From lojban+bncCIXGssP0ChCQ-vDjBBoEwbTaLQ@googlegroups.com Mon Aug 30 16:24:57 2010 Received: from mail-gy0-f189.google.com ([209.85.160.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1OqDib-0001Na-DX; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:24:56 -0700 Received: by gya1 with SMTP id 1sf11005809gya.16 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:24:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:received:received :received:received-spf:received:mime-version:received:sender :received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=uCk0z3VFEl3s1PPZLuVXwquqWeGjktNmOTvtIS4XO4I=; b=EZFcqGLp5UnmTrM7I4JlL+lLuUpHJS0pPeQ3IU5OdoP5XjLnF7lLLOIIY3mikpDp56 tq4HFrAM606g5J4/xFIME0sg+BVjUOKKPyUrvpfo2UWS38a7BZYumLwMnee+VY6um5Qe ak7iwSGMLnBgqtoidIu+q2NTUGDO5S79mSe9c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type; b=fLRstOCC1o4ixOYAvDLwbh0JmwFrwWSnx3CRWw+FVq4XAGCFVURMsozDTjGHCqi+6Q TTw3+O9Mphgz/cS7+GvediXwsgFro5u3v6j7pPzpl0/KXewMQvmx7iGO4aLONGgnx1yP z5eUy/Ak7fkQ4HB6e5rd8qQYccktsy3eq5Y5k= Received: by 10.91.9.1 with SMTP id m1mr957196agi.35.1283210512327; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:21:52 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.231.125.77 with SMTP id x13ls2062251ibr.1.p; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:21:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.183.11 with SMTP id ce11mr459990ibb.5.1283210509948; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:21:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.183.11 with SMTP id ce11mr459988ibb.5.1283210509918; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:21:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id z11si4887071ibb.4.2010.08.30.16.21.48; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:21:48 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of ihope127@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.182 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.214.182; Received: by iwn36 with SMTP id 36so7168867iwn.27 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:21:48 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.159.203 with SMTP id k11mr6163509ibx.115.1283210508694; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:21:48 -0700 (PDT) Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.231.208.139 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:21:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201008300921.20919.phma@phma.optus.nu> References: <201008292322.53179.phma@phma.optus.nu> <201008300921.20919.phma@phma.optus.nu> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:21:48 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Lojban Kids Show - economy From: Warrigal To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: ihope127@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of ihope127@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.182 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=ihope127@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Pierre Abbat wrote: > On Monday 30 August 2010 00:47:03 Ross Ogilvie wrote: >> Coins sounds good and all, but my first thought was "they live on a >> space station, wouldn't their finances be done with some system of >> electronic funds transfer?" > > They mine asteroids; that's where they get metals from. An EFT system is > vulnerable to cosmic rays flipping bits. If *any* electronic system is safe from cosmic rays, an EFT can be. Do we really want to say that the people of LG haven't figured out how to make electronics work in their environment? If we say that they have electronics, it only makes sense to say that they have EFTs as well. > The other metals should be cheaper than the face value, but one metal (I'm > picking silver) has to be at face value to provide a standard of value. How do you think fiat currencies work? As long as LG has a unified government, there's a really easy way for it to establish value for its currency: tax. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.