Technocrat had this story yesterday - probably have a bit more discussion about it on Slashdot, but we'll have to see about the signal-noise ratio...;-)
I use the Perl Module Geo::IPfree for my simple geo-mapping demonstration... but it's far from perfect as people point out to me - despite the page saying exactly that!;-)
This is a very non-trivial problem, especially to do well, and I have yet to see any "free" solution out there that provides reliably good data.
In terms of the User Agent (which can, of course, be easily spoofed), it's simply a string matching exercise and there was a recent Slashdot story that looked at how well the various stat'ilizers handle these.
Nice analysis David. I'd personally love to see Analog (an oldie but googie) added to your table and my guess is that Urchin would be another popular one.
As you know, one can easily spoof the User Agent (and Firefox makes this totally trivial) - any idea on what percentage of folks are doing this type of stuff? Too bad that Slashdot didn't put this on the front page, because then you could analyze that inbound traffic.
P.S. FYI FWIW: using Analog, here's my browser percentages for Christmas/2004. I also have a Browser Info Page for those folks interested in seeing real-time what their browser is reporting.
For those of you that make it to the 4th page of the UW Columns article,
Lai has left the research field (moved to Colorado) and doesn't use a
cell phone, plus requires his family members to use headsets - maybe
he's on to something?
P.S. I see this study was done at my alma-matter, the University of Washington.
I wonder if my old roommate Jim Oliver might have been affected, since
he did handstands from our 7th floor balcony railing - maybe he
should have been wearing a tin-foil hat?;-)
Kerry's Blog is kinda interesting too ...
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This writeup on
Gilmore v. Ashcroft is kinda
interesting too as is
FreeToTravel.Org that includes
an FAQ from John - all of
this has been around for a while, but I guess the mainstream media just
"re-discovered" John's story - don't think there has been any
significant change in over a year (?)
Oooops - I screwed this one up guys using the wrong operator - thought Google was being screwballish and thought I'd point out an funky example - sorry 'bout that...
While the W4200HD is pretty cool but a bit pricy (nutshell summary
of the article), a perhaps more interesting display coming from Dell
is the 24" LCD offering 1920x1200 resolution and 12-16 msec response time -
also
reviewed by Extreme Tech with a sticker price of $1,199... although
I have not see it for sale yet on Dell's websitee. This is going to
put a lot of pressure on
the large LCD makers, and with the occasional 25% off deal from Dell,
could drop below $1,000.
For those that don't RTFA, the burgler broke into his flat
on Feb 4th, 2005... and was sentenced 11 days later on Feb 15;
the Brit's don't mess around!
Note that the Slashdot "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."
certainly doesn't apply here...
Very much related to this is the massive DDoS that Ben had on his site - peaked out at 600 MBYTES/second and also mentioned prominantly in the referenced slashdot article above. Gotta wonder if the cockroaches (aka spyware companies) are getting just a little pissed off at Ben?!?
Slashdot Mirror
Not only is it "environmentally friendly", but watching grass grow is a seriously exciting activity to do on a Saturday night in Slashdotville! ;-)
Here are some satellite pictures of my house - my guess is that Google has even better image quality ... ;-)
Mainstream Media could take a lesson from the UCSB guys - nice writeup with some nice details that explain things pretty well - good read.
Read Mark Cuban's Blog where he talks more about this.
Technocrat had this story yesterday - probably have a bit more discussion about it on Slashdot, but we'll have to see about the signal-noise ratio ... ;-)
I was trying to view the article, and kept getting "Nothing for you to see here - move along"
But don't know how "highly regarded" Karma=Excellent is in the industry ...
Ironically, this is still talked about on the Google's own Blog
You decide - watching grass grow ... ;-)
FreeSmallFurryAnimals doesn't resolve, but for those that don't care for 'em, try using an M-1 Carbine to hunt rats.
This is a very non-trivial problem, especially to do well, and I have yet to see any "free" solution out there that provides reliably good data.
In terms of the User Agent (which can, of course, be easily spoofed), it's simply a string matching exercise and there was a recent Slashdot story that looked at how well the various stat'ilizers handle these.
Check out his comments on the affair which echo the EWeek article, but provide a little more detail.
As you know, one can easily spoof the User Agent (and Firefox makes this totally trivial) - any idea on what percentage of folks are doing this type of stuff? Too bad that Slashdot didn't put this on the front page, because then you could analyze that inbound traffic.
P.S. FYI FWIW: using Analog, here's my browser percentages for Christmas/2004. I also have a Browser Info Page for those folks interested in seeing real-time what their browser is reporting.
P.S. I see this study was done at my alma-matter, the University of Washington. I wonder if my old roommate Jim Oliver might have been affected, since he did handstands from our 7th floor balcony railing - maybe he should have been wearing a tin-foil hat? ;-)
For those with extra hardware to run Astrerix@Home, consider running Folding@Home! ;-)
Expect a go-nogo decision on going across the Pacific shortly after that ...
Disadvantage: Spends a lotta time on /.
This writeup on Gilmore v. Ashcroft is kinda interesting too as is FreeToTravel.Org that includes an FAQ from John - all of this has been around for a while, but I guess the mainstream media just "re-discovered" John's story - don't think there has been any significant change in over a year (?)
I agree with the Parent ... but I can't help but wonder if we'll see a Slashdot DUPE (maybe later today? ;-) repeating this story.
Oooops - I screwed this one up guys using the wrong operator - thought Google was being screwballish and thought I'd point out an funky example - sorry 'bout that ...
I got a chuckle out of the #1 entry for a Google Search for "movies:christmas lights"
My christmas lights and BBQ Grill would look HULK'ing on that monitor! ;-)
Note that the Slashdot "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along." certainly doesn't apply here ...
P.S. Here's my lighthearted "webcam" pictures of a man who vandelized my christmas lights snowman ;-)
Read my Technocrat article for more info and I also submitted to Slashdot, but it got rejected - oh well.
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!