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Weighing the Internet

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the damn-liars-and-statisticians dept.

the-dark-kangaroo writes "Jason Striegel has taken Physics to a new dimension by 'Weighing the Internet.' Well, actually calculating the total number of users online in one day. The conclusion that was reached was that there are ~519 million users per day online. Also, 'From what we calculated, it would appear that roughly 41 percent of internet users did not log in that day.'"

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  1. Woah, not even close by kyndig · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is so horribly full of conjectures, uncontrolled data resources, and just pure speculation. The figures are based off Alexa Toolbar users, and one website visitor ratio. The author uses these as the base of forumlating a simple division/multiplication approach to postulating the gross users of the internet.

    Suggestion for more accurate collection of information. Talk to ICANN or that nifty website senderbase.org that has a broader view on traffic flow across the internet.

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