Alex A. Hutnik

For the people reading this that don’t go to Case, it’s not that I wanted to give my computers names in the first place. I was content with saying “this one” or “that one”, but the way the network is run here, you’re at an advantage if you have a computer name that’s easy to remember. Sometimes I get asked where the TARDIS part of my site address comes from. It’s actually because all of the other nerdy computer names at Case were already taken: yoda, skywalker, darth, etc. I had to go way back to Doctor Who to find a naming convention. It’s this crazy old sci-fi show that comes around every few years on the BBC that I used to watch when I was about 3. Anyway, the TARDIS was the name of a time/space ship. That’s about all I’m going to say about it. I’ll let wikipedia take it from here. One of my other computers is named ‘dalek‘, another name I borrowed from the series.

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Next year, Cingular is expected to release a high-speed wireless internet service that is fast enough to support videoconferencing and other bandwidth intensive services.  The implications for a service like this are huge.  Think about the wireless model here at Case.  I can walk around with my laptop, from one end of campus to the other, and except for some rough spots near Euclid, I can maintain access to all of my school work, media, e-mail, and applications.  Now instead of an area the size of the Case campus, think about an entire city and what this kind of mobility means.  If the popularity grows enough that this hits the 30 largest cities in the U.S., we’re looking at a whole new way of enabling a mobile workforce.  Employees can work while they watch their kids at soccer practice, on their way to getting their dog groomed, or even while they shop.

If Verizon comes out with something like this, I will buy one of their Smartphones the same day.

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I’m going to take a break in the ongoing ERP discussion and touch on how Microsoft enables a mobile workforce.  There’s a ComputerWorld article that discusses the lengths to which the company goes to squash break-in attempts on their computer networks, while still allowing for employees to use company resources at home.  Typically, the more tightly the network engineers guard the network, the more inconvenient such remote access can be.  Indeed, the article cites Microsoft as saying that sometimes remote access can take as long as 5 to 15 minutes to initiate.  But it’s always worth the extra hassle; the company’s crown jewels (the source code to all of their products) are found on Microsoft’s servers.  In the end, the complex authentication schemes and products pay off; a recent snow storm blanketed Redmond and Microsoft estimated that 75% of its workforce worked from home that day without incident.

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Here is a copy of the materials for my ECON 326 Final Project. Here, you will be able to find a copy of the complete dataset that I used for my analysis, my final paper, and my presentation to the class. Not all of these items will be available right away! Subscribe to my blog (via e-mail or RSS) to stay apprised of updates.
A few things to note:

1. Viewer Discretion is advised. Some of the search terms are very graphic.
2. Remember: I only captured enough of the IP address to identify the building the search came from. There is not enough information here to identify you personally. One exception is if you are set up for a passive connection and use your screen name (or network ID or other personally identifiable information) as your “share name.” I can identify one or two people this way. Others may be able to pick out more. I will not honor requests to remove any data from my search results for any reason.
3. Before importing the data in to STATA, I suggest using a program called StatTransfer. You can find it on the computers in the computer lab located in the basement of the Peter B. Lewis Building.
4. I do not advocate sharing copyrighted material or otherwise infringing on the intellectual property rights and other rights of others.
5. Reprinting or redistribution of all or any portion of the materials linked here and elsewhere on the site, use of my likeness, or any other original material here is prohibited without express consent. If you would like to seek this consent, send me an e-mail at alex.hutnik@gmail.com

And now a few details about the dataset: It’s large. After unpacking, it’s roughly 37MB. Unless you are running the newest version of Excel (Excel 2007), you won’t be able to load the entire dataset be cause it exceed the maximum number of rows (~65,000). This
is because I recorded over 700,000 observations.

Materials:

• Data Set (DC++ Search Log results) - Moved to filer.case.edu so Case IDs only.

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