God damn it. My internet crashed literally seconds before I hit the post button. Then I got back online a few minutes later and you stole it from me! Damn you to hell!! 

LOL. That question is how old are you. I can't stop laughing.

Isn't that basically what the #bitcoin-otc achieves?

As long as it's open source I can't see how one entity will become anywhere near as powerful the central bank. And even if it wasn't open source, some one would just release an open-source version to counter the problem. The thing is, EasyCoin, as in the original creators of the open source software, will probably run the most successful and trusted implementation of EasyCoin.

Yes, the fees definitely are much better. But lets say I had that old client where there were no fees, or very low fees, could I make transactions with such low fees? I assume the transactions would just take longer?

Btw, those OS analogies by TraderTimm were peretty classic. Good stuff.

Hah. That has the be the funniest thread this troll started. But it's nothing like the name suggests.
The OP apparently was so scared of losing their wallet.dat to a virus their hair was falling out.

Welcome to the forum of the Bitcoin.

You get it my friend. Well done.  

The only real point you have is about the transaction fees. I was a little confused at first when I was being forced to pay transaction fees (it was also that client which was charging 0.01 or what ever ridiculous amount it was), and I was like, wtf is going on here, no fees my ass. But the fees are much more reasonable now. I do find it a little discerning however, that some simple client changes can change the fees.

This is a neat little tool for websites. I have stuck it on bitfreak but it was too big to fit in the advert/side section, so I just put it on the "Using Bitcoin" page. It would be good if there was a way to change the width of it. Nice work though, very useful.

Does it bother you that $ is used to enslave entire societies in engineered debt and artificial scarcity?

But that's just the point. Haven't you understood by now the system is designed to enslave you. Your entire life is pretty much dictated in one way or another from the moment you were born. I never asked to go to school and "rob society of it's resources". In all actuality, I was forced to go to school regardless of my desires. And if my parents didn't get me a proper education they too would face punishment. We are crafted into robots designed to give our whole life (or the better part of it) away in return for the betterment of all of society. Humans are much like ants, anyone who can't perform as expected is considered entirely useless. All they know how to do build upon their empire and work as part of a larger organism that churns away mindlessly expanding it's domain. Advancement is good and all, but it shouldn't be treated as something that "must be done or die".

Yeah, that's what I thought. It would be ideal if it were possible to create a plastic card which could be read by existing technology used in most shops, with the only requirement being custom software. Something similar to a pre-paid visa card but is handled by the custom software.

That is a huge problem I have pondered. Theoretically, the simplest solution could be a Bitcard website where customers have the ability to deposit funds and reload their cards (meaning they would need an easy way to write to the flash storage device on the card). It would take several minutes to verify the transaction and get the card refilled with BTC, but after that, the card could be used instantly. Merchants could easily verify purchases with the card by interfacing with an API offered by Bitcard website. Would that work?

EDIT: What am I thinking, they wouldn't need to write anything to the card. The card would simply verify their identity and then check their Bitcard account has enough funds available.

I completely agree with you on that. Technology may be constantly getting better and better, but that is not the point. Not everyone uses or can afford the newest types of storage devices. Not to mention, 1GB is actually quite a lot in comparison to my total bandwidth quota, and does actually take a while to download, since I live in a rural part of Australia.

I find it extremely humorous that the majority here think a slow death is the most likely outcome.

Oh...so it's like a pre-paid, one-time card? Hmmm...let down. 

Also, you might want to contact the guys at bitcoinlabs.com
Apparently they are working on a Bitcoin ATM machine.
Both projects would go well together.

EDIT: One last thing. This would be much more desirable if you could simply send Bitcoins from your wallet to the card without any fee other than the network transaction fee. Just have it so cards expire after a year or something, so people will need to buy anew card each year.

This is clearly something that would be very beneficial and help to promote Bitcoin as a viable currency in real world business. Take some time to earn trust and develop this project properly.

So to put it simply, what would a business owner need in order to accept Bitcard?

Seems a little bit suspicious if you ask me. But that's just me, and I'm a total crack-pot.  

I was thinking the exact same thing.

AUD

EDIT: Oooo...TradeHill just announced they are supporting AUD trading. 

In truth I'm actually a web developer. I mess around with Delphi and VB when I have spare time. It would just be more confusing if I were to change the name now, it doesn't matter that much anyway. It's just a quick tool I made out of boredom really, I'm sure there are a million apps like this.

EDIT: On that note, you guys should check out this other app I made, my BTC Currency Calculator. That is a more serious project I made in Delphi 7. I was hoping people really would find it useful, but the thread has received 0 replies.