Because of persistent spamming I've been forced to restrict incoming access on Skype and Yahoo Chat to those already on my contact list. The other services are open to everyone. I'd be happy to add you to Skype and/or Yahoo Chat on request.

I have moved to a separate page several items that used to be on my home page so as to not interfere with https (encrypted) access.

Terrorism in Perspective

Some timely quotes...

Some thoughts on the recent Miramar (San Diego) Airshow.

The preliminary estimated losses in the southern California wildfires in October 2007 are about $1 billion, or about 0.2% of the cost of the Iraq war. Here are some personal comments about how the fires affected us.

The ASCII Ribbon Campaign against HTML email and proprietary attachments

Qualcomm Stuff

Qualcomm CDMA

Internet activities

• Two open letters to Perftech, Inc: letter 1 - letter 2. This company makes devices that ISPs use to modify web pages from third parties. This is one of the most outrageous violations of Network Neutrality (not to mention the Internet End-to-End model) I've ever seen. (12 December 2007)
• Using the AirPrime 5220 Card on Verizon BroadbandAccess under Linux
• Times-Warner Road Runner Cable Modem Service
• IETF PILC LINK: Advice to Subnetwork Designers
• The KA9Q NOS TCP/IP Package
• Internet Privacy and Security
• Foundation Internet Papers

Amateur Radio Digital Communications

• A proposed FEC format for AO-40 spacecraft telemetry
• A proposed high speed digital mode for AMSAT's JJsat
• Digital Signal Processing
• Space Communications
• Amateur Radio Regulatory Politics

Political Stuff

• Why I hate Microsoft: worms and viruses
• 9th Circuit Affirms Bernstein ruling: crypto export rules are unconstitutional!
• Oppose the flag-burning amendment!
• The "No Mental Theft" Act
• The Applied Cryptography export case
• The Patent Office is out of control!

Miscellaneous

• Initial analysis of "xMax" technology (updated 29 June 2007)
• A review of one of xG's patents (added 16 May 2007)
• Comments on lab test of xMax (added 4 June 2007)
• Comments on Stu Schwartz's evaluation of xMax (added 6 June 2007)
• An analysis of xG's claim that xMax uses 3,000,000 times less power than WiFi (revised 29 June 2007)
• Debunking crackpots and pseudo-science
• The VMSK Delusion A thorough debunking of the bogus modulation scheme developed by Harold Walker. (updated 20 March 2007)
• My Photovoltaic Power System
• My software packages and utilities
• My EV-1 (electric car) pages
• Archive of my papers, talks, publications and interviews
• Links to miscellaneous and fun Stuff
(updated 8 March 2008)
• Some Totally Amazing Quotes
(Updated 8 March 2008)
• Some photos of me
• Revenge On A Telemarketing Scam
• Solving NPR's Sunday Morning Puzzles with Perl

Last updated: 22 March 2008