Author Archives: taxicle

How much would you pay for your face to be on a banknote? Just one note, which is legal tender and could be spent, though you might not want to. Nice little earner for a central bank somewhere.

Every pound note had a serial number to make physical money easier to track. Why not the money sitting in your bank account, and all digital money? Each unit of digital money could have its whole associated transaction history encrypted. … Continue reading →

Is having terrorists believe in something.

There is no way to save Haiti. It is a basket case and always has been. But if it could be given the same status as Puerto Rico do It could be saved from itself. Liberia too.

Every country will be a country of minorities.

Facebook won’t survive forever but even if it does there will be billions of posts on billions of profile pages that noone ever reads. Some people think that your facebook profile will be their everlasting legacy but I think it … Continue reading →

I wouldn’t have done the tthings I’ve done.

I can’t be liked by everyone

You don’t  have to be a winner to be rolling in money. Everyone who gets past the first round at Wimbledon will receive £29000.

Bit like custom car licence plate numbers. I would hope to get the number 007