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Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 16:24:12 +0200
From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu>
Cc: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>,
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Subject: Re: a counter
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On Wed, Oct 08, 1997 at 09:00:34AM -0500, John Fieber wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Oct 1997, Christoph P. Kukulies wrote:
> 
> > How about a counter? (see www.linux.org)
> > What is the current visitors count?
> 
> You can look at the stats pages: www.freebsd.org/stats.html, or
> if you like inflated figures, www.freebsd.org/stats-img.html.
 
The latter one seems to be no different to www.freebsd.org/stats.html.
Or do I miss something?
> 
> Web stats indicate server load, *not* users or visits.
> 
> (Incidentally, I'm about to embark on a little research project?
> (for the US govt) examining in detail the impact of browser/proxy
> caching on web server logs to determine if *any* reliable
> information about user behavior can be gleaned, or if what is
> being gleaned is utter rubbish.)

Ah yes, these effects may water the truth a bit.

Thanks.

> 
> -john

-- 
Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de