
Good news, everyone! I’ve modified my primative perl script to
report interesting
Again, I’d like to ask that anyone who’s downloading my crappy version of Immigrant Song please explain the joke. I know it’s terrible, but it’s not terrible enough to be ironically hip. Throw a brother a bone, huh?
A note of explanation is require for this report. The songs are ordered in popularity, as determined by the number of raw requests (successful or not) for this this file.
You can get a better idea of how many individuals are interested in the song by counting the unique Internet Protocol (IP) addresses used to request to the file. If you haven’t heard of IP addresses, this isn’t the place to learn about them, but roughly speaking every computer needs one to get to the Internet.
The way in which files are requested by web browsers (or more generally HTTP clients) allows for either the full retrieval of the file (using a “GET” request) or simply a check to see if the file is still there (using a “HEAD” request). Generally, people-manned web browsers use “GET” requests and web crawling robots make “HEAD” calls. By comparing the statistics for each kind of request, you can get some idea whether real humans are listening to my music or whether I am simply entertaining robots. I’m fine with either case.
1) /music/immigrant_song.mp3 : last requested: [07/Aug/2005:12:49:21] total requests: 2188 unique IPs: 500 GET: 1713 HEAD: 475 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) /music/you_belong_to_me.mp3 : last requested: [07/Aug/2005:11:25:00] total requests: 1859 unique IPs: 913 GET: 1485 HEAD: 374 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) /music/shut_up_and_listen.mp3 : last requested: [28/Jul/2005:01:30:17] total requests: 1372 unique IPs: 712 GET: 1220 HEAD: 152 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) /music/walk_away.mp3 : last requested: [06/Aug/2005:13:34:21] total requests: 842 unique IPs: 325 GET: 769 HEAD: 073 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) /music/on_the_air_remix.mp3 : last requested: [07/Aug/2005:11:29:18] total requests: 830 unique IPs: 590 GET: 210 HEAD: 620 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) /music/m_vs_r_jjohn.mp3 : last requested: [07/Aug/2005:11:29:24] total requests: 655 unique IPs: 303 GET: 459 HEAD: 196 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) /music/dance_of_the_sunni_4trk.mp3 : last requested: [30/Jul/2005:20:38:50] total requests: 590 unique IPs: 362 GET: 538 HEAD: 052 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) /music/but_not_yours.mp3 : last requested: [06/Aug/2005:20:46:09] total requests: 458 unique IPs: 296 GET: 423 HEAD: 035 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) /music/yapc_rave_02.mp3 : last requested: [07/Aug/2005:11:29:18] total requests: 425 unique IPs: 240 GET: 179 HEAD: 246 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) /music/dont_be_late.mp3 : last requested: [20/Jul/2005:22:18:53] total requests: 321 unique IPs: 177 GET: 275 HEAD: 046 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Endnotes:
1) The use of the word interesting may not met your local requirements. Please see your local chamber of commerce for details.