For those too lazy to RTFA, Google Analytics uses Javascript... so obviousely you need that enabled for it to work correctly. So while most people/browsers have this enabled, it will undercount those that don't... which incidentally includes most search engine robots.
BTW, Slashdot has been using this for a while... if you have any doubt, do a view source and look about 20 lines down. Since they already have access to the raw log files (argueably better data), the tin-foil hat crowd shouldn't be too worried about this WRT/.... but it is pretty interesting that web sites are (basically) allowing Google to collect (and potentially view) this data for them.
Minor nit: Submitter says "the Seattle PI is reporting" but the referenced URL appears to just be a reprint from the Associated Press with no byline.
I don't doubt this story is accurate, but AP has had some pretty sensational blunders recently, so important to provide correct attribution and know how it was sourced.
Speaking of that, I'd love to know who originated this sound of freedom story... and shake their hand... priceless!
The website has been/.'ed, so I assume the blimp/airplane moves about as fast at their web site currently is. I.e. not quite supersonic like this B-1 Bomber exhibiting how Jet Noise is the Sound of Freedom!
Walt Mossberg at the WSJ (his counterpart David Pogue at the New York Times) write for the masses with columns targetted at consumers. Typical stuff is a review mid-priced consumer digicams, cell phones, printers, etc. In fact, long-time readers joke that the templates are often the same ("I reviewed X, Y, Z... X and Y were good, but Z was the standout... although it has a few issues that company ABC needs to address") - just replace the product names. This does serve a useful purpose... but I'd keep in mind that these guys don't have a lot of exposure/experience with the nuts-n-bolts of a Corporate IT department beyond talking to their PR flaks... and IMHO, often over-simplify things... although there ease-of-use comments on consumer devices is often spot-on.
BTW, noticeably absent from this Mossberg column was the "Katherine Boehret" byline - she has done a lot of the heavy lifting for a while (older columns often said "contributed by") and glad to see that not that long ago, she moved up to the byline.
Wow - a rational comment. I'm sure Alex will wander over to read this thread, so tell not to get annoyed by all the jealousy that others have exhibited here. Signal-noise ratio is pretty bad, even by/. standards.
Do I wish I had thought of this idea - heck 'ya!
Is it argueably silly - yep!
It is amazing that it took off - yep!
Does Alex deserve every penny for it - YEP!
Hat's off to him for a well executed novel concept.
While/.'ers would benefit more from this than the general population, more regular Joe's are sending/uploaded photo's (and even video)... and the asymetry of the 768UP-8000DOWN of my Comcast service is quite noticeable.
I'm familiar with using client-size Javascript to query for screen resolution, and then doing something like making an http request for a file on the server tagged with the IP address (or better yet, some sort of unique ID tag) and that screen size so you can match them up... and subsequently use that to tune pages for the size of the user's screen.
What I would be curious to know is there any "pure" server-side solutions to determining screen resolution? I.e. if you are running CGI, you can query for stuff like REMOTE_ADDR, HTTP_USER_AGENT, etc.... but is there any way of doing a real-time query for what the screen (or better yet actual browser) window size is and not have to use client-side Javascript.
As someone who uses and deploys OpenSSH in a fairly large environment as part of my 'day job', hats-off to the OpenSSH team. Great interview by Federico Biancuzzi (who apparently is a freelancer) as some nice questions were asked and some interesting, detailed answers were provided by Damien - this is not your usual fluff writeup - RTFA highly recommended.
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And oh yeah, I've got five 100 Mbps servers (1/2 Gig of bandwidth!) this year, so my site hasn't melted down like the one linked to in this article has...;-)
While it's nice to read good news like this for the Linux community, this seems more like marketing people on both sides coming up with "something" to justify their existance... is there some "meat" behind this or am I just missing it?
Cost me a LOT more $$$ this time around (the webcams are a grand apiece), but hey, at least it is real this time. And note that theme for 2005 is Christmas Lights for Celiac as I try to raise money for the University of Maryland to find a cure for this malady.
But I wonder how many mainstream journalists will read what you wrote... or perhaps even more importantly, the business people associated with those operations.
Per SpaceFlightNow The next opportunity comes at 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT) Sunday.
There is a bit of irony/humor in "News for Nerds" reporting it as having "successfully launched"... while ideally it should not have been posted, I wonder if any subscribers sent a note to the/. Editors when this story was in the Mysterious Future.
I read this a while back and I still don't get it. Is this some area where you can basically surf whereever/whatever you want to do... or are you restricted to only using Google Applications so they can see how you interact with them? The later makes more sense from a Google User Interface point of view... but if I were a traveler, I just want a (fast/open/free) wireless connection to do what I want to do - I'm confused how observing that could be so useful to Google. And heck, they track me anyway with their cookies!;-)
Roger everything puzzled said above. Celiac is bad stuff and often un/mis-diagnosed... I (unfortunately) know a LOT more about it than I wish I had to, since my two kids have it. So yea, I'm running a bit of a fund-raiser for Celiac research and also see my signature below for more on my personal story.
While I personally agree there is some truth that we are affecting the planet on a global scale, let me play devil's advocate for a moment here. Assuming the data is good (a BIG assumption), how do we know this isn't part of some bigger natural geological cycle? Remember that continents/mountains move SLOWLY... like millions of years. It may be that this is the natural ebb and flow of nature. And the "sea level" raising 40cm by 2100 makes one wonder about places like New Orleans.
BTW, I usually run Firefox, but happened to open this up in Internet Exploder - all three URL's in the article had popups - you forget about those things when you predominantly use Firefox.
P.S. I'm argueably contributing to global warming with my 20,000+ Christmas lights... although at least I signed up for wind power.
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here 'ya go... which raises an interesting question - what if ET tries to play a Sony CD - what is the timeout option for the "phone home" packet if the ping times are overly long?
My wife will be home in a few minutes - watch the garage door go up and all my kids pile out. I'll go wave to the webcam for you too... but hey, it could be even even better simulation this year... i.e. is it a
trick or a treat?!?;-)
P.S. 7680x4320 video @ 60-Hz would be pretty awesome - if someone knows the HNK guys, let 'em know I'd be happy to be a beta tester for 'em.
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Same basic concepts apply today ... although they probably didn't anticipate the rise of Black Hat SEO which attempts to "beat" the algorithms.
And the Rocky Publisher even included some of the hate words in his blog entry about it
BTW, Slashdot has been using this for a while ... if you have any doubt, do a view source and look about 20 lines down. Since they already have access to the raw log files (argueably better data), the tin-foil hat crowd shouldn't be too worried about this WRT /. ... but it is pretty interesting that web sites are (basically) allowing Google to collect (and potentially view) this data for them.
I don't doubt this story is accurate, but AP has had some pretty sensational blunders recently, so important to provide correct attribution and know how it was sourced.
Speaking of that, I'd love to know who originated this sound of freedom story ... and shake their hand ... priceless!
The website has been /.'ed, so I assume the blimp/airplane moves about as fast at their web site currently is. I.e. not quite supersonic like this B-1 Bomber exhibiting how Jet Noise is the Sound of Freedom!
BTW, noticeably absent from this Mossberg column was the "Katherine Boehret" byline - she has done a lot of the heavy lifting for a while (older columns often said "contributed by") and glad to see that not that long ago, she moved up to the byline.
Do I wish I had thought of this idea - heck 'ya!
Is it argueably silly - yep!
It is amazing that it took off - yep!
Does Alex deserve every penny for it - YEP!
Hat's off to him for a well executed novel concept.
While /.'ers would benefit more from this than the general population, more regular Joe's are sending/uploaded photo's (and even video) ... and the asymetry of the 768UP-8000DOWN of my Comcast service is quite noticeable.
Christmas Lights for Celiac Disease
What I would be curious to know is there any "pure" server-side solutions to determining screen resolution? I.e. if you are running CGI, you can query for stuff like REMOTE_ADDR, HTTP_USER_AGENT, etc. ... but is there any way of doing a real-time query for what the screen (or better yet actual browser) window size is and not have to use client-side Javascript.
As someone who uses and deploys OpenSSH in a fairly large environment as part of my 'day job', hats-off to the OpenSSH team. Great interview by Federico Biancuzzi (who apparently is a freelancer) as some nice questions were asked and some interesting, detailed answers were provided by Damien - this is not your usual fluff writeup - RTFA highly recommended.
And oh yeah, I've got five 100 Mbps servers (1/2 Gig of bandwidth!) this year, so my site hasn't melted down like the one linked to in this article has ... ;-)
While it's nice to read good news like this for the Linux community, this seems more like marketing people on both sides coming up with "something" to justify their existance ... is there some "meat" behind this or am I just missing it?
Christmas Projector: $10
1/2 Roll Duct Tape: $2
Leftover Wires: $0
Fooling the World: PRICELESS!
Cost me a LOT more $$$ this time around (the webcams are a grand apiece), but hey, at least it is real this time. And note that theme for 2005 is Christmas Lights for Celiac as I try to raise money for the University of Maryland to find a cure for this malady.
But I wonder how many mainstream journalists will read what you wrote ... or perhaps even more importantly, the business people associated with those operations.
There is a bit of irony/humor in "News for Nerds" reporting it as having "successfully launched" ... while ideally it should not have been posted, I wonder if any subscribers sent a note to the /. Editors when this story was in the Mysterious Future.
I read this a while back and I still don't get it. Is this some area where you can basically surf whereever/whatever you want to do ... or are you restricted to only using Google Applications so they can see how you interact with them? The later makes more sense from a Google User Interface point of view ... but if I were a traveler, I just want a (fast/open/free) wireless connection to do what I want to do - I'm confused how observing that could be so useful to Google. And heck, they track me anyway with their cookies! ;-)
Roger everything puzzled said above. Celiac is bad stuff and often un/mis-diagnosed ... I (unfortunately) know a LOT more about it than I wish I had to, since my two kids have it. So yea, I'm running a bit of a fund-raiser for Celiac research and also see my signature below for more on my personal story.
BTW, I usually run Firefox, but happened to open this up in Internet Exploder - all three URL's in the article had popups - you forget about those things when you predominantly use Firefox.
P.S. I'm argueably contributing to global warming with my 20,000+ Christmas lights ... although at least I signed up for wind power.
or boxers, briefs, or nada ...
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I predict a LOT of lawsuits ... while I'm not fan of lawyers, Sony is going to get (rightfully so) hammered on this one.
NO!
here 'ya go ... which raises an interesting question - what if ET tries to play a Sony CD - what is the timeout option for the "phone home" packet if the ping times are overly long?
P.S. 7680x4320 video @ 60-Hz would be pretty awesome - if someone knows the HNK guys, let 'em know I'd be happy to be a beta tester for 'em.