LJ Index

  1. Number of Britain's FTSE 100 companies that have no Web site or cannot be contacted by e-mail from their Web sites: 29
  2. Number of U.S. Fortune 100 companies that have no Web site or cannot be contacted by e-mail from their Web sites: 23
  3. Percentage of the remaining 71 FTSE 100 companies that fail to respond to multiple requests for basic investor information even after three months: 20
  4. Percentage of the remaining 76 Fortune 100 companies that fail to respond to multiple requests for basic investor information even after three months: 33
  5. Number of ways "ough" can be pronounced in English: 9
  6. Year when the first traffic accident occurred: 1896
  7. Number of traffic accidents at the intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards in Beverly Hills in 1998: 242rsection among most dangerous in the U.S: 4
  8. Position of <$25k/year U.S. households among all income groups in Internet usage: 1
  9. Annual rate of increase for <$25k/year U.S. households: 50
  10. Position of <$25k/year Position of <$25k/year households among all income groups in Internet usage:households among all income groups in time spent online: 1
  11. Position of <$25k/year Position of <$25k/year households among all income groups in Internet usage:households among all income groups in unique pages viewed: 1
  12. Age at which William Roseman became the youngest elected official in New Jersey: 18
  13. Age of William Roseman at the time he founded Linux Global Partners: 40
  14. Amount invested in Linux startups by Linux Global Partners as of 9/2000: $25 million
  15. Number of Linux startups in which Linux Global Partners is invested: 8
  16. Amount invested by Linux Global Partners in Helix Code: $2, 200,000
  17. Helix Code quarterly earnings expected by William Roseman by 2002: $30,000,000
  18. Typical number of new Helix Code downloads & installations, per day: 4,000
  19. Combined ages of Helix Code's co-founders: 49

SOURCES: 1-4, The Rainier Web-Index study; 5, viz: " A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed." 6-7, USA Today; 8-11, Media Metrix, Inc.; 12-13, 15, San Jose Mercury News; 14, National Public Radio; 16-17, Boston Globe; 18, National Public Radio; 19, San Jose Mercury News and Business 2.0.