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File:Man-portable phrenology system.jpg|link=Man-portable phrenology system|A '''[[man-portable phrenology system]]''' ('''MPPS''') is a lightweight phrenological measurement and analysis system that does not require vehicle support to transport or operate. | |||
File:Nixie tube Telefunken ZM1210 (without coating).jpg|link=Nixie tube (nonfiction)|[[Nixie tube (nonfiction)|Nixie tube]] collectors praise ''The Nixie Economy'' as "a long-overdue assessment of the economic and historical significance of [[Nixie tube (nonfiction)|Nixie tubes]]." | File:Nixie tube Telefunken ZM1210 (without coating).jpg|link=Nixie tube (nonfiction)|[[Nixie tube (nonfiction)|Nixie tube]] collectors praise ''The Nixie Economy'' as "a long-overdue assessment of the economic and historical significance of [[Nixie tube (nonfiction)|Nixie tubes]]." | ||
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Revision as of 19:30, 9 November 2023
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
A man-portable phrenology system (MPPS) is a lightweight phrenological measurement and analysis system that does not require vehicle support to transport or operate.
Nixie tube collectors praise The Nixie Economy as "a long-overdue assessment of the economic and historical significance of Nixie tubes."
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
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Nixie tube @ Wikipedia
Social media
- [ Post] @ Twitter (9 November 2023)