philip964 wrote:Ok I am impressed, how is such a thing done? Switched browsers and it picked it up right away.
NSA surveillance van out front. Sophisticated listening devices can detect that change in broadcast frequency emitted by various browsers...thus...I've been command line only for quite some time.
Also - surprised the linuxnerds haven't jumped in yet.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
philip964 wrote:Ok I am impressed, how is such a thing done? Switched browsers and it picked it up right away.
It's neither magic nor rocket science. :)
When you put a picture in a message, you are actually putting a link to a website where the picture lives. In this case, that website handles the request for the picture by building a picture on the fly using the information that your browser sends along with every request. This is a slight oversimplification of what happens, but not by much.
'Zackly.
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
I think we should all email the Constitution to our friends or each other so we will know the government goons have read it.
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gthaustex wrote:I must admit, based on the thread title TAM put up, I was expecting more nefarious behavior by the government that led to another scandal....
That is so last week.
And the week before.
And the week before that.
etc.
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. - John Adams
gthaustex wrote:I must admit, based on the thread title TAM put up, I was expecting more nefarious behavior by the government that led to another scandal....
That is so last week.
And the week before.
And the week before that.
etc.
And next week.
And the week after.
And the week after that.
etc.
I am not a lawyer, nor have I played one on TV, nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, nor should anything I say be taken as legal advice. If it is important that any information be accurate, do not use me as the only source.
Ha! Your pathetic drone intelligence is wrong! I'm not near that city, I'm in that city! HAHAHAHAhaha... Wait...
Seriously, though, I've had IP-based Geolocation be completely wrong before on my laptop and cellphone (it thought I was in Australia instead of TX). My desktop seems to get it right most of the time, though. Actually, most of the time, they're all right, it's just that when the mobile ones are wrong, they're colossally wrong.
I am not a lawyer, nor have I played one on TV, nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, nor should anything I say be taken as legal advice. If it is important that any information be accurate, do not use me as the only source.