[jaapv @ Oct 8th 2007 11:12AM]

It's so english to come up with a universal currency and call it a quid (slang for pound), peg it to the pound in their attempt to put an english stamp on everything.
But, didn't they vote against a unifying currency the Euro?

[MikeG @ Oct 9th 2007 4:43PM]

Yeah that's mostly because we (brits) didn't invent it and didn't think of it first. :P

[EdZ @ Oct 8th 2007 11:57AM]

Moreover, it's not even a 1:1 exchange rate quid to QUID. Quid Pro Quo, so to speak.

Sorry, the pun potential here is unfathomable.

[omgduck @ Oct 8th 2007 12:08PM]

There has never been a referendum on the euro.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_economic_tests

[Jean-Michel Decombe @ Oct 8th 2007 12:29PM]

Psst... guys... not trying to rain on your parade but... ever heard of the internets, virtual cash, and all that? I am afraid by the time we need them, your QUIDs will have become Quasi Useless Intergalactic Denominations.

[Mike @ Oct 8th 2007 12:55PM]

@Jean-Michel Decombe
Ummm.... so you're going to wait 32 minutes for the round-trip signal to PayPal from Mars are you? Way to think on a large scale. Did you even read the linked article?

[Cagrino @ Oct 8th 2007 1:00PM]

@Jean-Michel

Yes I agree this is useless, but never underestimate this species' capacity for vices.

And nothing keeps your vices under wraps like good ole' untraceable cash; in any form.

Virtual cash can come but it won't replace cash.

[Cagrino @ Oct 8th 2007 1:02PM]

@Jean-Michel

Yes I agree this is useless, but never underestimate this species' capacity for vices.

And nothing keeps your vices under wraps like good ole' untraceable cash; in any form.

Virtual cash can come but it won't replace cash.

[Jean-Michel Decombe @ Oct 8th 2007 1:21PM]

@Mike:
Sorry, the Man doesn't pay me to think on a large scale, he just pays me to say funny things.

Anyway, the limitations you suggest will be overcome. It's nice to think on a large scale but, as history has proven many times over, it's much better to think out of the box.

[Mike @ Oct 8th 2007 1:27PM]

Yes, I'm sure that pesky speed-of-light limitation can be overcome with enough effort. Maybe the Americans can do something constructive along those lines instead of just blowing the crap out of everything on this planet?

[Jean-Michel Decombe @ Oct 8th 2007 1:49PM]

Well, I don't want to dwell on that issue forever (there are researchers out there already hard at work brainstorming on the "intergalactic internet", as Vint Cerf dubbed it) but if you can't beat the speed of light, you can still use replication and delayed synchronization to achieve your goals. That is a first trivial, 10-second attempt at thinking of a solution, so I can only imagine that the problem will indeed be solved.

I won't even touch your unfair characterization of what America is all about.

[macona @ Oct 8th 2007 1:53PM]

Where do you think the technology we have now comes from? It was learned from looking for more efficient ways to blow the crap out of everything!

[Ignacio @ Oct 8th 2007 2:03PM]

Yeah, and everybody knows that the galactic currency are "Credits" ;)

[John @ Oct 8th 2007 3:07PM]

@ Cagrino

Untracable cash? Which century are you living in? Both the U.S. and U.K. are printing bills with embedded RFID tags in them. And once the National ID (which will also have RFID) goes live here in the states next year, it will easy to associate cash with people. Just add scanners in the registers' cash drawers linked up to a national database and you'll be able to trace that "untracable" dollar bill all the way back to the mint. The paper trail has been redefined.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/022904rfidtagsexplode.html

[rickane58 @ Oct 8th 2007 6:51PM]

@John

Wow, just wow, do I even need to touch that one?

First off, the RFID in these bills in EURO are not individual, they have 20 ID's, 50 Id's, 100 Id's etc. etc.

Also, the strips in american money are not behind Jacksons eye, but off to the right. Also, the composition of this strip is polyester, a plastic, which would be the WORST anteannae ever.

So plz, from now on before you try to post myth as fact, look it up on trusty ole' snopes. also, a link to the article pertaining to this.

http://http://www.snopes.com/business/money/strip.asp

[Ebzy @ Oct 8th 2007 7:09PM]

Wahay!

At last I get to see my home town mentioned on engadget.

I'm so happy - I think I could just cryyy!