LJ Index

  1. Millions of pounds of space junk orbiting Earth:: 4
  2. Total man-made objects larger than 1 centimeter in diameter, currently obiting Earth: 110,000.
  3. Number of man-made objects currently being officially tracked: 8,927
  4. Age in years of the oldest U.S.-launched satellite, Vanguard I: 44
  5. Age at which Vanguard I became space junk: 6
  6. Thousands of orbiting fragments produced by a Pegusus rocket explosion in 1996: 300
  7. Millions of adults who use the Net at home or work: 156
  8. Percentage of the above who listen to Internet radio: 16
  9. $Millions spent by IBM on a Linux-specific testing lab in New York: 1
  10. Worldwide number of Linux users, in millions: 18
  11. Percentage of Linux systems used as workstations: 61.42
  12. Percentage of Linux systems used for programming: 43.65
  13. Percentage of Linux systems used as mail servers: 23.37
  14. Percentage of Linux systems used as Web servers: 33.38
  15. Percentage of Linux systems used as file servers: 24.64
  16. Percentage of Linux systems used as firewalls: 23.51
  17. Percentage of Linux systems used as DNS services: 17.6
  18. Position of Faroe Islands in number of Linux users as a percentage of whole population: 1
  19. Position of Finland in number of Linux users as a percentage of the whole population: 4

1-6, Space.com; 7-8, Whatron School of Economics, citing USAToday and GartnerG3; 9, International Business Machines Corp.; 10-19, Linux Counter <http://counter.li.org>;

http://counter.li.org/reports/machines.html

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/space_junk.html

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/articles.cfm?catid=14&articleid=590&homepage=yes

Notes to ignore:

<http://www.pressflex.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/44/Google_is_three_times_bigger_than_the_experts_think.html>

<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-933857.html>

<http://www.ipsos-reid.com/media/dsp_displaypr_us.cfm?id_to_view=1542>