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| title = GeoIP | | title = GeoIP | ||
| image = geoip.png | | image = geoip.png | ||
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| titletext = 'Meet hot young singles in your mom's basement today'? Man, screw you, GeoIP. | | titletext = 'Meet hot young singles in your mom's basement today'? Man, screw you, GeoIP. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | {{w|Geolocation|GeoIP}} is a service that converts IP addresses to their respective location on the | + | {{w|Geolocation|GeoIP}} is a service that converts IP addresses to their respective location on the earth. This is done by looking up the IP address in a database maintained by various Internet Service providers. Advertisers often take advantage of the {{w|Keeping up with the Joneses|Joneses effect}} by creating localized ads based on your location. These ads are often highly misleading since the images are often stock photographs with the nearest town superimposed on it. |
− | + | This is the case with the comic. The {{w|International Space Station}} presumably has a public-facing IP address, which is geolocated to "Low Earth Orbit". [[Cueball]] trolls the advertisers by inserting his actual location into the IP registry, thus getting the advertisement to claim that there are "local girls" in the ISS. Since all members of the ISS know each other, Cueball underlines the obvious lie in GeoIP-based advertising. | |
− | The title text | + | The title text refers to how specific GeoIP can get. However, knowing that someone is in their mom's basement is hyperbole. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[External view of | + | :[External view of a satellite orbiting Earth. Dialog comes from within.] |
− | :Cueball | + | :Cueball: Yes! |
− | :Ponytail | + | :Ponytail: What? |
− | :Cueball | + | :Cueball: I got our downlink into a GeoIP database. |
− | :[Internal view of the satellite, Cueball and Ponytail are floating | + | :[Internal view of the satellite, Cueball and Ponytail are floating about, Cueball is at a computer mounted to the wall.] |
:Ponytail: Why? | :Ponytail: Why? | ||
− | :Cueball: To mess with advertisers. Check it out. | + | :Cueball: To mess with our advertisers. Check it out. |
− | :[ | + | :[An ad reads "Meet local girls in Low Earth Orbit tonight!" and has two photos of girls in sexy poses, one captioned "Tanya, 18" and the other "Amber, 19". Below them is a button that reads "CHAT LIVE".] |
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{{Comic discussion}} | {{Comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Comics with color]] |
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