No, it is that (productive forces) artificially restricted by obsolete national boundaries...<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/9/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:neil.mcevoy@ondemand-network.com">neil.mcevoy@ondemand-network.com
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<br>Now that's a hell of a use case scenario! :0<br><br>But hey, modern banking is only a bunch of computers/software with inputs<br>and outputs and some business rules....<br><br><br>> Put my name and contact info in a file somewhere, and contact me each
<br>> time you come across someone who can even imagine starting a new<br>> currency, and electronic transfer system... preferably with the<br>> further goal of eradicating poverty. Maybe eventually we'll have
<br>> enough people to do so.<br>><br>> ben melançon<br>> 1-508-737-0582<br>> <a href="mailto:ben@melanconent.com">ben@melanconent.com</a><br>><br>> People Who Give a Damn<br>> building the infrastructure of a network for everyone
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<br>> On 4/9/07, Sami Khan <<a href="mailto:sami@etopian.net">sami@etopian.net</a>> wrote:<br>>> Quoting Karoly Negyesi <<a href="mailto:karoly@negyesi.net">karoly@negyesi.net</a>>:<br>>><br>>> > Awesome! So basically, it's IBAN transfer or nothing. That transfer
<br>>> > is a remnant of a pre-Internet era, when the fastest communication<br>>> > literally was wiring (aka using a telegraph). I can't wait to see<br>>> > something fast and easy... but seeing how much the banks profit from
<br>>> > this for basically nothing, I can see how it will not happen in the<br>>> > short time.<br>>><br>>> Yeah, where rich corporate interests the prices will never go down.<br>>> The banks as they
<br>>> exist are the most useless part of the electronic economy. You can<br>>> automate essentially<br>>> all their functions with a few supercomputers (or even 1) and save<br>>> consumers billions...
<br>>> But then imagine all those bankers not getting any richer, GRIEF!<br>>><br>>> Regards,<br>>> Sami<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________
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