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A globe which maps the traffic on the Internet. As sites grow
and shrink, tectonic plate movement adjusts the size on the
map. New sites erupt in the oceans as volcanic islands.
The idea name is rubbish, suggestions welcome.
See xkcd link for inspiration.
XKCD map of online communities
http://www.xkcd.com/802/
Needs more pirates [marklar, Oct 21 2010]
Real-Time Internet Monitor
https://www.akamai....ime-web-monitor.jsp
[Skewed, Mar 02 2018]
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I think if you tried to do this even on a daily basis, let alone real-time, the internet would melt. Facebook is the 3rd largest country in the world by population. Tracking its traffic alone would scare even the most paralleled, multi-whatsit computer into therapy. |
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I did, and found it. It's all around us, like air and love and mythical deities. Conclusion: Internet is an essential, "caring" god who doesn't answer our prayers; doesn't really notice whether we're around or not and doesn't sustain us physically. Maybe Internet is the potential cure for all previous religious strife? |
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..."Basketball. That's the Dallas-Fort Worth Sunbelt Co-Prosperity sphere, you wanna get your ass down fast, all the way, then run how I told you"... |
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..."as they plunged down into the workaday depths of cyberspace, the glowing Basketball dwindling above them." |
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William Gibson - "Count Zero" |
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bun for providing free ISP services in all countries of
the world and yet still making money. |
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There are many 'maps of the internet' out there. |
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You wouldn't need to monitor the world's traffic
necessarily, just collect a number from each website. |
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Could this be sketched by sampling, say, one packet in every
billion? |
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