Easy. Setup an open http proxy and advertise it. :) squid's your friend. But your bandwidth will suffer so you may need some bandwidth controls. Then, watch the logs for statistics. ----------------------Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--------------------------- + ^ + :25Kliters anthrax, 38K liters botulinum toxin, 500 tons of /|\ \|/ :sarin, mustard and VX gas, mobile bio-weapons labs, nukular /\|/\ <--*-->:weapons.. Reasons for war on Iraq - GWB 2003-01-28 speech. \/|\/ /|\ :Found to date: 0. Cost of war: $800,000,000,000 USD. \|/ + v + : The look on Sadam's face - priceless! --------_sunder_@_sunder_._net_------- http://www.sunder.net ------------ On Fri, 30 May 2003, Ryan Lackey wrote:
I need to find some relatively widely deployed applications which have frequent user interactions (rapid clicking on links, from as large a population of links as possible, and also form filling and such).
(it should be pretty obvious what this is for)
I'd like:
0) *rapid*/frequent user interactions; fast clicking on things (like every second, no more than 5 seconds)
1) "sticky"...long interactions with a given site (on the order of hours) (also all links need to be under the same url/same server)
2) large number of potential links for users to click on, with desirable properties for click distribution (I *think* I want them to be nearly equally likely, but I might just want a defined distribution, or I might even want the opposite of that)
3) relatively small data sizes for downloaded data, UNLESS downloaded data is generated unique and "randomly"
4) widely deployed already on the internet, or compelling enough that there would be a decent number of potential server operators. Obviously I could *create* an app which has the desirable characteristics, but I'd like something which can deal with existing data or apps served over the internet)
5) good data on how likely users are to click on things, how fast they click, etc., so one could easily operate within those parameters.
So far, the best ideas: 1) Porn 2) Mailing lists with lots of internal links (next, reply, etc.) 3) Sites with search engines with lots of linked data (encyclopedia, etc.) 4) html games (or flash, maybe) -- either imagemaps, or just tables, things like chess, or puzzles, or whatever
I'd definitely appreciate any suggestions on possible web apps which meet these criteria; reply to lists or ryan@venona.com.
I'll post when it's ready.
Thanks, Ryan -- Ryan Lackey [RL960-RIPE AS24812] ryan@venona.com +1 202 258 9251 OpenPGP DH 4096: B8B8 3D95 F940 9760 C64B DE90 07AD BE07 D2E0 301F