00:15:31 <wildmage> one thing my espian experience taught me is that idealism 
   is a bad place for business
00:15:51 <deltab> it is?
00:16:01 <deltab> argh, why did no-one tell me?!
00:16:22 <tav> lol
00:17:46 <deltab> hmm, it occurs to me that esp is like the shop Dharma bought 
   in Dharam and Greg
00:18:26 <tav> hmz, i recall watching one episode of that... something about 
   the gift economy.. pls elaborate dan
00:18:44 <sbp> dan? ehheh
00:19:16 <deltab> I think I told you about it before
00:19:22 <tav> you have
00:19:34 <tav> my memory has become terrible
00:20:14 <deltab> Dharma for some reason bought a shop
00:21:32 <deltab> she didn't know what she'd sell, but opened it anyway
00:21:51 <deltab> people started coming in out of the rain, reading 
   newspapers, etc.
00:24:30 <deltab> the guy who was reading a newspaper gave it to someone else 
   to read
00:25:12 <deltab> people started chatting and helping each other out in small 
   ways
00:28:35 <tav> what happened when the shop bills had to be paid?
00:33:12 <deltab> I don't remember
00:34:03 <deltab> someone came in asking if she had the relevant permit, but 
   couldn't figure out exactly what permit was needed
00:34:50 <sbp> well that's the clearest explanation of esp I've had so far

- 2004-03-16, <irc://irc.freenode.net/esp>