The start of rinderpest.com has generated a firestorm of interest throughout the country.

Well, perhaps not a full-fledged firestorm. And perhaps not the entire country. Perhaps a better analogy would be a candle in Elgin, Texas.

Nevertheless, the site has generated a large amount of mail - what you kids call "the electronical mail," or email for short. To give you an insiders look at what goes on around here, I thought I'd try to answer some of the many "email" messages that I have received concerning the site and myself.

Due to privacy concerns, however, I will not be typing out the email questions themselves, but only my answers.

Dear joesk1977 in Ardmore, Ok:

Yes.

Dear Myndee in New York, NY:

Wednesday.

Dear luv2curaw in Salt Lake City, UT:

It depends on whether you go by length or diameter.

Dear call3r5 in Dearborn, MI:

Your mistake appears to be thinking that the delta function at x=0 is periodic, when in fact you should be considering the periodic extension - a sum of delta functions at x=0, x=2Pi, x=-2Pi, etc., etc.
The integral from -infinity to infinity of the delta function at x=a should be 1.; the integral from -infinity to infinity of the delta function at x=a times f(x) is f(a).
With this in mind, the Fourier coefficients of the delta function are:
a0=1/2Pi
ak=1/Pi (since Cos[0]=1)
bk=0 (since Sin[0]=0)

Dear rebecca in Amherst, MA

I am flattered, but now that we are both working on this project, I don't feel that we should jeopardize our working relationship. I hope we can still be friends.

Dear wllmsens in Phoenix, AZ:

The crust of Io.

Dear TragicMonkey in Virginia:

I am flattered, but now that we are both working on this project, I don't feel that we should jeopardize our working relationship. I hope we can still be friends.

Dear Prince Mike Okoye:

Thank you for your kind letter. I appreciate the trust that you and President Obasanjo are placing in me. I have sent my bank account details and the other requested information by separate email and look forward to meeting you as soon as the money clears.

That's all of the "email" messages that I have time for. I hope that we can answer some more of your questions in the future, but the next ones will be answered from the deck of my new yacht.