Computer: December 2003 Archives

O.K. a long time ago, I realized the referrer logs for web servers would have bogus entries, sort of like spam, to entice the astute web master to click on some bogus site. However, this months top referrer is The International Atomic Energy Agency. What gives here? I mean I know the referrer can be spoofed, but why the The International Atomic Energy Agency? I couldn't find a link to me on their site. I don't get it.

I have read two interesting books lately, "Linked" and "The Tipping Point." Each of these using links and networks to understand human and biological networks. In a fascinating twist on how one could use this information for a good purpose, see this article. The researchers who wrote the article proposed vaccinating a small proportion of the population and then asking them to name friends. Since people who are likely to have many relationships are likely to be named many times, they would them be immunized and then that could contain the target disease.

Fascinating.