O.S. Earth, "an operating system for Earth" (a bold tag line if ever there was one!), has a great section on their Web site featuring real-time counters of worldwide statistical estimates such as population, energy consumption, topsoil erosion, and a number of others.

For some months now, I've had an idea kicking around in my head for doing this very thing in a Palm OS application. The one thing missing was a clever title. And, doggone it, now these folks have already come up with a better one than I could ever make.

One thing I'd like to see (indeed, one thing I already wanted to include in my program) is statistics on pet populations, such as how many pets have to be euthanized because their parents weren't spayed or neutered and no one wants to adopt them.

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