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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 which misleadingly appear to be specific to your location, but are often simply stock photographs with the name of the nearest town superimposed on top. |
− | The comic satirizes this phenomenon. The {{w|International Space Station}} | + | The comic satirizes this phenomenon. The {{w|International Space Station}} has a high speed data downlink, but no direct connection to the internet. But here, [[Cueball]] trolls the advertisers from onboard the ISS, by inserting his actual location on {{w|low Earth orbit}} into the database under that IP address. Thus, the advertisements claim that there are "local girls" in low Earth orbit — in fact a distance of roughly 420 kilometers in only a few times per month. |
− | 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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[[Category:Sex]] | [[Category:Sex]] | ||
[[Category:Your Mom]] | [[Category:Your Mom]] |