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OpenLoop · Jul 2nd, 2006, 2:36 PM

This thread is an extention to the "World Cup 2006" thread. This dude had a bet with a friend that she'll run naked in the World Cup finals (July 9) if his site gets 5 million hits by then http://www.sonjaswette.com/index_en.html

nemesis · Jul 2nd, 2006, 2:39 PM

Well the web site crashed, so who pressed refresh a few million times?

Sane · Jul 2nd, 2006, 2:57 PM

Refreshing wouldn't help. Is it counting unique IP addresses? Time restriction? Or lastly, a cookie? If it's the latter, it'd be way too easy to automate with two lines of scripting.

Edit: Damnit, it's not a cookie.

nemesis · Jul 2nd, 2006, 3:02 PM

I think me and other friend once wrote a VB app to constantly access a web site and increment the web counter. The only problem was that the school network we were running it was slow so we could only put a few thousand more on the counter, but it was still more than the 100 or so where it was at when we started.

Sane · Jul 2nd, 2006, 3:23 PM

You realise this could easily be a scam though. Notice how there are advertisements on the top of the page? Don't you think it'd be a brilliant idea if you somehow managed to trick everyone to hitting your website 5 million times, potentially earning you tons of cash?

... >_>

nemesis · Jul 2nd, 2006, 3:25 PM

Good point Sane, luckily i only looked at it once. The next time i tried it did not work and just got an error message in german form the host.

Jimbo · Jul 2nd, 2006, 6:20 PM

If you look at the bottom of the page, there's an icon linking to the tracker. It has some different stats there...

Seif · Jul 3rd, 2006, 6:20 PM

account suspended now... unlucky

have seen something similar to this before.

Sane · Jul 3rd, 2006, 6:54 PM

It could have been because he reached 3 million and had to post the picture of her exposed breast. That could easily have been against the website host's TOS.

Seif · Jul 3rd, 2006, 7:08 PM

it says Please contact the billing/support department so I'm guessing its more money side of it.

Jul 2nd, 2006, 2:36 PM	#1
OpenLoop Expert Programmer Join Date: May 2005 Location: East Lansing, MI Posts: 663 Rep Power: 4	Will he make it? This thread is an extention to the "World Cup 2006" thread. This dude had a bet with a friend that she'll run naked in the World Cup finals (July 9) if his site gets 5 million hits by then http://www.sonjaswette.com/index_en.html Last edited by OpenLoop; Jul 2nd, 2006 at 3:02 PM.

Jul 2nd, 2006, 2:39 PM	#2
nemesis Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bristol, England Posts: 71 Rep Power: 4	Well the web site crashed, so who pressed refresh a few million times? __________________ Bite My Shiny Metal Ass

Jul 2nd, 2006, 3:02 PM	#4
nemesis Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bristol, England Posts: 71 Rep Power: 4	I think me and other friend once wrote a VB app to constantly access a web site and increment the web counter. The only problem was that the school network we were running it was slow so we could only put a few thousand more on the counter, but it was still more than the 100 or so where it was at when we started. __________________ Bite My Shiny Metal Ass

Jul 2nd, 2006, 3:25 PM	#6
nemesis Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bristol, England Posts: 71 Rep Power: 4	Good point Sane, luckily i only looked at it once. The next time i tried it did not work and just got an error message in german form the host. __________________ Bite My Shiny Metal Ass

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Jul 2nd, 2006, 2:57 PM	#3
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,825 Rep Power: 5	Refreshing wouldn't help. Is it counting unique IP addresses? Time restriction? Or lastly, a cookie? If it's the latter, it'd be way too easy to automate with two lines of scripting. Edit: Damnit, it's not a cookie.

Jul 2nd, 2006, 3:23 PM	#5
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,825 Rep Power: 5	You realise this could easily be a scam though. Notice how there are advertisements on the top of the page? Don't you think it'd be a brilliant idea if you somehow managed to trick everyone to hitting your website 5 million times, potentially earning you tons of cash? ... >_>

Jul 2nd, 2006, 6:20 PM	#7
Jimbo Battle Programmer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bellevue, WA, USA Posts: 751 Rep Power: 3	If you look at the bottom of the page, there's an icon linking to the tracker. It has some different stats there...

Jul 3rd, 2006, 6:20 PM	#8
Seif Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 214 Rep Power: 3	account suspended now... unlucky have seen something similar to this before.

Jul 3rd, 2006, 6:54 PM	#9
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,825 Rep Power: 5	It could have been because he reached 3 million and had to post the picture of her exposed breast. That could easily have been against the website host's TOS.

Jul 3rd, 2006, 7:08 PM	#10
Seif Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 214 Rep Power: 3	it says Please contact the billing/support department so I'm guessing its more money side of it.

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