Someone in our FRIAM community (who can claim credit if they wish) once
suggested to me, based on HashCash
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashcash> and GeoHash
<http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Main_Page> and GeoCache
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocache> that there should emerge
something called "HashCache".
This solves the problem of the small-time recreational drug user who is
past their prime and can no longer just crash into any local Dive Bar,
Starbucks, or Auto Parts store and score some pot "on the fly" while
traveling. TSA has made it harder to carry your stash with you, the
USPS has made it harder to "mail some ahead", and despite the medical
marijuana laws, it is probably not equally easy to "score" just anywhere
you go at the drop of a few big bills.
The idea in question involved a method for being able to anonymously
solicit and exchange "cash" for "hash" using HashCash methods along with
Geo/Hash/Cacheing.
I suppose it could also work to have at your disposal your favorite
military-grade weapons/ammunition anywhere you travel without needing to
maintain a personal network of unsavory types.
I'm not saying it is a good idea, but it does seem somewhat inevitable
in the progression of the phonetic riff (Hash, Cash, and Cache) as well
as in the constant arms race between what we consider savory and what we
do not.
- Anonymous ;^)
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