Comments on: Godly Grounds http://it.jessupblogs.com/2008/11/05/godly-grounds/ News, announcements, and opinions Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:30:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: jgreen http://it.jessupblogs.com/2008/11/05/godly-grounds/#comment-27 jgreen Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:18:30 +0000 http://it.jessupblogs.com/?p=46#comment-27 About 630 ounces. Adobe CS4 with Academic Discount: $550 One Pound of Peet's Aged Sumatra: $13.95 http://www.peets.com/shop/coffee_detail.asp?id=43&cid=1004 Price in Coffee Currency: ($550 / $13.95) x 16 Please, not all at once. Storage could be a problem. About 630 ounces.

Adobe CS4 with Academic Discount: $550
One Pound of Peet’s Aged Sumatra: $13.95
http://www.peets.com/shop/coffee_detail.asp?id=43&cid=1004
Price in Coffee Currency: ($550 / $13.95) x 16

Please, not all at once. Storage could be a problem.

]]> By: Chris Caughey http://it.jessupblogs.com/2008/11/05/godly-grounds/#comment-24 Chris Caughey Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:25:24 +0000 http://it.jessupblogs.com/?p=46#comment-24 Being a coffee snob myself, I think we should just start using beans, grounds and other forms of coffee as mediums of exchange. Paper money (aka "fiat money") is really just Monopoly (TM) money at the end of the day. Usually, "commodity money" means precious metals like gold and silver. But coffee is a commodity, too, and commodities have real value. How many ounces of beans would you charge me for your copy of Adobe Suite? Being a coffee snob myself, I think we should just start using beans, grounds and other forms of coffee as mediums of exchange. Paper money (aka “fiat money”) is really just Monopoly (TM) money at the end of the day. Usually, “commodity money” means precious metals like gold and silver. But coffee is a commodity, too, and commodities have real value.

How many ounces of beans would you charge me for your copy of Adobe Suite?

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