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• havik004 commented on The variety of connections throughout the Internet- Blog Week 2
  True, the internet could not exist without humans working on the physical aspect of it. It seems like Blum is intrigued to find out how the internet and the real/physical world is connected. I also see how he is confused and really want to explore where it all started and how it actually does work in the real world. Back in the day we would send letters or postcards to people, just to stay in touch. We could see where the information had travelled when we received it, but with emails and chatting online, we never see where the information...
• adenx026 commented on The variety of connections throughout the Internet- Blog Week 2
  I agree with you guys. We hardly think much about the internet. It is quite intriguing the way Blum describes the connection of the internet. He almost makes the connection of the internet to the world as an intimate and interwined relationship that is very essential and that is something that I have never thought about. In addition, he puts forth the idea that the internet is a physical space that is not very obvious to the rest of the world. He states... "The landscapes of the internet , it was confluence of mighty rivers, the entrance to grand harbor....
• barri084 commented on The variety of connections throughout the Internet- Blog Week 2
  havik004, you wrote: "with emails and chatting online, we never see where the information travels... it's most likely an impossible question to get an answer to." I just wanted to say that you can track an email just as easy as tracking a UPS package. For example, Gmail has an option called "Show Original" which lets you see the IP address of the sender. Simply use a Windows command called tracert (trace route) and enter that IP and you will instantly see the names and IP addresses of all the switches and routers and hubs that packets of information needs...
• havik004 commented on The variety of connections throughout the Internet- Blog Week 2
  That is very true barri084! I think I just never thought of it that way, even though I know every computer has their own IP address... Not sure why I did not think about this before, but you are completely right. Maybe I was just thinking that most people don't take the time to do this or think of it at all. Could you trace an email from just the computer location where the email was sent? Or will you actually be able to see the map of where it came from?...
• barri084 commented on The variety of connections throughout the Internet- Blog Week 2
  Its pretty scary but with an IP address and some kind of Geo IP Table you can see, almost exactly, where that IP address is from. Check out http://www.geobytes.com/iplocator.htm as an example. -Sam...