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Leros

Lifer
Jul 11, 2004
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It got pretty close. It just chose the center of my town. About 5 miles away.
 

Leros

Lifer
Jul 11, 2004
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Originally posted by: allisolm
This one's a lot closer for most of you, but still misses on a couple. It puts me in Milwaukee rather than Florida.

Wow, that's terrible. It puts me in Arkansas, but I live in Texas.
 

l0cke

Diamond Member
Dec 12, 2005
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Originally posted by: PottedMeat
Heh "Location: ... actually we haven't a clue. "

Me too. Anyone know some more of these? I think one got pretty close onetime.
 

IEC

Elite Member
Super Moderator
Jun 10, 2004
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Host name: XX-XXX-XX-XX.CITY.qwest.net
IP address: XX.XXX.XX.XX
Location: ... actually we haven't a clue.

They failed because it showed my metro area in the CITY part of the host name. FAIL!
 

l0cke

Diamond Member
Dec 12, 2005
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Originally posted by: allisolm
This one's a lot closer for most of you, but still misses on a couple. It puts me in Milwaukee rather than Florida.

This one got me down to the right town
 

cthulhu

Golden Member
Feb 19, 2000
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I guess I'm another one living in nowhere:"Location: ... actually we haven't a clue."
 

EGGO

Diamond Member
Jul 29, 2004
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Location: UNITED STATES

Well...I guess I can't say they're wrong.
 

Pepsei

Lifer
Dec 14, 2001
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Host name: c-67-172-192-xxx.hsd1.va.comcast.net.
IP address: 67.172.192.xxx
Location: Mesquite, TX, UNITED STATES


er.... it said right up there... VA... why am i in tx?
 

SKORPI0

Lifer
Jan 18, 2000
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My favorite, WhatisMyIPAddress - try this one.

Gets me 2 miles from my correct location. Enter your IP address and zoom in to the Geo-Location map and see if it accurate.
 

DangerAardvark

Diamond Member
Oct 22, 2004
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Originally posted by: Stiganator
Wasn't even close enough to hit me with a 'tactical' nuke

Mine was close enough to pee on my leg. The fuckin' thing practically pointed to my house.
 

NTB

Diamond Member
Mar 26, 2001
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Can't get the one in the OP to even come up. The other one that was linked to put me in Wichita, KS. Not even close :p But then, my 'DNS suffix' comes up as ks.cox.net if I run something like ipconfig; maybe that's why it's off.

EDIT: finally got the first one to work, and got the 'don't have a clue' line.

Nathan