If you’re not a geek you probably won’t appreciate this ..
A Sysadmin who obviously likes Star Wars and had a bit of free time has put together a pretty neat hack which you can see via traceroute:
traceroute -m 100 216.81.59.173
traceroute to 216.81.59.173 (216.81.59.173), 100 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 202-194.ge0-0-2.acc-r01.bk2.39122.as (78.153.202.194) 82.493 ms 284.208 ms 695.494 ms
9 hurricane-ic-138358-atl-bb1.c.telia.net (213.248.71.66) 103.359 ms 103.892 ms 103.654 ms
10 216.66.0.26 (216.66.0.26) 107.260 ms 103.822 ms 103.844 ms
11 * * *
12 Episode.IV (206.214.251.1) 140.095 ms 142.366 ms 139.556 ms
13 A.NEW.HOPE (206.214.251.6) 141.891 ms 137.230 ms 138.256 ms
14 It.is.a.period.of.civil.war (206.214.251.9) 147.082 ms 146.807 ms 143.668 ms
15 Rebel.spaceships (206.214.251.14) 145.486 ms 145.542 ms 143.660 ms
16 striking.from.a.hidden.base (206.214.251.17) 145.245 ms 144.731 ms 143.452 ms
17 have.won.their.first.victory (206.214.251.22) 143.474 ms 143.712 ms 146.301 ms
18 against.the.evil.Galactic.Empire (206.214.251.25) 142.142 ms 140.102 ms 138.969 ms
19 During.the.battle (206.214.251.30) 139.789 ms 140.028 ms 142.557 ms
20 Rebel.spies.managed (206.214.251.33) 140.729 ms * 141.011 ms
21 to.steal.secret.plans (206.214.251.38) 147.727 ms 149.318 ms 143.857 ms
22 to.the.Empires.ultimate.weapon (206.214.251.41) 143.627 ms 143.605 ms 145.456 ms
23 the.DEATH.STAR (206.214.251.46) 142.093 ms 142.887 ms 141.005 ms
24 an.armored.space.station (206.214.251.49) 144.370 ms 138.979 ms 138.397 ms
25 with.enough.power.to (206.214.251.54) 146.493 ms 144.900 ms 145.400 ms
26 destroy.an.entire.planet (206.214.251.57) 142.580 ms 141.259 ms 135.914 ms
27 Pursued.by.the.Empires (206.214.251.62) 142.146 ms 137.226 ms 141.192 ms
28 sinister.agents (206.214.251.65) 142.945 ms 143.259 ms 144.110 ms
29 Princess.Leia.races.home (206.214.251.70) 141.218 ms 141.751 ms 144.871 ms
30 aboard.her.starship (206.214.251.73) 138.705 ms 144.585 ms 142.537 ms
31 custodian.of.the.stolen.plans (206.214.251.78) 139.089 ms 140.679 ms 149.725 ms
32 that.can.save.her (206.214.251.81) 149.190 ms 143.762 ms 149.968 ms
33 people.and.restore (206.214.251.86) 147.170 ms 146.310 ms 147.828 ms
34 freedom.to.the.galaxy (206.214.251.89) 146.388 ms 148.241 ms 149.319 ms
35 0-------------------0 (206.214.251.94) 141.163 ms 152.902 ms 147.206 ms
36 0------------------0 (206.214.251.97) 150.823 ms 151.557 ms 147.248 ms
37 0-----------------0 (206.214.251.102) 152.201 ms 152.420 ms 150.863 ms
38 0----------------0 (206.214.251.105) 153.725 ms 157.719 ms 161.706 ms
39 0---------------0 (206.214.251.110) 149.929 ms 147.622 ms 148.219 ms
40 0--------------0 (206.214.251.113) 154.639 ms 157.011 ms 157.011 ms
41 0-------------0 (206.214.251.118) 152.046 ms 146.261 ms 148.926 ms
42 0------------0 (206.214.251.121) 140.751 ms 141.932 ms 148.448 ms
43 0-----------0 (206.214.251.126) 146.684 ms 144.220 ms 144.574 ms
44 0----------0 (206.214.251.129) 145.818 ms 148.487 ms 144.365 ms
45 0---------0 (206.214.251.134) 145.598 ms 149.500 ms 150.282 ms
46 0--------0 (206.214.251.137) 145.075 ms 147.915 ms 142.461 ms
47 0-------0 (206.214.251.142) 144.305 ms 145.593 ms 159.140 ms
48 0------0 (206.214.251.145) 155.532 ms 157.799 ms 152.386 ms
49 0-----0 (206.214.251.150) 148.459 ms 146.383 ms 145.357 ms
50 0----0 (206.214.251.153) 141.016 ms 150.182 ms 148.555 ms
51 0---0 (206.214.251.158) 147.275 ms 144.374 ms 146.520 ms
52 0--0 (206.214.251.161) 149.606 ms 154.016 ms 154.814 ms
53 0-0 (206.214.251.166) 152.765 ms 151.948 ms 145.210 ms
54 00 (206.214.251.169) 146.312 ms 135.352 ms 144.752 ms
55 I (206.214.251.174) 147.558 ms 147.342 ms 147.527 ms
56 By.Ryan.Werber (206.214.251.177) 150.182 ms 148.909 ms 146.566 ms
57 When.CCIEs.Get.Bored (206.214.251.182) 146.038 ms 145.510 ms 147.900 ms
58 read.more.at.beaglenetworks.net (206.214.251.185) 140.237 ms 146.507 ms 145.160 ms
59 FIN (206.214.251.190) 146.642 ms * *
You can see the output for yourself by simply running the traceroute from the command line:
traceroute -m 100 216.81.59.173
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