LoL, well no currency system is going to solve that particular problem . I found finding something to be passionate about solves this particular problem - good thing you found the Bitcoin movement then .

I've only been involved with bitcoins for little over a week now, so I haven't had much time to implement any earnings instruments yet.

I have access to many products, so one of the first projects will be creating an online retail store to accept payments in bitcoin only.

I have some financial games in mind where trades would happen in bitcoin - the primary idea here is not to "earn" bitcoins, but rather to encourage some movement of bitcoins.

The following idea is a hobby of mine and does not really relate to the crux of this thread: I am currently putting together a solar powered machine to generate bitcoins - the idea is to process "green" bitcoins, making it the cleanest money in history Anyone know of some decent deep cycle batteries - it's all I'm missing.

Um, where can you find real money any more? In a museum?smartass question

I "generated" 100 Bitcoins in about two weeks. That was over a month ago. Running over 12 hours/day. I haven't "made" any since.

Bitcoin "generation" is a great feature for seeding the Bitcoin economy, but if you want enough to buy beer, you'll have to get them in some other way. Mine has been to trade "things" for Bitcoins. I have way too many things, and way too few Bitcoins.

Okay, then give me an example of a real world currency that is 'worth' something.serious smartass question

The is not one currency today that has an intrinsic value. And you call Bitcoin worthless!

one last reply of mine, or "my definition" 

real money is what i have to pay tax for.
virtual money is what my tax office doesnt care about, it "doesn't exist" in the real world

if i exchange the virtual bitcoin (or L$) to the real EUR,
the non-existent turns into tax-related, that's the only difference i'm concerned about.

you can call it whatever you want.

Ouch, feelings were hurt, blood got spilled... I meant no harm there, fresno. Sorry if it came out way too harsh, I'm not shouting you down at all, far from that. I am, in fact, just stating my personal opinion on the fact that most of the threads I follow with interest tend to derail into semantics discussions. Nothing wrong with that, it's an open forum, but so much so other people not as interested in semantics, such as myself, feel the need to sometimes speak up.

Nothing personal, I think your opinions are very insightful even when I don't agree with them but, hey, just speaking my mind here.

PS: I kind of pictured the two of us in a dusty road at sunset, facing each other ready to go for the guns, silence all around broken by the sound of you saying, in a deep voice: "You shout me down, I shout you down. You want that?"

yeah, you totally missunderstood the whole statement.

it's not about what i expect or not,
it's just about how i differ between virtual and real money (i call the stuff we currently buy needful things with 'money').

it's what makes real life suck, you have to care about things.
your virtual life doesnt expect you to care about anything, all you have to loose is your "reputation".

EURs for example aren't that old, actually. 
and i personally don't know anyone that does NOT use it (and will for a long time), so why call it old?

Pff, there was money before them and there will be money after they're done.

If someone invented water powered, flying, swimming cars. Even the most recently produced normal car would be an "old car" :-)