You were with that ripple guy on the panel, no? 
Yeah, AND I sat down at the ripple booth to talk to them about ripple, and you know what? I STILL don't understand it. I can't imagine how something this obscure to figure out can hit the big time.
Exactly. It's the most confusing system I've ever seen. There is no way a regular person is going to keep up with IOUs, Credit/Trust, and that wacky website. Ripple is just a disaster of confusion. I too couldn't figure out how to sell my Ripples. At one point I transferred them into BTC, but from what I understand that was an IOU from someone for BTC, and I couldn't figure out where or how to cash it in. Regular people who think keyboard shortcuts are magic will never figure this out.