[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity

2003-05-30 Thread Robert S.Z.
> > I can't think of ONE pal -- can you give me an example?? > There is one question e-gold might be able to answer: Are a lot of those transactions being conducted by customers that appear to be Indian or Chinese? Because that 'would' be a possible answer. For all we know they could run entire vi

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity

2003-05-30 Thread James M. Ray
At 8:07 AM +1000 5/30/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>... There are _all sorts_ of legitimate reasons to want to >>send out lots of small payments to lots of people in lots of places >>which have nothing to do with Ponzi schemes. > >I can't think of ONE pal -- can you give me an example?? > >(Perhap

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity

2003-05-30 Thread Randy Wilhite
Many of the paid to read opt-in email advertising and paid to click sites use egold for that very purpose. I'm sure worthy of your disdain, but nonetheless not ponzi. Randy > > >Suppose they all did lots of little/big jobs for you? > > > > that's impossile, there is no such business. >

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity

2003-05-30 Thread jpm
? Not at all!! There are _all sorts_ of legitimate reasons to want to send out lots of small payments to lots of people in lots of places which have nothing to do with Ponzi schemes. I can't think of ONE pal -- can you give me an example?? (Perhaps it's just my business mentality: SEND PEOPLE MONE

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity

2003-05-30 Thread James M. Ray
At 7:35 AM +1000 5/30/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... >Jim, are you referring TO "neotic games" "hyips" whatever? ? Not at all!! There are _all sorts_ of legitimate reasons to want to send out lots of small payments to lots of people in lots of places which have nothing to do with Ponzi schemes.

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity

2003-05-30 Thread jpm
It is, as I said, dozens of companies who wish to make thousands of very small payments to recipients, who want a wide variety of currencies. Jim, are you referring TO "neotic games" "hyips" whatever? The description "companies who wish to make thousands of very small payments to recipients" ---

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity

2003-05-30 Thread jpm
it's all a mystery because there's never been separate stats for MACHINE spends versus human spends e-gold lead the world in open information, its great ... -- --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-go

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity

2003-05-30 Thread jpm
to 2:1. Now it is 3:1 to 4:1. I think this is a clear indication that something is changing in the way e-gold is being used. But I have no idea what that might mean. It could well be that EGOLD don't even know what it means --- I have no idea even why people are using 1mdcGrams (except when

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity

2003-05-30 Thread jpm
Yup, it would be great if you could add some GRAPHS, Jay! -- --- 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 shopping ca

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity : NEW GRAPHS

2003-05-30 Thread AnyGoldNow SSL
Jim, I'll do the job for Jay first ! LOL Regards, Patrick, http://AnyGoldNow.com THE Exchange Provider Any Gold, Any time, Anywhere Get & Fund your Cash Card ... > > Nice job, Patrick! Please send me your e-gold account number, and > thanks! > JMR > --- You are currently subscribed to e-g

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity : NEW GRAPHS

2003-05-30 Thread James M. Ray
At 7:14 PM +0200 5/29/03, AnyGoldNow SSL wrote: >Thanks Ian, > >Have a look again : >I updated the average Daily Transactions Graph (with my own data) > >http://anygoldnow.com/EGStats.html > >VERY Impressive lately ! ... Nice job, Patrick! Please send me your e-gold account number, and thanks! JM

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity : NEW GRAPHS

2003-05-30 Thread AnyGoldNow SSL
Thanks Ian, Have a look again : I updated the average Daily Transactions Graph (with my own data) http://anygoldnow.com/EGStats.html VERY Impressive lately ! Regards, Patrick, http://AnyGoldNow.com THE Exchange Provider Any Gold, Any time, Anywhere Get & Fund your Cash Card > Excellent, Pa

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity : GRAPHS

2003-05-30 Thread Ian Green
Excellent, Patrick! You beat me to it. Nice smooth curves and easy to read, although I prefer a zero origin. Regards, Ian Green > From: AnyGoldNow SSL > Sent: Friday, 30 May 2003 2:28 AM > To: e-gold Discussion > Subject: [e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity : GRAPHS --- You a

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity : GRAPHS

2003-05-30 Thread AnyGoldNow SSL
Jim, Here you go ! http://anygoldnow.com/EGStats.html Too bad we don't have up-to date Data Jay ? Regards, Patrick, http://AnyGoldNow.com THE Exchange Provider Any Gold, Any time, Anywhere Get & Fund your Cash Card > I'll give a prize of at least a gram of e-gold to anyone who makes > the

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity

2003-05-30 Thread James M. Ray
At 3:32 PM + 5/29/03, SnowDog wrote: >> It is, as I said, dozens of companies who wish to make thousands >> of very small payments to recipients, who want a wide variety of >> currencies. > >Jim, can you explain how this process works? .. Sure. A random company that sends out lots of check

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity

2003-05-30 Thread SnowDog
> It is, as I said, dozens of companies who wish to make thousands > of very small payments to recipients, who want a wide variety of > currencies. Jim, can you explain how this process works? Craig --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity

2003-05-30 Thread James M. Ray
At 11:04 AM -0400 5/29/03, Robert S.Z. wrote: >> Now it is 3:1 to 4:1. I think this is a clear indication >> that something is changing in the way e-gold is being used. > >I fear it's people checking if their HYIP operators did finally pay them? ... I disagree. Those get shut down too rapidly to

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity

2003-05-30 Thread SnowDog
> > Now it is 3:1 to 4:1. I think this is a clear indication > > that something is changing in the way e-gold is being used. [...] > Come to think of it, a 2:1 ratio would make most sense, wouldn't it? The > person who transacts and the person who checks to confirm the receipt. > That would mea

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity

2003-05-30 Thread Robert S.Z.
> Now it is 3:1 to 4:1. I think this is a clear indication > that something is changing in the way e-gold is being used. I fear it's people checking if their HYIP operators did finally pay them? Sad as that might sound, but I think that, as well as site operators checking if people paid for the o

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity

2003-05-30 Thread Craig Spencer
On 29 May 2003, at 23:11, Ian Green wrote: > Gold 308.39 kg equiv. USD $3,596,865.30 in 67,261 spends in 24 hours. > > This speaks of a lot more business going on than we can possibly be > aware of in this discussion group. Right! A statistic which I find useful is the ratio of spends to acco

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity

2003-05-30 Thread James M. Ray
At 11:11 PM +1000 5/29/03, Ian Green wrote: ... >PS: This got (automatically) rejected (the first time) as containing "at >least one attachment", but it's plain text and has no attachments! ... >Bcc-ing to myself to check for sure. Lyris has been acting up again (sometimes autorejecting *without*

[e-gold-list] Re: Surge in velocity

2003-05-29 Thread jrw
not a perfect match for your request Ian, but this past message of mine from mar 14th references data that you can use to get historical velocity information: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- by continuing popular demand, the 4 CSV files containing daily e-metal velocity have been updated to i