4 ms·

Guess Which State Has The Fastest Internet Access?

2 points by F_J_H 16y ago

RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
I don't know which colors are supposed to be hot, and they don't seem to provide a scale. And I don't know where Delaware is. Leaves something to be desired ...
- jcl 16y ago
  You can go to the linked M-Lab site to play with the visualization first-hand, which includes a scale, as well as with numbers that popup on rollover (note that you need to move the time slider to see Delaware): http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=z6q5492nj009fe_&ctype=m&strail=false&nselm=s&met_s=download_throughput&hl=en&dl=en#ctype=m&strail=false&nselm=s&met_s=download_throughput&scale_s=lin&ind_s=false&met_c=download_throughput&ifdim=region:country:840&pit=1262304000000&hl=en&dl=en http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=z6q5492nj009fe_&... FWIW, they include numbers in the article's description of the figures. "Hotter" means toward the red end of the spectrum. Delaware's label can be seen under the orange circle (partly transparent).
  - RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
    Hmm. Not their fault, I know, but as described here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2320323 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2320323 flash no longer works on my laptop. I'm using the built-in version in Chrome (as best I can determine) and I consistently get The following plug-in has crashed: Shockwave Flash It works for a while if I shut down Chrome and restart, but it doesn't last long. I'm finding I don't really care much, although it would be nice if the much vaunted Chrome were actually better than IE in practice. For me. <sigh> Not been a good day. </rant>
    - jcl 16y ago
      FWIW, regarding your Flash problem: you might try checking to see if there is an update for your video drivers. The latest versions of Flash have been using increasing amounts of hardware acceleration, so they could have started using some feature that is poorly supported in your current driver.

4 ms·

Guess Which State Has The Fastest Internet Access?

2 points by F_J_H 16y ago

RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
I don't know which colors are supposed to be hot, and they don't seem to provide a scale. And I don't know where Delaware is. Leaves something to be desired ...
- jcl 16y ago
  You can go to the linked M-Lab site to play with the visualization first-hand, which includes a scale, as well as with numbers that popup on rollover (note that you need to move the time slider to see Delaware): http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=z6q5492nj009fe_&ctype=m&strail=false&nselm=s&met_s=download_throughput&hl=en&dl=en#ctype=m&strail=false&nselm=s&met_s=download_throughput&scale_s=lin&ind_s=false&met_c=download_throughput&ifdim=region:country:840&pit=1262304000000&hl=en&dl=en http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=z6q5492nj009fe_&... FWIW, they include numbers in the article's description of the figures. "Hotter" means toward the red end of the spectrum. Delaware's label can be seen under the orange circle (partly transparent).
  - RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
    Hmm. Not their fault, I know, but as described here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2320323 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2320323 flash no longer works on my laptop. I'm using the built-in version in Chrome (as best I can determine) and I consistently get The following plug-in has crashed: Shockwave Flash It works for a while if I shut down Chrome and restart, but it doesn't last long. I'm finding I don't really care much, although it would be nice if the much vaunted Chrome were actually better than IE in practice. For me. <sigh> Not been a good day. </rant>
    - jcl 16y ago
      FWIW, regarding your Flash problem: you might try checking to see if there is an update for your video drivers. The latest versions of Flash have been using increasing amounts of hardware acceleration, so they could have started using some feature that is poorly supported in your current driver.