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Mapping the Internet Evolution

Posted by Zonk on from the take-a-left-at-amazon-and-then-a-right-past-fark dept.

Shire writes "Science magazine is running a story on the DIMES project, which has ventured to map the structure and evolution of the Internet (PDF) using open source distributed clients in the style of SETI@Home and such. DIMES has already collected more than 40 Millions measurements which resulted in some nice pictures and several scientific presentations. Those who use traceroute may find it a useful (and colorful) alternative."

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  1. Rebel... by Adam+Avangelist · · Score: 5, Funny

    Rebel spies have intercepted the plans to the Death Star and posted them on this site.

    http://www.netdimes.org/ipmap.png

  2. Slashdotted already.... by jpardey · · Score: 5, Funny

    They obviously don't know that much about internet evolution...

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    I have freaks! I did something right...
    1. Re:Slashdotted already.... by DrEldarion · · Score: 4, Funny

      Don't say "evolution"! You'll alert the fundamentalists, and then they'll start trying to get the internet left out of textbooks.

  3. Internet Evolution poppycock by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Internet is far too complex to have just "Evolved". Things like this don't just spring into being without an Intelligent Designer. We even know exactly who the designer was: Al Gore. And we know exactly why he designed it: to route around nuclear wars. The media needs to stop trying to represent unproven theories as the truth when we already know the truth.

    1. Re:Internet Evolution poppycock by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Damn.

      I think you just proved that Al Gore is God.

      This is not good news.

    2. Re:Internet Evolution poppycock by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      my browser is better than IE 5.5 but for some reason the sites still don't load correctly.

  4. Internet EVOLUTION??? by deft · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cmon now... can't we all agree that this was intelligent design? I mean, look at a router... its so intricate, so... functional.... it must have been put here for this purpose by a higher power.

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    There's nothing Intelligent about Intelligent Design.
  5. Re:How utterly... by g-san · · Score: 4, Funny

    Blasphemy indeed! Everyone knows the internet is FLAT! Only heretics believe the internet is ROUND! If you send a packet with a large enough TTL, it falls right off the edge!

  6. Skittles by ajkst1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did anyone look at the IP Map and immediately think, "Boy that looks a lot like a Skittles commerical." ?