Earthquake Data

Posted by Hemos on Tuesday January 21, 2003 @04:42PM from the watching-the-world-move dept.

ctwxman writes "There's no doubt governments around the world have built a fine network of sensors to monitor earthquakes. Yet, when I want to see what's happening, I go to the Redwoood City Public Seismic Network, http://psn.quake.net/. Within five minutes, amateurs, most far away from Redwood City and using homebuilt equipment (yes, there are links to instructions on how you can build your own), have posted their seismogram plots http://psn.quake.net/cgi-dos/event.exe. It's astounding that 'just plain folks' can sense the Earth move halfway around world. And, It's neater to see with your own eyes."

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.exe??? by cuiousyellow · 2003-01-21 16:56 · Score: 2, Insightful

Am I the only /. visitor that flinches at a url that ends in .exe?
1. Re:.exe??? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-21 18:06 · Score: 1, Insightful
  
  Ignore this problem and you get what we have here: a majority of the people refusing to click on the link at all.
  
  Now, if you're trying to avoid the slashdot effect, then maybe this is a good strategy, but if you are serving pages professionally, you want people to click on your links without worry, not with tons of trepidation.