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- From: alaric@sti.com (Alaric Tekiahyn)
- Newsgroups: alt.pub.cloven-shield
- Subject: Re: ADMIN: Money (correction)
- Message-ID: <1jnm6pINN4db@smurf.sti.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 02:29:45 GMT
- References: <1993Jan14.204442.23385@netcom.com> <C1492A.DpH@jabba.ess.harris.com> <1jl26pINNoh6@smurf.sti.com> <1993Jan21.125038.1682@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan21.125038.1682@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, jempci@ultb.isc.rit.edu (J.E. Mason) writes:
- ] In article <1jl26pINNoh6@smurf.sti.com> alaric@sti.com (Alaric Tekiahyn) writes:
- ]
- ] >Simpler still, make a copper piece one dollar-equivalent, then multiply
- ] >the value of each successive coin by ten.
- ] >
- ] >Thus:
- ] > 1 bit ~= 25 cents
- ] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- ] > 1 Cu ~= $1
- ] > 1 Ag ~= $10
- ] > 1 Au ~= $100
- ] > 1 Pt ~= $1000
- ] >
- ] How about 2 bits ~= $0.25 ? (8 bits in one copper)
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- Wow! You mean... like it normally is *here*? What a bold, radical concept!
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- (But do you think the world is ready for it?)
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