From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,ab13173603d8aa65,start X-Google-Thread: 10a146,ab13173603d8aa65,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,gid10a146,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsfeed2.telusplanet.net!newsfeed.telus.net!edtnps89.POSTED!09e64b4d!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Digital cash enables users to buy and sell information goods and services. It is particularly useful with small transactions, serving the role of hard currency. Some methods allow users to make transactions with complete anonymity; others allow traceability under exigent circumstances, for example, a court order. Organization: Canadian Mind Products Reply-To: Roedy Green Message-ID: <1lpl22pv82u1rsomstkr10scdgo1hgqd2g@4ax.com> References: <9d8487@1661ecdf.net> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:58:23 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.216.18.189 X-Trace: edtnps89 1143662303 207.216.18.189 (Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:58:23 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:58:23 MST Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3677 comp.lang.java.programmer:31525 Date: 2006-03-29T19:58:23+00:00 List-Id: On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 02:09:04 +0200, antoniof@bigfoot.com wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : >Digital cash enables users to buy and sell information goods and services. It is particularly useful with small transactions, serving the role of hard currency. Some methods allow users to make transactions with complete anonymity; others allow traceability under exigent circumstances, for example, a court order. > and the population of China is 1,306,313,812. But I still fail to see what it has to do with the price of eggs. -- Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green. http://mindprod.com Java custom programming, consulting and coaching.