At 3:37 pm -0400 on 5/4/97, Tim May wrote:
So, I could use my VISA card to buy a geodesic dome in this geodesic economy. Not that I'd want to.
No you couldn't. If you wanted to. :-). In a geodesic economy, things will settle for bearer cash, unless you borrow money to pay for them, and even then the loan will be a bearer certificate loan, and not a book-entry loan like a VISA card is. Ignoring for the time being that you're using a floatless "loan" when you buy something with a VISA card... Cheers, Bob Hettinga ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com), Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA Lesley Stahl: "You mean *anyone* can set up a web site and compete with the New York Times?" Andrew Kantor: "Yes." Stahl: "Isn't that dangerous?" The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/