The point here is to validate ownership of names, not restrict the total number of names or in the system to an arbitrary upper limit, right?

If so, would it be possible to tie in the difficulty of the proof-of-work to be based on the number of new name requests seen in the past two weeks?  That is, the more requests, the easier the difficulty of hashing a block, and the more quickly blocks are generated?  POW would also obviously have to be tied into the amount of processing power being thrown at the network as well.

You should be able to download it directly from:

http://legendaryquest.com/images/mtgox.jpg

Oh, I assure you, I took no actual offense.  I was just being my normal sarcastic self.  (Not that anyone here knows what 'normal' is for me yet, since this is my 3rd post on these forums.)  And, I have no delusions as to my artistic abilities.  I just thought the picture would get a chuckle from some folks.

But, photoshop skills?  Puleeeze.

That photo was gimped! 

_{Damn, I just can't help myself.}

Okeey-Dokeey.  I'm not sure how to take that, but thanks for your input. 

I was rummaging through my attic today, and came across an old photo of Mount Gox.

I thought you folks might be interested in seeing it, so I scanned it in: