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Full Net Census Takes a Hint From xkcd

Posted by kdawson on from the you-say-hilbert-i-say-dilbert dept.

netbuzz writes "The University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute says it's the first full census of the 'visible Internet' since David Smallberg canvassed a piddling 315 allocated addresses in 1982. They're talking about 3 billion pings directed toward 2.8 million addresses over the course of 62 days. Oh, and they credit the comic strip xkcd for sparking the idea of presenting the data using a Hilbert curve." The main page for the census project has links to versions of the census at various scales.

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  1. What _is_ this site coming to? by JeanBaptiste · · Score: 5, Insightful

    People are doing this same thing constantly.

    Not that its not cool, but acting like it hasn't been done since 1982 is grossly incorrect.

    1. Re:What _is_ this site coming to? by CharAznable · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Those are mostly maps of Internet topology. The xkcd map is a map of address allocations. It's entirely different.

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  2. God, STFU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm colorblind and I can see the difference in shades just fine.

    Maybe you should ask the people you're acting like you care about whether they actually need you to whine for them.