[e-gold-list] Re: Elwyn Jenkens

2001-03-26 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 26 Mar 2001, at 21:46, George Matyjewicz wrote: And having EJ back full time in SR really paid off, as today he brought in a deal that starts with 10,000 employees being paid through Instant Anywhere, with the total number of employees to be 300,000. This is great news George. Are

[e-gold-list] Re: Toronto Gold?

2001-03-28 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 28 Mar 2001, at 16:38, SnowDog wrote: OK, fess up: What happened to the Toronto Gold? :) http://www.e-gold.com/examiner.html WhewWhat do they have against banks in my country! Well Craig, I will have to change my e-gold page. Not that I care, the idea of having gold spread

[e-gold-list] Re: Gold-Age SS Raid

2001-03-28 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 28 Mar 2001, at 16:49, SnowDog wrote: ISL pledges an ounce, too ! I'm giving 10 grams, but it will be about 2 weeks. Count me in for 10 grams as well. It is a good cause I think. Claude goldcurrencies.ca --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To

[e-gold-list] Re: Toronto Gold?

2001-03-28 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 28 Mar 2001, at 21:51, Bob wrote: I don't see that there is anything particularly safer about storing gold in Canada or the UK vs the UAE. Bob, you are right. I didn't want to imply that it was safer in one palce than in another. I don't really know at this point in time. Also risks

[e-gold-list] Re: List response

2001-03-29 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 29 Mar 2001, at 9:24, Steve Renner wrote: Hi Paul, You are correct, you can transfer your funds from your E-Gold account to = your Cash Card account FREE and have access to them at 400,000+ ATMs = worldwide in any currency. And with our Reseller Program. you can earn = Cash from

[e-gold-list] Re: Yada yada yada

2001-03-29 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 29 Mar 2001, at 23:04, George Matyjewicz wrote: Read my statement above once again. They are committed, but not yet funded. George, most of these committments are for SR-USD if I read well what you have said over tha past many weeks. And this currency is not part of the Gold Economy.

[e-gold-list] The US Dollar Battle

2001-04-03 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
"As we suggested in a recent issue of The Ormetal Report titled, “It’s the U.S. dollar!”, the U.S. dollar is overvalued and over-owned. After years of growing trade deficits, the U.S. dollar has been exported against goods and services purchased abroad thanks to an explosion in the growth of

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Dollar Battle

2001-04-04 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 4 Apr 2001, at 5:40, Bob wrote: The question in my mind is what does the ECB mean when they use the word "backed". Does that mean that somebody can exchange upon demand a Euro for 15% gold and 85% non-Euro currency or 85% something else? If not, then I don't understand the 15% backing

[e-gold-list] Re: Gold Lease Rates

2001-04-04 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 4 Apr 2001, at 13:21, Vincent Youngs wrote: Looks like gold lease rates are up again. Why are the rates that Kitco derives from market data so different from the ones provided by the London Bullion market? http://www.kitco.com/market/LFrate.html Vincent. The difference between Kitco

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Dollar Battle

2001-04-04 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 4 Apr 2001, at 19:16, Bob wrote: The reserve assets to liabilities ratio in the US banking system is about 1 to 108. Loans making up most of the other assets (107/108). If gold was 15% of reserves, it would be 15/100 ths of one of those 108 liabilities. On 4 Apr 2001, at 19:16, Bob

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Dollar Battle

2001-04-06 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 6 Apr 2001, at 1:02, Bob wrote: In the end, the long run, the iron laws of economics win. So true... In time, the gold equation will be balanced again. Claude --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Dollar Battle

2001-04-06 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 6 Apr 2001, at 1:02, Bob wrote: In the end, the long run, the iron laws of economics win. So true... In time, the gold equation will be balanced again. Claude --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Dollar Battle

2001-04-06 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 6 Apr 2001, at 1:02, Bob wrote: In the end, the long run, the iron laws of economics win. So true... In time, the gold equation will be balanced again. Claude --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Dollar Battle

2001-04-06 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 6 Apr 2001, at 1:02, Bob wrote: In the end, the long run, the iron laws of economics win. So true... In time, the gold equation will be balanced again. Claude --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Dollar Battle

2001-04-06 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 6 Apr 2001, at 1:02, Bob wrote: In the end, the long run, the iron laws of economics win. So true... In time, the gold equation will be balanced again. Claude --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Dollar Battle

2001-04-06 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 6 Apr 2001, at 1:02, Bob wrote: In the end, the long run, the iron laws of economics win. So true... In time, the gold equation will be balanced again. Claude --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Dollar Battle

2001-04-06 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 6 Apr 2001, at 1:02, Bob wrote: In the end, the long run, the iron laws of economics win. So true... In time, the gold equation will be balanced again. Claude --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Dollar Battle

2001-04-06 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 6 Apr 2001, at 1:02, Bob wrote: In the end, the long run, the iron laws of economics win. So true... In time, the gold equation will be balanced again. Claude --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Dollar Battle

2001-04-06 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 6 Apr 2001, at 1:02, Bob wrote: In the end, the long run, the iron laws of economics win. So true... In time, the gold equation will be balanced again. Claude --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Dollar Battle

2001-04-06 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 6 Apr 2001, at 1:02, Bob wrote: In the end, the long run, the iron laws of economics win. So true... In time, the gold equation will be balanced again. Claude --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[e-gold-list] Re: small suggestion

2001-04-11 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 12 Apr 2001, at 10:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone ever had the problem that you enter a spend, say, "5.50", and you accidentally leave the select menu set on "dollars" rather than, perhaps you MEANT to choose say grams. JP, The unit of account in the digital gold currency

[e-gold-list] Re: small suggestion

2001-04-11 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 12 Apr 2001, at 12:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think your solution is more drastic, Claude, and would probably need a policy decision from GSR. I agree. But it is a solution that make sense. If we want to promote the idea that this new digital currency system is grams-based. Claude

[e-gold-list] Re: Spreads, fees etc

2001-04-11 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 11 Apr 2001, at 19:24, Vince Callaway wrote: Not really. Walk into a gold dealer and ask what they charge for gold. The spot price that exchange providers use is usually only available to people who buy 100 oz. at a time. Gold dealers will sometimes deal in 1 oz ingots, but that is that

[e-gold-list] Re: Spreads, fees etc

2001-04-12 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 12 Apr 2001, at 4:50, SnowDog wrote: One more thing on the spreads. Several exchange services will buy your e-gold from you at a premium, like www.Goldfingercoin.com , which will pay a 2% premium to buy it back. So the spreads aren't really as high as they seem. So the spreads aren't

[e-gold-list] Re: Spreads, fees etc

2001-04-12 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 12 Apr 2001, at 10:05, James M. Ray wrote: True, but IMO the best way to get e-metal at "spot" is to sell something people want for it. Joe's amazingly-cool http://www.magazinedepot.com/ comes to mind. That is so true James... and it is also the only way to grow the gold economy...

[e-gold-list] Re: Interesting Article Comparing E-gold, Standard Reserve, GoldMoney

2001-04-13 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 13 Apr 2001, at 6:29, Viking Coder wrote: I don't understand why it's a bad thing to allow a 100% backed currency to be used as the basis for a fractional reserve banking system. Because you introduce a new risk. The unit of account of the new digital currency system is then no longer

[e-gold-list] Re: Frac reserve

2001-04-13 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 13 Apr 2001, at 7:48, SnowDog wrote: Is it true, though, that GoldMoney will not ALLOW a third party to use goldgrams as the basis for a fractional reserve gold bank? Yes. From GoldMoney user agreement: VIII C. iii "The User agrees to keep his unallocated, undivided interest in the

[e-gold-list] Re: Frac reserve

2001-04-13 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 13 Apr 2001, at 11:32, CCS wrote: This is a very interesting aspect of GoldMoney that escaped me. I don't see iot as disturbing at all. And it is very disturbing because it is an intrusion on the holder's use which is impractical to enforce. It is indeed an intrusion... but that is

[e-gold-list] Re: Fractional Reserve Banking

2001-04-13 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 13 Apr 2001, at 11:38, CCS wrote: Because you introduce a new risk. The unit of account of the new digital currency system is then no longer backed 100% by an hard asset (gold) as soon as you use credit instruments to increase your broad money base. Huh??? A risk for which

[e-gold-list] Re: Frac reserve

2001-04-13 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 14 Apr 2001, at 0:04, David Hillary wrote: You can lend currency and take deposits and make payments, do virtually anything with currency, just don't try and say 'this 400oz bar in toronto is mine, I have 400oz of e-gold, so if i don't pay you what i owe you you can go down to the

[e-gold-list] Re: Fractional Reserve Banking

2001-04-13 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 13 Apr 2001, at 14:11, CCS wrote: Namely, the assertion that the use by a 3rd party, such as SR, of e-gold to back another currency, such as AUG, would introduce risk to e-gold itself. I don't remember saying this. The risk I mentioned was for the currency that is introducing fractional

[e-gold-list] Re: Frac reserve

2001-04-13 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 13 Apr 2001, at 14:02, CCS wrote: Sure they have a right... It is disturbing that (1) they would do do something so stupid as require something that cannot be enforced and Again CCS, they can enforce it after the fact by removing the user's privilege...and that is good enough (2)

[e-gold-list] Re: Frac reserve

2001-04-13 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 13 Apr 2001, at 19:31, Julian Morrison wrote: As I read this, you cannot lease or loan GoldGrams... but you can create a payment now, with a contractual agreement to repay with *some unspecified* GoldGrams. Well a goldgram like a gram of e-gold is specific. But I agree with you, this

[e-gold-list] Re: Is it S.O.P.?

2001-04-13 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 13 Apr 2001, at 11:44, Vince Callaway wrote: An HYIP starts up, offers big returns on little investment, payouts are done every 3-4 days. Goes great for a bit. Goes so well that people are having trouble funding E-Gold accounts. No problem, they have an exclusive arrangement with a

[e-gold-list] Re: what the HELL is egold used for? (the million dollar mystery)

2001-04-13 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 14 Apr 2001, at 9:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http:// the new magazine site! i forgot the URL already! http://www.magazinedepot.com Claude http://www.goldcurrencies.ca http://www.ormetal.com == Claude Cormier Public Key http://www.ormetal.com/PGPkey.html

[e-gold-list] Goldmoney on Fractional Reserve Banking

2001-04-13 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
Hi all, I have received comments from James Turk on this issue of Fractional Reserve Banking as well as on their article VIII.C.iii that forbids Goldmoney users to create any liens, encumbrances, charges or claims on their holdings of goldgrams. I don't think it is appropriate for me to post

[e-gold-list] Re: e-gold vs. GoldMoney

2001-04-17 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 17 Apr 2001, at 18:42, Paul Vahur wrote: GoldMoney - electronic money backed 100% with gold. Unlike physical gold can't (is not allowed to) be used in frb, thus enabling it to be used only as a means of exchange. Hello Paul, Goldmoney is a digital currency 100% back by gold, exactly like

[e-gold-list] Re: e-gold

2001-04-18 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 18 Apr 2001, at 10:28, James M. Ray wrote: and risks taken by GSR *DO* *NOT* risk *ANY* of the metal that's owned by account holders! On that, I agree. Claude http://www.goldcurrencies.ca http://www.ormetal.com == Claude Cormier Public Key

[e-gold-list] EBay agains a coin and bullion dealer

2001-04-18 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
EBay the Internet auction service, has suspended the account of a seller suspected of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from people who bid successfully on gold and silver coins and bullion, sent their money and got nothing in return, the company said.

[e-gold-list] Re: i don't buy it

2001-04-19 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
JP, The reason for the rally is the USD. It came down big... because of the drop in interest rate. http://quotes.ino.com/chart/?s=NYBOT_DXM1v=iw=60t=ca=2 Another problem is the 30 year bond--- they are going down and the yield is going up

[e-gold-list] Re: Swiss Gold

2001-04-24 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 24 Apr 2001, at 6:46, Viking Coder wrote: e-gold now has 3.54% of their gold reserve in Zurich. Diversification is good. Excellent remark. Viking. Claude http://www.goldcurrencies.ca http://www.ormetal.com == Claude Cormier Public Key

[e-gold-list] Re: where is the gold?

2001-04-25 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 25 Apr 2001, at 20:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where on the e-gold site is a statement of where all our gold is held ? http://www.e-gold.com/examiner.html Claude http://www.goldcurrencies.ca http://www.ormetal.com == Claude Cormier Public Key

[e-gold-list] Re: Heap of Gold says Breach of e-gold security...................

2001-04-26 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
Due to a breach of the e-gold security system we are temporarily not accepting any payments for funding of e-gold accounts. To our knowledge, there is no breach of security in the e-gold system. All lights are green as far as we are concerned. Claude Cormier http://www.goldcurrencies.ca

[e-gold-list] Re: Would you do business with:

2001-04-27 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 27 Apr 2001, at 16:16, Vince Callaway wrote: Domain Name: GOLD-CLUB.NET Wow! Another get paid for doing nothing program!!! -:) --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[e-gold-list] Re: Would you do business with:

2001-04-27 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 27 Apr 2001, at 16:16, Vince Callaway wrote: Domain Name: GOLD-CLUB.NET Vince, OTOH... these guys have been there for 3 years now. I remember visiting their site in 1998.. So maybe they are doing something right. Claude http://www.goldcurrencies.ca http://www.ormetal.com

[e-gold-list] Re: Recent scams

2001-04-28 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 28 Apr 2001, at 14:48, James M. Ray wrote: At 1:58 PM -0400 4/28/01, C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc. wrote: ... Excellent suggestion, Tristan. The problem is that GSR is very slow reacting to the situation. This site scam site has been up for weeks. Nope. This is not the whole story

[e-gold-list] Re: solid gold coins .. (I just bought one!)

2001-05-04 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 5 May 2001, at 9:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the canadian maple leaf made from? http://www.rcmint.ca/products/en/main.cfm?Product_Id=12Section_Id=10Area=Products Claude http://www.goldcurrencies.ca http://www.ormetal.com == Claude Cormier

[e-gold-list] Re: its all in the charts

2001-05-04 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 5 May 2001, at 10:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: wow - anyone who trades futures, palladium might be setting up for a big spurt http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/PA/61 Buy North American Palladium (PDL or PAL) Claude http://www.goldcurrencies.ca http://www.ormetal.com

[e-gold-list] Re: solid gold coins .. (I just bought one!)

2001-05-04 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 5 May 2001, at 9:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just curious, what's the face value on the 1oz Maple Leaf (doest say on the web site) The coin has a $50 legal tender face value. http://online.kitco.com/sellprice/coins/coin_goldmapleone.html

[e-gold-list] RE: its all in the charts

2001-05-06 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 7 May 2001, at 0:05, Ian Green wrote: Hi JPM, Do you know which mining companies may be predominantly based on palladium? Hello Ian, There are only a few mining companies that produce or explore for palladium. What is your interest in these companies ? Investment mmaybe ? Claude

[e-gold-list] A chart is worth a thousand words

2001-05-08 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
Some charts really tell you the big story: http://freeweb.pdq.net/filskov/dj-au-ratio-lt.gif Claude http://www.goldcurrencies.ca http://www.ormetal.com == Claude Cormier Public Key http://www.ormetal.com/PGPkey.html == --- You

[e-gold-list] Re: A chart is worth a thousand words

2001-05-08 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 8 May 2001, at 15:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the 'big picture'. Got Gold? Dave Get your gold stocks! Claude http://www.goldcurrencies.ca http://www.ormetal.com == Claude Cormier Public Key http://www.ormetal.com/PGPkey.html

[e-gold-list] Re: A chart is worth a thousand words

2001-05-08 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 8 May 2001, at 14:23, SnowDog wrote: Speculative mania, spurred by abolition of the law disallowing people from owning gold, in 1972, drove the price of gold to astonomical levels, which had to fall... Craig, It was indeed a mania, similar to the recent high-teck bubble. But the

[e-gold-list] Re: e-gold customer service?

2001-05-10 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 10 May 2001, at 11:44, SnowDog wrote: E-gold is supposed to be internet currency, and this means it should be treated like cash. Amen! Claude http://www.goldcurrencies.ca http://www.ormetal.com == Claude Cormier Public Key

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Dollar Battle

2001-04-06 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 6 Apr 2001, at 1:02, Bob wrote: In the end, the long run, the iron laws of economics win. So true... In time, the gold equation will be balanced again. Claude --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[e-gold-list] Re: The US Dollar Battle

2001-04-06 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 5 Apr 2001, at 21:37, Khurram Khan wrote: Is the price of Gold determined in a significantly different fashion? In theory No!. Gold exchange rates are a matter of money flows with paper currencies, mainly the USD. What is harder to explain are the reasons for these monetary transfers.

[e-gold-list] Re: Standard Reserve Took His Gold

2001-05-13 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 13 May 2001, at 20:49, Steve Renner wrote: Simply transfer your funds from your egold account to your Cash Card account, and they are instantly available to spend at any ATM or 1,000's of merchants who accept debit cards. Is this really true? The way I undestand it, e-gold is first

[e-gold-list] Re: Any Maples today?

2001-05-14 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 14 May 2001, at 13:49, Steve Renner wrote: Canadian Maple Leafs, are just bullion coins, and as such have no intrinsic value other than the spot price of gold. They are reportable and confiscatable by the Canadian Government. Where did you get that? They are not reportable and not can

[e-gold-list] Re: Any Maples today?

2001-05-14 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 14 May 2001, at 13:49, Steve Renner wrote: Canadian Maple Leafs, are just bullion coins, and as such have no intrinsic value other than the spot price of gold. They are reportable and confiscatable by the Canadian Government. Where did you get that? They are not reportable and not can

[e-gold-list] Gold up $6

2001-05-18 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
I hope that all of you ae enjoying this little rally in gold http://www.kitco.com/charts/livegold.html Gold Stocks are up 50-100% in the last 6 months. Forget thos HYIP porgrams. Buy your gold stocks! Buy your gold currencies! Claude Editor, The Ormetal Report http://www.ormetal.com

[e-gold-list] Re: I was shocked to see the following

2001-05-23 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 21 May 2001, at 1:20, Carlos Gonçalves wrote: Well, as a prop trader in an portuguese investment bank, i have a 264 long position (just roll over for aug contracts on friday)and waiting for the 360 mark. It seems like a good panic buying. I like this optimism. On what analysis method are

[e-gold-list] RE: escalating attack sequences....

2001-05-23 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 24 May 2001, at 0:53, Viking Coder wrote: OK, how about a website which sent back an image to the user's browser, which had a visible keypad to which the user was to 'mouse-click' the passphrase? Now, imagine that the browser sent back a picture of a gif, generated 'on-the-fly', with

[e-gold-list] e-gold Site Down?

2001-05-24 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
Can someone tell me if the e-gold site is up? It looks down form our end! Claude http://www.goldcurrencies.ca http://www.ormetal.com == Claude Cormier Public Key http://www.ormetal.com/PGPkey.html == --- You are currently

[e-gold-list] Re: Capital gains

2001-05-24 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 24 May 2001, at 13:21, Samuel Mc Kee wrote: Got a question for those running businesses, most especially those running E-Gold-only businesses. How are you handling the capital gains tax? Has anyone written any kind of specialized software to help with cap-gain recordkeeping in the E-Gold

[e-gold-list] Re: Capital gains

2001-05-24 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 24 May 2001, at 13:42, Samuel Mc Kee wrote: My concern is not with the tax itself, but with the enormous complexity that arrises trying to manage a FIFO system of accounting for what centigram was bought or sold (for practical purposes) when and for how much when the number of

[e-gold-list] Re: Capital gains

2001-05-24 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 24 May 2001, at 10:48, Vince Callaway wrote: When I offer services or products to people I always quote grams or ounces, doing it any other way is well, wrong. Vince, I couldn't agree more. We do same. Claude --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To

[e-gold-list] RE: escalating attack sequences....

2001-05-24 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 24 May 2001, at 2:07, Viking Coder wrote: Instead of restricting where you can't go, the firewall would restrict where you can go. Well I didn't know that some firewalls were doing that. Mine does not restrict on the destination, but put a restriction on the origin. In other words, I

[e-gold-list] Re: Ticker symbol for an ounce of gold?

2001-05-27 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
RAH, Have you tried $GOLD Anything that starts with GCxx is a Comex Future Gold Contract. The symbol always depends on the source you are getting the quote from. My advice is to access the source site, and use their search tool to find the appropriate symbol. Do you absolutely need the

[e-gold-list] Re: arbitrage -- goldGrams

2001-05-28 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 28 May 2001, at 21:48, Craig Spencer wrote: It does you no monetary good that the prices differ (no matter how fast you can buy and sell) unless there is a way you can convert gg to e-gold and back. Craig, Well if you have everything in place, you can sell e-gold and obtain CAD or USD

[e-gold-list] Re: arbitrage -- goldGrams

2001-05-28 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 28 May 2001, at 22:17, Bob wrote: Craig Spencer wrote: Claude, But in reality, prices are often different by a few bucks... and if one is very quick and has the good connections to move in and out.. arbitrage is possible. It does you no monetary good that the prices

[e-gold-list] Re: arbitrage -- goldGrams

2001-05-28 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 28 May 2001, at 23:34, Craig Spencer wrote: Claude, Well if you have everything in place, you can sell e-gold and obtain CAD or USD at a price X and immediately turn around and buy gg at a price of Y with thos some CAD or USD. You end up with a different wuantity of grams. Isn't it

[e-gold-list] Re: arbitrage -- goldGrams

2001-05-28 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 28 May 2001, at 23:56, Viking Coder wrote: lso, this isn't anywhere near an instant transaction. I would agree with that. And with Internet banking you can, if you have the good trading partners and the good bank accounts, exchange e-gold into USD (or CAD) and vice-versa, or goldgrams

[e-gold-list] Re: Possible virus alert

2001-05-28 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 29 May 2001, at 0:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Go to the START button. Go to FIND or SEARCH Go to FILES FOLDERS Make sure the find box is searching the C: drive. Type in; SULFNBK.EXE Begin search. This file is present on one of my old systems. But it is dated 1999-05-05

[e-gold-list] Re: Possible virus alert

2001-05-28 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
Dave, That is not a virus. It is a hoax. Claude On 29 May 2001, at 0:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have not verified this virus report, but I did find the indicated file on my harddrive and deleted it... better safe than sorry. I also cannot confirm the this deletion will prevent it

[e-gold-list] Re: arbitrage -- goldGrams

2001-05-29 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 29 May 2001, at 1:24, Viking Coder wrote: GoldMoney gram of gold: US$8.93 (as of 5/25/01, er... who said they're real time?) Their main supplier, Fidelitrade, is. And when you buy gg that is that price you pay. But I agree with you, the fees will kill any possible profits from a

[e-gold-list] Re: arbitrage -- goldGrams

2001-05-29 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 29 May 2001, at 18:49, Viking Coder wrote: The price the main supplier charges is different than the value of the gg itself, isn't it? What I meant is that the quote at Fidelitrade on which they based their selling price is real time, updated each minute. Claude. --- You are currently

[e-gold-list] Re: omni, egold, price, expliciticity

2001-05-29 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 30 May 2001, at 11:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: apropos of my previous email, WHY would GoldMoney set a value on the current exchange rate between the metal gold, and french francs, us dollars or whatever? They do not, unlike e-gold who, indirectly, does it, because of the time delay

[e-gold-list] Re: arbitrage -- goldGrams

2001-05-29 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 30 May 2001, at 11:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Presumably the entity providing the underlying notion that 1g of egold is worth (ie, immediately exchangeable to) $8.51 at the moment, is Omnipay. Is that right? Well... whoever collects the data and disclosed it on e-gold site is that

[e-gold-list] Re: cross between gold currencies (FAGWANEs?)

2001-05-29 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 29 May 2001, at 22:46, Craig Spencer wrote: 1 goldgram and 1 gram of e-gold are the same thing -- one gram of the element gold, stored for you. They are not the same thing. The rights you have concerning 1gg and a gram of e-gold are different. Craig, There are indeed differences.

[e-gold-list] Re: cross between gold currencies (FAGWANEs?)

2001-05-29 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 29 May 2001, at 23:47, Craig Spencer wrote: For instance, IMO OmniPay's 4% spread could not be maintained and would probably be cut by at least 1% if Goldfinger were allowed to bail in gold. Since GoldMoney operates differently it could not maintain this artificially high spread. This

[e-gold-list] Re: arbitrage -- goldGrams

2001-05-29 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 29 May 2001, at 23:27, Viking Coder wrote: I've argued over much less before. However, I prefer the term discussion over argument. Agreed! I forget that argument in english is more negative than a healthy discussion. C Claude http://www.goldcurrencies.ca http://www.ormetal.com

[e-gold-list] Re: cross between gold currencies (FAGWANEs?)

2001-05-30 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 30 May 2001, at 0:08, Viking Coder wrote: Has anybody actually tried to bail gold into GoldMoney yet? (fooled you didn't I) It is a good bet to suggest that goldfingercoin.com has.For sure Fidelitrade has. Claude --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To

[e-gold-list] Re: crypto -bullion -- authentication via crypto

2001-05-30 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 29 May 2001, at 23:28, David Hillary wrote: Goldmoney claims to be 'unique' in that holdings of goldgrams are title to the actual gold in the holding, rather than a currency backed by a holding. This is simply not the case, as the owner of 1 gg simply cannot take his holding out and

[e-gold-list] Re: omni, egold, price, expliciticity

2001-05-30 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 30 May 2001, at 23:34, Rachel Willmer wrote: GoldMoney do allow you to specify a price in GBP/USD etc when you're using their merchant interface. You are right. But they specify very clearly that the merchant can calculate his payment in grams using his own exchanges rates if he does

[e-gold-list] Re: Putting money into e-gold or osgold accounts

2001-05-30 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 30 May 2001, at 21:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can tell you from a layperson's point of view, the charges incurred just to deposit money into e-gold or osgold accounts is so expensive that it becomes a HUGE deterent to use your services. MCF, The 10% fees you suggest is certainly way

[e-gold-list] Re: Putting money into e-gold or osgold accounts

2001-05-30 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 30 May 2001, at 21:04, SnowDog wrote: The 10% fees you suggest is certainly way above the average. Many exchange providers have rates at 5% and below. I suggest you shop around. Make sure you stop at GoldCurrencies. You will also find that some exchangers will BUY your e-gold for

[e-gold-list] Re: Putting money into e-gold or osgold accounts

2001-05-30 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 30 May 2001, at 21:33, Eric J. Gaither wrote: I am sure I am not the only one who will tell you...its an unpopular job being an Exchange Service Provider. Indeed, especially when you fund the account of one of your customer and gold drops $10 between the time of funding and the time

[e-gold-list] Re: Another 4 Bars

2001-05-31 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 31 May 2001, at 12:28, SnowDog wrote: And another 4 bars of gold were put into the London vault today. Business is growing again!! Claude http://www.goldcurrencies.ca http://www.ormetal.com == Claude Cormier Public Key http://www.ormetal.com/PGPkey.html

[e-gold-list] Re: Cambist.net?

2001-06-02 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 2 Jun 2001, at 20:19, SnowDog wrote: What happened to www.Cambist.net ? I haven't been able to connect to them all week. There was a message on their site a week or two ago, saying that they would be back in business sometiems in June... can't remember the exact date. Claude

[e-gold-list] Re: Parker Bradley -- awesome!

2001-06-04 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 4 Jun 2001, at 16:37, James M. Ray wrote: I also got some physical gold from Parker, and it arrived last week, and my customer-experience was also excellent. This dust is fun, I'm busy now trying to get the contents of 4 quarter-gram vials into a single vial, so that I'll have a good

[e-gold-list] Re: Parker Bradley -- awesome!

2001-06-04 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 4 Jun 2001, at 20:49, James M. Ray wrote: I wonder how they came up with this figure? According to all production data, approximately 140,000 tons of gold have been produced since mankind. Gold specific gravity is 19.3 ton per cubic meter which means that all the gold that has been

[e-gold-list] Re: Parker Bradley -- awesome!

2001-06-04 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 5 Jun 2001, at 12:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fantastic! So if you filled your 1-ton chevy pick up truck with gold, instead of dirt, the load WOULD WIEGH AROUND TWENTY OR THIRTY TONS Exactly. (Compare a half ton or so for dirt) Well more or less... depending on the type of

[e-gold-list] Re: Parker Bradley -- awesome!

2001-06-05 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 6 Jun 2001, at 0:42, Julian Morrison wrote: wonder how long 'til they run out, if they carry on playing silly buggers with gold prices? Experts estimations are that the CB's are pretty much done with the leasing at current gold prices. They are starting to understand what mess they have

[e-gold-list] Re: Gold Money's New Handshaking Protocol

2001-06-05 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
Snowdog, What I like also is their new support for client digital certificates. It will block any hacker who succeed in obtaining your password. I hope e-gold will implement a few of these features in their next version. On 6 Jun 2001, at 0:16, SnowDog wrote: I LOVE GoldMoney's new

[e-gold-list] Re: Security Certificates

2001-06-06 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 6 Jun 2001, at 8:30, Ken Griffith wrote: Gold Money now allows security certificates that are installed in the users browser to authenticate transactions. My question is: how easy is it for someone who can gain access to the users computer (either physically or through a trojan) to COPY

[e-gold-list] Re: US bank fees on international transfers

2001-06-09 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 9 Jun 2001, at 4:29, Graham Kelly wrote: Well, guys, I've discovered that most US banks extract $10 USD for an incoming wire... I noticed that as well. Canadian Banks do same but on occasions. I think that it depends either on the amount of the wire or the presence or not of a

[e-gold-list] Re: Some small returns

2001-06-11 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 11 Jun 2001, at 16:01, Viking Coder wrote: So, instead of disappearing in the night and leaving a lot of people, who can't do the math, wondering were their money is, they are just going to fade away as their commisssion fees approach/exceed 100%. People will be told up front that they

[e-gold-list] Re: Security measures and DIRT

2001-06-13 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
In fact, the only REAL long term solution is to go completely over to digital-bearer-instruments (digital cash) instead of book-entry systems, but until then, here's how to protect your account: How so? These instruments are like a leather wallet in your back pocket. They can be stolen. You

[e-gold-list] Is this evidence ?

2001-06-13 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 13 Jun 2001, at 18:55, Samuel Mc Kee wrote: I keep hearing various people suggest that it's possible to plant a software trojan on someone's machine without that person opening up an attachment or running an executable locally. These claims are a lot like claims of psychic powers: I can

[e-gold-list] Re: Security Certificates

2001-06-14 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 6 Jun 2001, at 13:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: regarding attacks that are only theoretical, i offer 2 grams to the first person that contacts me with the name of the security related organization that used the phrase making the theoretical practical since 1992 L0pht Heavy Industries If

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