12/08Percentage of total Internet site visits in 2004 and today, respectively, that accessed porn: 17, 10

Hitwise (San Francisco)

10/95Number of Wal-Mart plastic owls a NASA employee bought last May to protect the space shuttle from woodpeckers: 6

Kennedy Space Center (Cape Canaveral, Fla.)

1/08Chance that the office computer of an FBI employee has Internet access: 1 in 3

Federal Bureau of Investigation (Washington)

8/05Chance that a U.S. company monitors the emails of at least some employees: 1 in 3

Proofpoint, Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.)

    Chance that it has fired an employee for violation of email policies: 1 in 4

Proofpoint, Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.)

12/05Number of U.S. soldiers who have posted photographs of dead Iraqis or Afghans on Nowthatsfuckedup.com: 32

Harper’s research

    Cost of the access to the site’s pornography that each soldier was given in exchange: $20

Harper’s research