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Re: Google wants to be your Internet
From: Mark Smith <nanog () fa1c52f96c54f7450e1ffb215f29991e nosense org>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:56:10 +1030
On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:38:06 -0600 (CST) Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org> wrote:
On Sat, 20 Jan 2007, Alexander Harrowell wrote:Marshall wrote: Those sorts of percentages are common in Pareto distributions (AKAZipf's law AKA "the 80-20 rule"). With the Zipf's exponent typical of web usage and video watching, I would predict something closer to 10% of the users consuming 50% of the usage, but this estimate is not that unrealistic. I would predict that these sorts of distributions will continue as long as humans are the primary consumers of bandwidth. Regards MarshallThat's until the spambots inherit the world, right?That is if you see a distinction, metaphorical or physical, between spambots and real users.
"On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Dog" (Peter Steiner, The New Yorker) Woof woof, Mark. -- "Sheep are slow and tasty, and therefore must remain constantly alert." - Bruce Schneier, "Beyond Fear"
Current thread:
- Re: Google wants to be your Internet, (continued)
- Re: Google wants to be your Internet Jeremy Chadwick (Jan 20)
- Re: Google wants to be your Internet Gadi Evron (Jan 20)
- Re: Google wants to be your Internet Jeroen Massar (Jan 20)
- Re: Google wants to be your Internet Stephen Sprunk (Jan 20)
- Re: Google wants to be your Internet Roland Dobbins (Jan 20)
- Re: Google wants to be your Internet Gadi Evron (Jan 20)
- Re: Google wants to be your Internet Alexander Harrowell (Jan 20)
- Re: Google wants to be your Internet Gadi Evron (Jan 20)
- Re: Google wants to be your Internet Mark Smith (Jan 20)