Flying YouTube Packets Proves Visualization Can Make Anything Pretty [Visualization]

Next time you’re watching an inane YouTube video, close your eyes and imagine these graceful dots instead-each representing a packet sent between your computer and YouTube’s servers. The video represents only 4 seconds of a RickRoll, slowed 12x.

A lot goes on backstage when you’re anticipating that forwarded clip of a cat adorably twiddling with a chicken or whatever-handshakes, client/server negotiation, and then a flood of information. The video, by Carlos Bueno, was created using Packet Flight , an open source visualization application. [ Carlos Bueno via Kottke ]

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