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  Re: It misses my home, and maps a private residence elsewhere  
From: Jim Henderson
Date: 4 Dec 2007 17:34:51
Message: <4755d60b$1@news.povray.org>
On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:35:39 -0500, Alain wrote:

> Jim Henderson nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/12/03 12:48:
>> On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:15:41 -0500, Alain wrote:
>> 
>>> Jim Henderson nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/12/02 14:27:
>>>> For me, this says I'm in Denver.  I'm in Salt Lake City.
>>>>
>>>> Must be based on geolocating your IP address; most of the geocoding
>>>> that takes place will use the ISP's location because that's something
>>>> that can be looked up in Whois.
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>> In that case, it would place me in Toronto. The location I get have NO
>>> relationship to the location associated with my IP or the location of
>>> my ISP's two places of business.
>> 
>> Interesting; you don't happen to be an Alain that I know and have
>> worked with?
> Don't think so.
>> 
>> Do the names "Spark National" or "Finnitech" have meaning to you?
> Not at all.
>> 
>> Jim
> Looking at canada411.com, I get 86 Alain Martel... 4 in Montreal. Once,
> I was in a place with 2 others who had my name, it was prety confusing.

Would've definitely been a small world thing if it had - I wasn't sure 
how common the name is. :-)

Jim


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