM +1300 12/4/03, Sidd wrote: >Here's an interesting observation: > ... >You Americans must be really pissed at how your currency is being >destroyed! So far, it doesn't seem to be much of an issue. Most folks have probably forgotten the high inflation days of the '70s by now, so it's a pe

[e-gold-list] Re: SS Republic wreck is FOUND!!!

At 2:40 PM -0800 12/3/03, David Beroff wrote: ... >Forgive my naivette, but wouldn't the proceeds belong >to the insurance firm which covered the original wreck? ... Well, there are a variety of legal doctrines which apply to abandoned property, and the law would probably want to _encourage_ under

[e-gold-list] SS Republic wreck is FOUND!!!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/12/1201_031201_republic.html or http://makeashorterlink.com/?F278153B6 with $400,000 - oops, I mean $180 MILLION (now!) worth of gold! And it's in INTERNATIONAL waters, so finders-keepers is still possible! WooHoo! Hopefully good video soon of the loot

[e-gold-list] Another reason to use Mozilla

Today's my birthday, but I don't want anything for Jim Ray, except: http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/donate.html please give e-metal to Mozilla if you like their browser, and if you have not tried Mozilla, you're missing something very good. You will thank me (just for tabbed browsing) if you t

[e-gold-list] interesting White Paper

The Green Sheet, Inc. · in Print White Paper: History's Lesson: How the Global Ecomony Can Benefit >From Non-cash Payments ... Even though e-gold & other alternative currencies aren't mentioned, it's an interesting read (ok, I only skimmed

[e-gold-list] Re: what's a DDOS

At 10:27 PM +1100 11/25/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... >However a distributed DOS attack can be very sophisticated indeed. > >A ddos attack might very much NOT be a "script kiddie," but could be >a "real" hacker - definitely. A ddos attack could be mossad, or >maybe just script kiddies. > >D-d

[e-gold-list] what's a DDOS

At 5:32 AM -0500 11/25/03, Jon Jensen wrote: ... >If someone has these details maybe they can make a new posting to let >others know the basics. (Google's your friend for details, but...) A DDOS is a Distributed Denial of Service attack. It's accomplished when a script-kiddy (they're almost-never

[e-gold-list] Re: the BEST way to save money

At 2:04 PM -0500 11/24/03, Patrick Chkoreff wrote: ... what in the WORLD is this supposed to mean? > >> "Measured with a diverse group of retailers, spending by [store-issued >> credit cardholders] averages from 24 percent to nearly 70 percent more >> per purchase," GE Consumer Finance sales lite

[e-gold-list] the BEST way to save money

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/pp/03328/242570.stm "Don't spend it with credit cards." This lesson is another reason that e-metal makes a *GREAT* holiday gift! JMR --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e

[e-gold-list] Re: monthly billing

At 6:32 AM -0500 11/24/03, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Does anyone know if there is any solution yet available for automated >monthly billing via e-gold? Monthly billing would be easy. For example, http://101574-USD10.e-gold.com asks for ten bucks US worth of e-gold ( http://sci.e-gold.com has a

[e-gold-list] Re: trusting e-gold

At 6:54 PM +0200 11/20/03, Danny Van den Berghe wrote: >> ... >> >I am looking for a really simple way to prevent theft from my account. >> ... >> >> Three words: "Buy a Mac!" :) (I couldn't resist, and JP would >> have said it anyway!) ... >A Mac or whatever doesn't solve the question at all. A

[e-gold-list] Re: trusting e-gold

At 1:02 PM +0200 11/20/03, Danny Van den Berghe wrote: ... >And of course an email will warn you that the payment delay setting has been >changed in your account. > I'm dubious of the benefits of this feature, it seems to me that the LACK of any delay is part of e-gold's charm, but... > >... > >I

[e-gold-list] Re: Finding serious e-gold investors...

At 3:29 PM +1300 11/19/03, Sidd wrote: ... >James M. Ray wrote: >> Can you prove to me that Via >> Mat blue seal 0100601 is intact by alleging it on the internet? >> No, not even ... > >You can prove it yourself Jim... look up the escrow agent's phone >numbe

[e-gold-list] Re: Finding serious e-gold investors...

At 9:04 AM +1300 11/19/03, Sidd wrote: ... >So let's re-word my original statement. IMO Pecunix and Goldmoney are > more serious because they have PROOF that they have the gold in a >vault. Frankly, Sidd, I see little difference with e-gold's examiner (and nobody has ever touched stats). I bel

[e-gold-list] Re: Finding serious e-gold investors...

At 6:16 PM -0800 11/17/03, Katz Global Media wrote: > ... >I would tend to believe that there would be a lot of people running around >with e-gold who would at least listen to an invesment opportunity although i >don't know how far you will get with an offering backed by an adult site >venture. Tha

[e-gold-list] Re: Finding serious e-gold investors...

At 4:09 PM -0500 11/17/03, Patrick Chkoreff wrote: ... >Jim, do you know if e-gold will ever again commission an audit? > I don't speak for e-gold or make their decisions about how and where to spend money. Sometimes, that's a particularly-good thing for e-gold Ltd. and e-gold users. Allow me to e

[e-gold-list] Re: Finding serious e-gold investors...

At 9:30 AM +1300 11/18/03, Sidd wrote: ... > >You may be looking in the wrong place... > >As you say, the e-gold type investor is frequently of the HYIP type. I disagree. Many people who use e-gold (including investors in such things as DBourse and other projects) eschew HYIP scams. Just because

[e-gold-list] Admin-repost (lyris problems)

For some reason, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is having trouble posting (and I'm seeing nothing from Lyris) so I am reposting his message below. Needless to say, I'm not [EMAIL PROTECTED] & [EMAIL PROTECTED] is not me, so please ask [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have any questions. Thanks. JMR =

[e-gold-list] Re: e-Gold account "balance limit"?

At 4:15 AM -0500 11/17/03, Agnes wrote: ... > >I'm trying to deposit $50 using egold. I've tried 10,20,30, and 40 >as well and keep getting this message: >Cannot preview spend, the error is: >The account you are trying to pay () has a Balance Limit >imposed that prevents this payment. Spend

[e-gold-list] Re: E-land, nuts, savings

At 6:02 PM -0800 11/16/03, Westgarth Books wrote: >Wow. I think that's the longest email anyone's ever posted to the e-gold list! ... Agreed. Perhaps it's time for me to once-again beg for folks to stick to the topic of MONEY in its various forms around these parts. As I've said before, other list

[e-gold-list] TGC draw poker match 6PM EST today (Friday)

Since it's been a while, let's give TGC's multiplayer poker a little workout this evening. I believe 6PM will be GMT 11.14 23:00 on the casino's own clock (a little more than 3.5 hours from now). http://2465679.thegoldcasino.com (for those who have yet to sign up!) Everyone bring just 5g (JP!) and

[e-gold-list] Re: an odd little piece of spam

James M. Ray wrote: ... I'm told the Payoil.com site has VBscripts (using Mozilla on a Mac, I didn't even notice!) so please be careful if you use windows and actually clicked the site. JMR --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blan

[e-gold-list] an odd little piece of spam

Doubtless you'll all be seeing this, don't bother clicking their link, it takes you to a site that is currently "under constraction"[SIC] Anyway, as the spam notes, e-gold is now seven years old, and I suppose it's not too early for me to renew my tradition of saying, "e-metal makes a GREAT gift!"

[e-gold-list] Re: Well this is a new one!

Adam Selene wrote: ... Also, if you use Outlook Express, you should go Tools/ Options, Read tab and check "Read all messages in plaintext". If you use Outlook in any of its forms, you need to try Mozilla. The price is right (but please help me by asking them to take e-gold as a donation-method!) a

[e-gold-list] Re: Just when you thought it was safe...

Mike Schneider wrote: ... What the world needs is a world-wide private-sector 24/7 stock-market exchange which converts currency on-the-fly to e-gold and is not enslaved to government edict or regulatory shenanigans. Anyone out there trying to set one up? Well, things like www.roboxchange.com an

[e-gold-list] Re: e-wine, e-land, e-gold

With the exception of cigars (hmmm...Another one of my vices!) I'm having trouble thinking of things which reliably go up in value if/when stored properly, and could therefore at least mitigate if not eliminate storage fees for a "currency" backed-up by them. Any help? JMR PS Let's try not to spell

[e-gold-list] The problem of land value (was:Re: gold four pillars)

olicy has not changed. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG HozxIQj+8xdSfr7ZZo6guciDUKnFJJEE31Al2Fhv 4jXNrFvK7M4yAQWtRpp1dgx1ztVuF9+g2LedZk4Tn --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank emai

[e-gold-list] Nuts

his > pocket. So he says. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG Y41YSAPRlJNmFOGpi944ixtBJdGVyl35vI+LFoXK 4Ynxs6+aY9eA8Y7xamMlyuIKvGtfmi2cIdcPLPeXj --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscri

[e-gold-list] Re: SCI generator, please assist!

Graham Kelly wrote: I need to generate a SCI payment script to my e-gold account #103346, for $5000, being a deposit for the UFO gyroplane I'm selling. I've checked the e-gold site for instructions, but simply cannot find the details. Can some kind person assist? e-gold $5000 #103346 Memo " UFO Gy

[e-gold-list] Re: density and other matters - e-land now!

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... The various points people have made (including me) about why land is not suitable as a Money are all very well. But that's a theory, observation would be the final test! ... I still think e-wine (properly storing good reds) would be better. Think about the joy of

[e-gold-list] the story of music & money on the 'net

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/33850.html Jobs: "It's not a money maker." Jim Ray (if only I could actually talk to Steve): "Try e-gold." (Because of the iPod...) I think Apple will at least be around to hear me -- someday. JMR --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL

[e-gold-list] WorldPay DDOS attacked

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/33799.html Has details. JMR --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 sho

[e-gold-list] Re: Interesting Change

Patrick Chkoreff wrote: ... I took a look but I don't see what changed. The interface forces you to choose the units (e.g. grams or dollars) explicitly, but didn't it always do that? What am I missing? Before, it defaulted to grams, and now you choose your units explicitly (no default weight/fi

[e-gold-list] Re: decision time for gold price!

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... So right NOW (well in next day's NY trading) this critical decision is being made! Hey Joel, do you have something like a graph of the predictions at gold-price.net that might tell us which way things might go? I guess since your prize is 20 grams nobody has been all-

[e-gold-list] Re: How good is gold?

I think the answer to JP's question is that any kind of stuff, whether it's gold or real estate location-location-locations, will be as good as they are perceived as scarce by those that desire them. If alchemy became easy tomorrow and gold suddenly quit being rare, human beings would probably st

[e-gold-list] Re: Rebilling idea

David Hillary wrote: ... The problem with this is that it is not secure to log in from an emailed link. True, you'd want your customers to already be expecting an email from you with the link at that time of the subscription period. ... banking). However it seems to be taking a while for any of th

[e-gold-list] Re: Rebilling idea

I think this is already possible, with use of the easy URL generator at http://sci.e-gold.com combined with sending an email monthly/weekly/whenever. For example, if you click http://101574-USD10.e-gold.com it goes right to the spend page, and tries to give me ten bucks worth of e-gold (but please

[e-gold-list] e-wine again (was:Re: How good is gold?)

Danny Van den Berghe wrote: ... Gold does not decay, but it does also not grow. ... But land does grow stuff, and that's where it beats gold. Every 20 years I can cut big trees on the land and harvest wood, or perhaps every year I can pick apples... ... Years ago, a system for "electronically di

[e-gold-list] Re: Shares N Gold continued

hen it comes to money (and of course, gold is the most-emotional variety of money). The article at the URL below is a pretty good look at emotion, math, and money. JMR <http://www.techcentralstation.com/102403F.html> Tech Central Station Second That Emotion By James K. Glassman Publish

[e-gold-list] user "security" is hopeless & Halifax bank knows it.

http://theregister.co.uk/content/56/33599.html and http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/33602.html Oh well. The Reg seems to be doing well tonight... JMR --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Sec

[e-gold-list] e-gold scheduled downtime notification

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 see: Scheduled Downtime link on the e-gold home page when: Friday, October 31, 2003 0900 EDT to Friday, October 31, 2003 1100 EDT (see web page for links to convert times to your local timezone) what: routine system maintenance during the time listed on

[e-gold-list] Re: TGC IPO Now Clear!

Danny Van den Berghe wrote: ... They may have changed their mind seeing that the ipo could fail if unsold shares keep depressing the price for too long. I still fail to see how they were failing if shares sold slower than they've actually sold, or why they'd bother to try to manipulate share price

[e-gold-list] Re: TGC IPO Now Clear!

Danny Van den Berghe wrote: ... I meant the bid/offer book doesn't look very good. It doesn't matter if the company is small, if there are more bids than offers it means there is good demand out there and the stock probably set to rise. We see the opposite for TGC. (Like the bids) I suspect not al

[e-gold-list] Re: TGC IPO Now Clear!

Danny Van den Berghe wrote: The TGC IPO shares are now all sold. The secondary market is wide open now. https://www.dbourse.com/guests/ ... Hmm, let me do my job and rain a little bit on the parade again :-) Ok, as long as I can filter the rain a bit... I just had a little look at the bid/offer

[e-gold-list] Re: Casino Technology/Algorithms

Adam Selene wrote: ... Also, do most online backjack games deal from an infinite shoot, or from a fixed shoot? (the former consumes signifinantly less server resources given you don't have to track remaining cards in shoots). Since one can count cards perfectly online, what's the minimum safe sho

[e-gold-list] Re: 1 TGC Share left at 100g!

Asiana Gold wrote: https://www.dbourse.com/guests/ TGC share holders enjoy! ... 100 gram TGCshares are now gone. My sincere congratulations to the innovaters at The Gold Casino! (Anyone up for some Friday- afternoon poker?!?) JMR --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROT

[e-gold-list] Re:2 will Google emulate TGC???

I wrote, and Lyris apparently munged: http://news.ft.com/ (an immense URL which acted like an attachment, apparently) Let's see if this gets through. http://makeashorterlink.com/?D2B133256 Especially interesting is the article's mention of scandal-prevention as a possible motivation for doing

[e-gold-list] will Google emulate TGC???

http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.txt/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1066565323583&p=1012571727092 An attachment in your E-mail has been deleted by the SonicWALL Virus Filter. See your network administrator for details. e's mention of scandal-prevention as a possib

[e-gold-list] HUGE, long-term Australian bank heist

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/17/1066364488821.html He snagged almost $19 million over 5 years, and his bank had no idea until he confessed he'd gambled it all away on slow horses! I wonder how much longer he could have gone-on, if he'd only kept his nerve and kept-on stealing & betti

[e-gold-list] Re: Difference between bank wire and ACH ?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... dude you're spreading BS, no offense. stop it ! Simple fact: wires are not safe, wires can be reversed. What I said is that wires are safer than ACH. Yes, wires can be reversed, and the whole banking system is way confusing, but I still think a wire's much better t

[e-gold-list] Re: Difference between bank wire and ACH ?

E-gold member wrote: ... My dim understanding is that wires are like rifle-shots while an ACH retains some of the boomerang-characteristics of a check while avoiding the costly and inconvenient pieces of paper for the bank. Then it seems to me an ACH is more complicated and should thus be bette

[e-gold-list] Re: question on coins

Wilkinson Jens wrote: ... > When dealing with paper money and coins, is there really a > good reason to have coins at all? ... Well, aside from the historical reasons, there are emotional reasons to have coins, IMO. Everyone needs to feel a one oz gold or silver coin and play with it for a whil

[e-gold-list] Re: Difference between bank wire and ACH ?

(I have VERY-limited knowledge of banking/banks, but...) My dim understanding is that wires are like rifle-shots while an ACH retains some of the boomerang-characteristics of a check (meaning they can reverse your $$ on a whim!) while avoiding the costly and inconvenient pieces of paper for the ba

[e-gold-list] The History Channel

Has had some really good shows on lately about the history of gold's use as money and early USA mining history. Those of you who get it should tune in for some fascinating stuff. (I just found out the origin of the term "in a pinch" referred to how much gold dust a bartender could pinch from a thir

[e-gold-list] What they advocate

is, as previously mentioned, political and therefore off-topic for here, but http://www.termlimits.org/donate/cs.html what they accept isn't. "Throw the rascals out" if you're in the USA and care about such things. This guy's email alerts can be pretty-amusing even if you aren't in the USA (or don

[e-gold-list] Re: EGOLD HACKING SOFTWARE !! (is this real?!)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... letting me know the > passphrase to e-gold account 100998 would be a step > towards convincing me otherwise. ... But if that were possible they'd have cracked 101574 over a year ago. It's just a scam, folks (probably one that installs a keystroke logger for any of th

[e-gold-list] This month's Windows-patches

http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/33428.html and other sites have more... This one sounds like worm-bait, I give it less than a week, so http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/winoct03.asp or http://makeashorterlink.com/?G2AF32B36 for the download

[e-gold-list] Blank-sides on bills (was: Re: Offtopic discussions)

Robert B.Z. wrote: ... On a different note, I would like to invite people on this list, to join me with drafting a petition to the US gov and fed, asking them to issue bank notes with a white, blank side on the reverse. This would not only increase the usefulness (one could scribble down memos, sta

[e-gold-list] Moderation markets (was: Re: Offtopic discussions)

Robert B.Z. wrote: Wouldn't you then risk Moderator battles? Sounds profitable, I'd want a share of the battlefield, but as a hypothetical owner I'd consider those a reward, not a risk of doing business! ;) "Oooohh? You moderateed my post? Wait, I'll buy some mod points and moderate it right bac

[e-gold-list] Re: Offtopic discussions

John Deere wrote: All: I've noticed a couple messages posted by JMR asking that discussions unrelated to money or digital currencies be kept to a minimum. Please accept my invitation to bring your political, philosophical, cultural and religious opinions and comments to LibertyForum (http://www.

[e-gold-list] TGC stats finally

indicate a 'bot has probably just appeared...Anyone here willing to own-up to it? JMR --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) vi

[e-gold-list] Re: The new US $20s

David Beroff wrote: ... And, btw, what does this have to do with e-gold? ;-) Nothing, but the charter of the list is MONEY, especially but not exclusively the electronic kind. The name is merely an artifact from the 1996-98 period, when e-gold was alone in the field, but all the electronic & non

[e-gold-list] Re: Income tax

Folks, please. Let's discuss money, not taxes (which, in my experience, are the closest thing to the opposite of money). JMR --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) w

[e-gold-list] The new US $20s

Any experiences with them yet? So far the marketing campaign behind them sponsored a History Channel show about the early American gold mines. I haven't yet gotten one in change, but I'm avoiding banks so it will be "in the wild" when I do. JMR --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as

[e-gold-list] Re: outside eBay countries

steak" involved in marketing something that will "accidentally" become the open source reputation-agency James and others have long foreseen, IMO. A simple game, or something like "Friendster" or even a dating service might someday eclipse ebay as a reputation-rating agency as the &

[e-gold-list] outside eBay countries

bay owned reputations. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG ckCWxPM/PYjtApSqQAISsmMtc6aAIBT8TDgVj2zh 4ZXr7FMRXoIK6xea2t49E+mnNqCdTLp5cHArm1BIx --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a

[e-gold-list] Re: GetPaid Egold to read Email

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1700+ members and growing at www.read4gold.com Get Paid to Read Emails and to visit advertisers sites Payouts are automated and processed in real time to your egold account. ... This is really cool, IMO. Every microgram of gold this guy gets could have gone to spammers,

[e-gold-list] 2EVERYONE - URGENT

Please look at this situation with speedyexchange and judge for yourself. Even if he thinks the order is fraudulent, he MUST return the funds to the originating account. Am I right? At this point he just claimed over 2 thousand of my money and thinks he can get away with that. Please I need your op

[e-gold-list] Re: BEWARE: SPEEDYEXCHANGE IS A SCAM

Oh look at this - he finally replied. Ofcourse a few hours after I post here. Look at this moron. Ofcourse claiming to "discover a big fraud" like they all do. "We are sorry but we did not scam you. It seems that you are trying to scam us. So please be serious and mind your own business. You can p

[e-gold-list] BEWARE: SPEEDYEXCHANGE IS A SCAM

Please be advised that Speedyexchange.com is a scam. Recieved my wire over a week ago, confirmed they got the funds that day, and disappeared. They are ignoring all of my emails, the contact information is false (the phone number is an answering machine that one can get for a few bucks). The amount

[e-gold-list] counterfeiters "think big"

http://www.wmtw.com/Global/story.asp?S=1469341 I'm amazed they managed to circulate 500 of them, and while I'm against crime just like everyone else, I've got to admire the pure chutzpah of these crooks counterfeiting a denomination that never even existed! JMR --- You are currently subscribed t

[e-gold-list] Actually-smart cards

http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/33218.html these are said to be programmable by the user, but they're unfortunately not available yet... JMR --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Random

[e-gold-list] Re: Has any had dealings?

Maha AL-Menieir wrote: Dear Norman, This site http://eomplus.com/ seems promising. I got involved once with This guy http://www.mark-knutson.com/ promised a lot less... Those who want something for nothing tend to get (wait for it!) nothing! some similar promising site and they turned out to be

[e-gold-list] A cool thing happened at the casino today

TGC now has a rudimentary Stats-page! Awesome continued-leadership, guys, congrats!!! How about a month or six-month lookback, on its own page?! JMR http://2465679.thegoldcasino.com (my referral link gets you there as well as anything!) --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL

[e-gold-list] Re: Low-priority (was:Re: Doug, Jim, Jay, Anybody ...)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Not everyone plays so fast and loose with his trust, of course. I'm not sure trusting individuals instead of groups is playing fast & loose, these days. Before Enron, someone might have been able to get me to partially-trust a "big 5" (or however many were left...) acc

[e-gold-list] TGC's latest prize (5oz.)

I wonder how soon the old 'bots will descend upon them? I wish they had a real stats page, instead of ancient-stats! A real stats- page at TGC would rock, and we'd be able to see the results of their promotions (ie, a swarm of robots trying to win!). JMR --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold

[e-gold-list] Low-priority (was:Re: Doug, Jim, Jay, Anybody ...)

1. Accountants I've seen have not adjusted their prices to reflect the much-lower trust their industry has earned in the wake of Enron, etc. Slowly, the business world is adjusting the prices for them ("would you like fries with that?") -- a good thing, IMO. I can't trust the big ones, and nobody e

[e-gold-list] And another one down, another one down...

The same-ol' dust gets bitten-again, this time by Citibank. JMR Subject: Important c2it Service Closure Notice Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:43:38 -0700 (PDT) From: c2it by Citibank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dear c2it(sm) Member, Effective November 9, 2003, the c2it service will be discontinue

[e-gold-list] micropayment articles

Responding to an article which didn't-mention e-gold: http://shirky.com/writings/fame_vs_fortune.html Scott McCloud (who gets paid by BitPass, it seems...) wrote: http://www.scottmccloud.com/home/essays/2003-09-micros/micros.html Which features some intersting ideas and touts the wrong payment-

[e-gold-list] Re: DGCBank Launched

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... For more information please visit us at www.dgcbank.com ... Interesting. The FAQ says they're not an exchange service, but maybe they need to rephrase that, since they appear to offer dollar denominated plastic cards to account holders, presumably in exchange for spend

[e-gold-list] physical tokens (was: Re: The sky is crowded?)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: " ... the kiosk could easily become a 'password harvester' ... e-gold needs some kind of token system before this can be practical." Do you mean physical tokens? ... Yes, he does. For most users, their computer is the *problem*, although telling them the truth about this

[e-gold-list] Re: Future of Money Summit

FileMatrix wrote: http://www.futureofmoneysummit.com/terra-project.php Really weird project! I guess when I'll want to redeem some money, I'll ask for some vodka! ... http://www.davinciinstitute.com/quotes.php (skip to near the bottom) has some of their more-authoritarian nutcase-ideas. It's fun

[e-gold-list] Re: JP, how would you respond to....

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... It's just so anecdotal - incidental (ie, about one incident). Say Walt Disney STOLE Mickey from someone else, Under the terms of what the late Mr. Disney's company wanted (and got! From the late ski-slope-disaster named Sonny Bono), Professor Lessig is actually sayi

[e-gold-list] Re: JP, how would you respond to....

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://freenet.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=philosophy Ian Clarke's points (I agree more with him than I do with you, my friend, but you make good points). JMR its babble, not worth responding too, Jim! The "babble" seems to be backed-up by some math in this case, J

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[e-gold-list] YeeHah! Finally!!!

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_822534.html?menu=news.quirkies or http://makeashorterlink.com/?A2DF32FF5 A fun ad, and someone wants to ban it. Can anyone read the Russian text of the ad & translate for us? Thanks. JMR --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T

[e-gold-list] Re: WARNING: www.e-gold3.com

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: remember that just *loading* a malicious page with Internet Explorer - subject to vulnerabilities such as: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-22.html can end up with your Windows machine being infected. ... http://www.mozilla.org has an alternative browser which doe

[e-gold-list] Re: dBourse v NYSE

Danny Van den Berghe wrote: ... Given the number of companies that trade on nyse and nasdaq, if Dbourse is equally safe it will have just one scandal every 1 years or so. Well, this assumes the number of companies matters, rather than ethical/governance/board-competence issues. ... I think th

[e-gold-list] Re: dBourse v NYSE

Katz Global Media wrote: ... >I am not attacking dbourse, I just think this conversation so far has been >too one sided, almost to the point of advertisement. Well, my point isn't an ad, it's a financial scandal (and I *AM* attacking the New York Stock Exchange, I think they have ethical/board i

[e-gold-list] Re: More NYSE scandals (was: Re: Danny's $130)

Arik Schenkler wrote: Jim shalom, You comparison of NYSE to Dbourse remindes me of a joke. The elephent and the mouse are running together. The mouse sais to the elephent: "look how much dust WE make while running". ... :^) Good one! But still, I think you'd admit that the recent scandals h

[e-gold-list] Re: More NYSE scandals (was: Re: Danny's $130)

Arik Schenkler wrote: ... Great for you. You mean Dbourse? (TGC is one (first & only) company in the Dbourse exchange) Yes. I'll now state publicly that I trust DBourse more than I trust the NYSE. For one thing, the wrong guy (the overpaid/underperforming executive/regulator -- as if one person ca

[e-gold-list] More NYSE scandals (was: Re: Danny's $130)

Joseph Firmino wrote: ... 2. "I think the publicity selling of TGC shares is quite dangerous." I chose #2 because that seems to be what everyone is doing. I wouldn't quite call it hype but the lack of public fundamentals leaves us with bald publicity as our only means of judging TGC's worth. I ha

[e-gold-list] Re: Diamonds vs Gold (was: Re: When e-gold takes off in a big way)

Perhaps things like ease-of-duplication reducing scarcity may someday cause huge jewelry market changes, say if something like turquoise or cat's eyes suddenly became harder to produce (mine) than synthetic diamonds or rubies. I can't wait for the hot new diamond-based chips, but make my money meta

[e-gold-list] Diamonds vs Gold (was: Re: When e-gold takes off in a big way)

The diamond market is about like the "Precious Moments" figurines market, with Debeers replacing the ceramics co. but they could easily "inflate" the diamond market hugely because they have tremendous stores of them. I am constantly urging the female members of my family (especially my mom) to fors

[e-gold-list] Hollywood helps the new peach & blue $20

http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=38718 It also has a link to a pretty nice pic of the new bill's front side. The ad agencies gave it a tagline: "Safer, Smarter & More Secure" (translation: "counterfeiting's probably a bigger problem than we'll ever be willing to admit!"). JMR --- You are cur

[e-gold-list] Re: The REAL perspective!

Graham Kelly wrote: Guys, Even when the ecurrencies are 1000 times bigger, it will only be a fraction of a fraction of a percentage of the worlds economies... ... Graham's right. To illustrate this, I saw a story yesterday on a line of small cute ceramic statues called "Precious Moments." These

[e-gold-list] Mugabe's "bearer checks"

http://www.sabcnews.com/Article/PrintWholeStory/0,2160,65959,00.html Wow. The fastest shrinking economy on the planet! JMR --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) wh

[e-gold-list] Re: When e-gold takes off in a big way

FileMatrix wrote: ... And even it were possible to make it from led, the day gold will be created on industrial scale in particle accelerators, is the day gold ends its life as currency. So, that case is out. ... That's why there's a "fusion codicil" in e-gold's account user agreement! If I recal

[e-gold-list] Re: Custom account numbers

Jonathan Boles wrote: ... Ok... so is it not possible to have one just for personal use (as opposed to receiving payments at a URL)? Or should I just email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and try my luck :) I'd say email them. You'll want to preview a spend to what you want to make sure it's not already some

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