Internet measurement: state of DeUnion the so-called science of poll-taking is not a science at all but a mere necromancy. people are unpredictable by nature, & though you can take a nation's pulse, you can't be sure that the nation hasn't just run up a flight of stairs. --e.b.white, New Yorker, Nov 1948. 2 apr 01 kc claffy, UCSD/SDSC/CAIDA kc@caida.org www.caida.org