Ah well... 

I'm posting in this thread although my question is on a different, much, lower level than you guys are talking at.

I have access to a community PC which is configured with a 2GHz P4 CPU and 1GB of RAM (running ubuntu). Is it possible to do mining from such a meager platform? Obviously the background process would have to be limited so that other users could use the PC for browsing and writing stuff at the same time.

Or is this a definite non-starter?

Oh.. I thought there had to be 4 hours between each post...  Anyway, that's 3.

I guess the 5 post - 4 hour rule means you cannot read this post.

Hi!

I've been living for 9½ years without money. I believe we are going to see a world where monetary transactions will not be needed for sustaining life and well-being, but where relationships will be the currency, relationships that cannot be bought with money.

I'm curious about BitCoin and other alternative currencies, and I would like to explore to what extent they can play a role in such a society as I envision, or in the transition towards it.