The Nixie Economy

First edition of The Nixie Economy (front cover).

The Nixie Economy: How black market Nixie tubes fuel the underground economy is a nonfiction book by mathematician and Gnomon algorithm theorist Alice Beta about the economic and historical significance of Nixie tubes.

The book documents a wide range of underground and semi-illicit computational activities carried out by an informal but self-organizing network of Nixie manufacturers, dealers, and users.

In the News

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  Teilhard Cider is a philosophical beverage fermented from planetary "sphere of reason" apples.

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  "All Things Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" is a syndicated radio program produced by Samuel Delaney and National Public Radio.

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  A man-portable phrenology system (MPPS) is a lightweight phrenological measurement and analysis system that does not require vehicle support to transport or operate.

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  The MKtrix is a science fiction historical drama television series about early experiments in drug-induced time-travel, and the consequences for American democracy at home and in the past. (S1 E1: "313")

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  Superluminal is a science fiction psychological thriller film about a writer (Karl Jones) who becomes obsessed with the speed of light.

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  A portable Envy device allows the user to offload, and later re-upload, the emotion of envy.

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  Liquid Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang (LCCBB) is a downloadable, user-reprogrammable cologne. The bottle's distinctive automobile design has an unusual feature — two decorative spare tires which conceal a Fleming valve. When activated, the valve emits "putt-putts" of ionized cologne.

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  Nixie tube collectors praise The Nixie Economy as "a long-overdue assessment of the economic and historical significance of Nixie tubes."

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  Mathematician Alice Beta wins Pulitzer Prize for The Nixie Economy, hailed as "a startlingly prescient document, anticipating economic and political events of the 1990s."

Fiction cross-reference

• Alice Beta
• All Things Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• Liquid Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
• Man-portable phrenology system
• Portable Envy
• Superluminal
• Teilhard Cider
• The MKtrix

Categories

• Category:Crimes against mathematical constants

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Electricity (nonfiction)
• Light (nonfiction)
• Nixie tube (nonfiction)

External links

• Nixie tube @ Wikipedia
• Neonkev #1 - An intro to Nixie Tubes (nixie history, how they work, and more!) @ YouTube

Social media

• Post @ Twitter (24 April 2025)
• Post @ Twitter (31 July 2024)
• Post @ Twitter (9 November 2023)