<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Ori Idan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ori-RdxWQVHs3mjDN57Tih+YPw@public.gmane.org">ori@helicontech.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:47 PM, G. Matthew Rice <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matt-s/rLXaiAEBtBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org" target="_blank">matt-s/rLXaiAEBtBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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guys, accepting bitcoin is something I've been hoping the Linux Caffe would do.<br>
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Who's organising this? Maybe we could meet up there? And why are we<br>
doing it again? :)<br>
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PS - On the "gov't run" v. "legal tender" front. Answer the question,<br>
"Who owns the US federal reserve?" first. :(<br>
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Regards,<br>
--matt<br></blockquote></div><div><br>The federal reserve I guess is owned by the federal government.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div> </div><div>Actually, no, I think it is independently funded. It is 'accountable' to the US Congress, but funded by it's own investments.</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br>As for Linux Caffe to accept bitcoin, they would need an exchange rate from bitcoins to CAD, after all they need to pay for their place, employees etc. in CAD, unless they can pay their expenses in bitcoin too.<br>
So is there an exchange rate for bitcoin vs. $CAD?<br><br>-- <br><font color="#888888">Ori Idan<br><br></font></div><div class="im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
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On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Stewart Russell <<a href="mailto:scruss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org" target="_blank">scruss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 2:47 PM, teddy mills <<a href="mailto:teddymills4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org" target="_blank">teddymills4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> ... depending on where you are in the city, we are not billed on the<br>
>> amount of electricity used.<br>
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> But we're all paying for it. On average, you actually pay more for power if<br>
> it's not metered than if it is.<br>
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> Stewart<br>
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