Posted by
Steve Smith on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Picture-of-the-Internet-tp7583065p7583069.html
On 5/1/13 9:54 AM, glen e p ropella wrote:
> This Is the Most Detailed Picture of the Internet Ever (and Making it
> Was Very Illegal)
>
>
http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/this-is-most-detailed-picture-internet-ever>
> "The resultant map isn't perfect, but it is beautiful. Based on the
> parameter's of the researcher's study, the map is already on its way to
> becoming obsolete, since it shows only devices with IPv4 addresses. (The
> latest standard is IPv6, but IPv4 is still pretty common.) The map is
> further limited to Linux-based computers with a certain amount of
> processing power. And finally, because of the parameters of the hack, it
> shows some amount of bias towards naive users who don't put passwords on
> their computers."
>
at least one of his maps seems to conflict with the XKCD gripe:
http://xkcd.com/1138/about "heat maps" and normalization.
But (s)he also references XKCD as the source of his "Hilbert Map".
I *told* you that XKCD is becoming an important source of reference
information!
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