I could use some testing Ripples too! 
I live in a country with strict currency exchange laws. Right now, the only way to obtain bitcoins is mining or if you have a bank account with foreign currency outside the country. Hardly the grounds for any kind of popular adoption. Potentially this could happen in any country, a couple of laws here and there and you are cut off from Bitcoin economy.
Im seeing that this might be the same case for Ripple. If there would be a way to generate value for the Ripple network in exchange for Ripples regardless of the country and its local laws and the technical know how of the users, it would be great!
I live in a country with strict currency exchange laws. Right now, the only way to obtain bitcoins is mining or if you have a bank account with foreign currency outside the country. Hardly the grounds for any kind of popular adoption. Potentially this could happen in any country, a couple of laws here and there and you are cut off from Bitcoin economy.
Im seeing that this might be the same case for Ripple. If there would be a way to generate value for the Ripple network in exchange for Ripples regardless of the country and its local laws and the technical know how of the users, it would be great!