I'm going to ask a smoothie delivery service if they would consider taking bitcoin for regular deliveries. I think I'm going to have to explain a bit, and link they to a payment processor.

I don't think the requirements were that bad to get back the account. In my case, it took just a minute and it was entirely automated.

While Bitsyncom is holding up a ton better than the other attempts at entering into the market, I am still skeptical about it.

Appeasing customers to ensure revenue ... I thought this was standard practice by government legislature. 

I think the real question we aren't asking is whether or not BFL actually has any of the money still, not when and how they will deliver on their promise.

People like feeling they are protected, people feel they are safe, people trust other people far too much, and cryptography is 100% necessary for the world to advance.

paypal is always a bad choice. They act as a banking entity without adhering to the regulations of banks.  Fraud, and crime run high with paypal.

Wouldn't that be cool?

I mean, extremely hot!

The ability of a government to derive value from their fiat is essential for their continued existence, take that away and what do they have? What do they become? 

I bet they were really good apples too!
Seriously though, money is a medium of exchange as much as anything else, all you need are willing participants.

In example, I'm trying to get a second job in a head shop as manager there, so I can introduce that community to bitcoins and provide a way for the customers to pay with bitcoins. 

There isn't any significance to it, no really 

It truly is a global economy, and a trusted global currency is necessary to facilitate trade.

Many goods we trade in we can not eat, I see this as an opportunity to make bacon a currency !

The value of a deflationary currency is always going to be attractive

You can claim any title you feel is yours, I am Lord Allah of Moldavia. All hail the czar of bitcoin!

You already pay a small fee to use 'free' services like instawallet, but the real breaker is that their service is reliable and they claim they are not liable for any error that isn't directly and expressly their error.

instawallet, i believe, has total control of all coins, it is just the end user who has lost access after a predefined date.

No, itunes cards are fine, just that buyers in the US or other locations need to know that information to not be frustrated.

To spend GBP iTunes vouchers, you typically must have itunes account in that country, which is easily done with a throwaway email address if you plan to download quickly.

Direct banking is a blessing    Especially now that one can deposit checks online, unless they are very large of course.