I don't know, I'd have the same first reaction. How many undergraduates even own a suit? I don't think I or any of my friends owned a suit until long after graduation.
Almost very undergraduate I know owns at least one suit... Granted, they're not all Armani suits, but I think you'd be hard pressed to find a second-year or higher student these days who doesn't have at least one suit.
I think it would be extremely easy to find. The only reason anyone ever buys a suit in the first place is to go on an interview for a ('real') job or attend a wedding.
Maybe. But I also feel like if you go to Harvard and have the ability to get an appointment set up by a friend of the family, you would maybe "understand" where they're coming from a bit more. (I use understand in the idea of recognizing that they're trying to emulate businessmen and treat such a thing as a business transaction.)
Although, I should remind you that this is Harvard, where the average family income is much higher than in general. That said, I'm assuming that the comment was not just based on the suits, but probably the attitude and manner that went with them.
It should be noted that the only reason Meze Grill is accepting bitcoins is because Bruce Wagner, host of the 24/7 Bitcoin show (http://onlyonetv.com/?page_id=178), loves the restaurant and convinced the owner to accept bitcoins. The owner himself (on Bruce's show) has admitted it's basically a cute little gimmick and doesn't actually any real volume using bitcoins at his shop.
There's an old cliché, nobody remembers the second man to walk on the moon.
So my point was, there is value in being the first restaurant in the world to accept bitcoins. And to be the first coffee shop. or the first plumber to do so, etc.
But, of course, I got schooled by lwat who poked a hole in my argument ... Buzz Aldrin is very well known.
Incidentally, the second restaurant to announce that they accept bitcoins also is in NYC ... http://twitter.com/ocrepes
