My request to ubuntu developer team

[Liam Proven]

On 20 November 2011 23:20, Eric Morey <eric at glodime.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-11-20 at 17:17 +0000, Liam Proven wrote:
>>
>> American currency is very odd, to me as an occasionally-visiting Brit.
>>
>> All the banknotes are the same size, which is downright hostile to
>> blind people. The coins also sometimes bear officially-sanctioned
>> nicknames which give the foreigner no clue as to their denomination.
>> E.g. I have no idea how much a "nickel" is worth - that's a metal to
>> me - or a "dime". (10¢? 50¢?) At least a "quarter" is relatively
>> guessable.
>>
>
> Easy, just do what Americans do; use the paper notes for your
> transactions; don't bother counting the coins when you get change; throw
> your coins in a jar until you visit the bank with free coin counting
> machines. (You will occasionally get some Canadian coins and lose a bit
> from inaccuracies in coin machines but you gain so much piece of mind.)

Tell me that again when the credit crunch comes and bites /your/ ass
as it has done many of those of us here in Europe.

I always pay with the exact money, because I don't have enough of the
stuff to just toss it in a jar on the shelf. Money is precious.
Ignoring small denominations is foolish and wasteful.

>> It is ripe for a complete redesign. It's easy - in Britain we do this
>> every decade or so. It's not traumatic or difficult at all.
>
> More Americans use cash than their UK counterparts due to deep seeded
> distrust of authorities, banks, and technology in large portions of the
> USA population.

[Citation needed]

That sounds like a statement of someone unfamiliar with European
financial practices, TBH. I don't know if you are or not, but you're
manifestly unfamiliar with how /I/ and many of those I know best live
and work. It does not reflect the reality of the Europe I've lived in
for 3/4 of my life.

Living as much as possible in the cash economy means The Man can't
trace you so easily, too. It's therefore desirable for those much
concerned with privacy. I am not so inclined, but many are.


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