tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033812.post8998239434501207273..comments2008-04-23T14:45:46.856-07:00Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03587251225245289083noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033812.post-6200701233814531662008-04-23T14:45:00.000-07:002008-04-23T14:45:00.000-07:00Perhaps they want the copper.Gildonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01482292644529112349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033812.post-47337149002586362002008-04-14T20:48:00.000-07:002008-04-14T20:48:00.000-07:00That is hilarious, I'm not in the know about it. Amusing none the less.Nate Ringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13535971528309608946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033812.post-46317583062558122302008-03-27T23:49:00.000-07:002008-03-27T23:49:00.000-07:00An article from the New Yorker that's about the same topic and really interesting:<BR/><BR/>http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/03/31/080331fa_fact_owen/erinearlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15267068416898029713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033812.post-20354844079355806002008-03-13T13:43:00.000-07:002008-03-13T13:43:00.000-07:00Yeah. When I first heard of this idea, I was horrified (before you go thinking I'm crazy, keep in mind I was seven). I think my main premise was that it was silly to have a monetary system in which you couldn't "really have" any arbitrary amount of money.<BR/><BR/>Now I think it makes sense. People are already doing things in terms of fractions of pennies, electronically, so this would just be one more level of fine-grainedness that couldn't be achievable with cash. Big deal.eightoclockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940407807876305964noreply@blogger.com