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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (6169)	7/22/2001 7:19:26 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Out of sight, yes; out of taxing minds, no. hannibal.net ... and now Hughes Satellite is in dispute with LA county on hundreds of millions of orbiting tax dollars. When the going gets tough, the tough taxes everything. Chugs, Jay

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (6169)	7/22/2001 12:22:01 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

The difficulty with Pay Pal, and it may be trivial, who knows, is that it is a de facto bank, so should be subject to banking regulations wherever it operates. Here in the US, that means minimum reserve requirements, solvency requirements, and compliance with the Uniform Commercial Code. However, as far as I know, PayPal doesn't think it's a bank, nor do they they are a credit card company. Caveat emptor, which means you should read what people who have used PayPal have to say on Epinions. epinions.com epinions.com Let me pose a hypothetical. Some nasty person steals your identity, opens up a line of credit in your name, sets up a PayPal account, and buys thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. What is your recourse? Hypo #2: you buy goods from a stranger using PayPal, but the goods were fraudulently misrepresented and are worthless. What is your recourse? I can't give you the answer, because I don't know. I know, or could figure out, what the answer would be if PayPal was a bank, or a credit card company, although the fact that you are in New Zealand and the person you are buying from may be in the Soviet Union makes the transactions complicated. This is why professionals engaged in international transactions use international letters of credit which will be funded when the goods are delivered and are of the quality and in the condition bargained for. Personally, nothing I have bought on eBay has been in the condition bargained for, and I don't use it anymore. Your mileage may vary.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (6169)	7/22/2001 1:26:54 PM
From: westpacific	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

The final leg for the DOW has begun, we will not get above 11,000 for all of the remainder of 2001. And the crash will occur between now and mid 2002. DOW 6500 to 7500. West

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (6169)	7/22/2001 1:32:48 PM
From: marcos	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

'Gold is for Aztecs' - me matatu te titiro ki te ahuatanga, apiti - you're saying that like it's a bad thing, and you never know when an azteca might show up -g- ... the blood of the mexica runs still in the people of La Raza, and the language has been enjoying a resurgence in recent years ... quite an advanced language, btw, as demonstrated in the manner that many works in spanish needed to be refined in translation - coh.arizona.edu One of the most glaring barbarities the mexica noticed among their pakeha du jour in those days was the way they did not seem to appreciate the aesthetic qualities of gold and silver, but rather melted down the works of art, the symbols of all that was culture, and used the metal as money in a cold, impersonal, impassionate way ... though they were always quite passionate about getting more of it ... so i think your association of gold with nationalistic generalisation would get you more of your desired negative connotation using 'Sixteenth Century Spanish' rather than 'Aztecs'. This PayPal thing - well, in addition to the complications raised by CB, it uses an ephemeral construct as its medium, a thing made by fiat, dependent on the whims of its managers ..... here's an alternative, with at least as much potential for efficient use, and backed by something real - goldcurrencies.ca But i like your pukapuka, Maurice, and not just because they're from Godzone, one of the finest corners of the planet [as for being screwed up, well they all are, in some way] ... this does not mean you'll sell me any qcom though -g- ... cheers [edit] - complaints about the quality of maori above should be directed here - learningmedia.co.nz