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The L-Curve

Interesting site on distribution of wealth. Imagine the population of the United States stretched across a football field in order of income, from poorest to richest. Now imagine a stack of $100 bills representing each person’s income. (A 1-inch stack of $100 bills is $25,000.) The red line represents the heights of those stacks compared to a football field. I call this graph the “L-Curve.” Read More : The L-Curve

Posted by Michael Palmer on Wednesday, July 30, 2003

The Telephone Voice Lady

July 28, 2003 — Jane Barbe, whose voice was familiar to millions of telephone users across the country who ever dialed a wrong number or had to “Please listen to the following options” in a voice-mail system, died July 18 in Roswell, Ga., of complications from cancer. She was 74. Read More : New York Post Online Edition: news

Posted by Michael Palmer on Tuesday, July 29, 2003

DOD Requiring IPv6 Compliance

Finally someone is making some progress on the IPv6 front. Citing National Security Concerns, Osterholz Says $30 Billion DoD IT Budget Will Only Buy Network Technologies That Are IPv6-Compliant Starting in October 2003, With Full Integration by 2008 Read More : Defense Department Will Require IPv6 Compliance, Says DoD’s John Osterholz

Posted by Michael Palmer on Tuesday, July 29, 2003

Subpoena Username Query Form

The EFF has put up a page for users to check their IP address or username to see if a subpoena has been issued to gather information on you. Concerned that information about your file-sharing username may have been subpoenaed by the RIAA? Check here to see if your username or IP address is on one of the subpoenas filed with the D.C. District Court. This information is drawn from the court’s publicly available PACER database and will be updated when that system is updated.

Posted by Michael Palmer on Monday, July 28, 2003

Rail Gun Page

Welcome to the newly redesigned haven for the rail gun enthusiast. This page covers some of the latest techniques in electromagnetic propulsion, but the construction of a rail gun is a perilous undertaking so use the information contained herein at your own risk. Read More : Jengel and Fatro’s Rail Gun Page: Introduction

Posted by Michael Palmer on Monday, July 28, 2003

Kazaa users Hit by subpoenas

And so it starts.. The recording industry has launched a sweeping effort to identify and shut down individual song swappers, making good on recent threats to expand its legal battle against copyright theft. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has now issued more than 911 subpoenas to Internet service providers across the United States, trying to get the names of people still offering music on file-sharing networks such as KaZaA and Grokster.

Posted by Michael Palmer on Thursday, July 24, 2003

100 Years ago

I got this forward today. Thought it was interesting.

Posted by Michael Palmer on Tuesday, July 22, 2003

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