tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16688455.post5219859426942878576..comments2024-03-18T09:13:19.346+00:00Comments on panGloss: The Internet A Decade Laterpanglosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00900934369744270540noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16688455.post-8516702150821215882012-08-23T08:38:55.285+01:002012-08-23T08:38:55.285+01:00Hmmmmm. The internet usage graph uses classic frau...Hmmmmm. The internet usage graph uses classic fraudster trick #1 by having the *area* grow as well as the height, which overemphasises growth in use of the internet (its big, but not as big as it looks). The flag on the facebook graph is a sub-type of this.<br /><br />Other things are, well dubious (the memes and the search terms) but then its all unsourced.<br /><br />And as for download time: it takes *exactly* the same length of time to download on a 56K modem now as it did then. In 2002 plenty of people had broadband, in 2012 plenty of people still have slower speeds, so its all rather misleading.<br /><br />But the, all unsourced etc. Good students will pick up on all these points of course :-).Francis Daveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10228026893626221724noreply@blogger.com