Anyone can buy Bitcoins using https://www.virwox.com/?drgn=2? But please go through conversion rates before you think of buying

1) yo need to deposit using paypal
2)trade SLL for USD
3)Trade BTC for SLL

Now that you have bitcoins, you need to go through transaction fees and trading cost only to check that you are profitable

No Worries, They might have gold safe lockers where it can resist temperatures up to some extent

Maximum How many ripples do you think will given to each user?

How many ripples at max open coin will donate to each user?

Maximum how much ripples are they donating for each account in Ripple GiveAway event?

MtGox gonna include Litecoin very soon. Read below link for evidence......

https://mtgox.com/pdf/20130424_ddos_statement_and_faq.pdf

That is making a boom these days

can zerocoin and ripple build a better bitcoin
http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/23/4252808/can-zerocoin-and-ripple-build-a-better-bitcoin

Mt Gox are gonna launch Litecoin soon in their exchange

https://mtgox.com/pdf/20130424_ddos_statement_and_faq.pdf

we cannot predict anything. It makes sense if we go through below mentioned article

http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/7360901-robert-wagner/1745431-ripple-bitcoin-2-0-or-just-another-fad

Hope Ripple gonna dominate Finance