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
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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
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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
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4) /music/walk_away.mp3 :
last requested: [06/Aug/2005:13:34:21]
total requests: 842
unique IPs: 325
GET: 769
HEAD: 073
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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
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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
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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
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8) /music/but_not_yours.mp3 :
last requested: [06/Aug/2005:20:46:09]
total requests: 458
unique IPs: 296
GET: 423
HEAD: 035
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9) /music/yapc_rave_02.mp3 :
last requested: [07/Aug/2005:11:29:18]
total requests: 425
unique IPs: 240
GET: 179
HEAD: 246
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10) /music/dont_be_late.mp3 :
last requested: [20/Jul/2005:22:18:53]
total requests: 321
unique IPs: 177
GET: 275
HEAD: 046
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Endnotes:
1) The use of the word interesting may not met your local requirements. Please see your local chamber of commerce for details.