Bullion and Bandits: The Improbable Rise and Fall of E-Gold

[R.A. Hettinga]

On Jun 9, 2009, at 4:11 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote:

> In a sparsely decorated office suite two floors above a
> neighborhood of strip malls and car dealerships, former oncologist  
> Douglas
> Jackson is struggling to resuscitate a dying dream.

I read this and I'm reminded of Stephenson's old puritan Drake  
Waterhouse, still proudly fighting on with his ears cut off by the  
Star Chamber, finally blown into the sky by the King's henchmen under  
cover of the Great Fire...

Cheers,
RAH