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NETI@Home to Examine Net's Strengths

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the optimize-this dept.

UnresolvedExternal writes "Wired is reporting about Georgia Tech researchers who want thousands of computer users to install their program to help them monitor traffic patterns on the Internet. They plan to use the data to strengthen the Net and unblock bottlenecks."

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  1. its stengths are easy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. pr0n
    2. uninformed babbling by consipracy freaks
    3. iditiotic blogs noobody cares about

  2. Recent Findings by LOL+WTF+OMG!!!!!!!!! · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Indicate the presence of a large DDoSing group known as 'Slashdot'. We will be looking further into this matter"

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    That CSS file that blocks ads
  3. And don't mind these ads... by bigattichouse · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gee, sounds like gator got into academics.

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    meh
  4. SETI or NETI? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Arggh Its every geeks worst scheduling nightmare! Do I want the aliens or the faster pr0n. Dang what a scheduling conflict.

  5. This just in from the future... by Scorchio · · Score: 5, Funny

    Researchers at Georgia Tech are concluding their two-year distributed analysis of network usage, concluding that most bottlenecks were, in fact, caused by NETI@Home traffic.

  6. NETI@Home results by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Internet traffic composition:

    49.7% 0
    49.7% 1
    00.6% Other

  7. Faster? by akeyes · · Score: 5, Funny

    They want to figure out how to make the Internet faster and more reliable, but to do that they need to gather data from tens of thousands of personal computers around the world.

    So, they want to make it faster by having people send out and receive more data.

  8. Re:I'm in! by Aumaden · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, since it's looking at the 'Net, it's clearly yet another futile search for evidence of terrestrial intelligence.