On 7/1/2010 10:21 AM, Darren New wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
>> Geesh... this is just spooky.
>> http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Where+am+I%3F
>
> What's more fascinating is the method they use to do this. In addition
> to all the things you'd think of, the company that publishes the
> database also has deals with Amazon, AOL, etc to get lists of IP vs
> sign-up geographic locations. So when you sign up for a service (Amazon,
> facebook, etc) from a particular IP, that and the address goes to the
> company, who then do statistics to figure out if enough people with
> similar IP addresses are putting in similar physical addresses.
>
> At least, that's one way MaxMind works, and that's pretty much what most
> people use.
>

again... Spooooky ... and with a touch of somewhat disturbing added to 
the mix... :/

-- 
~Mike

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