713: GeoIP - Revision history

81.179.199.253: /* Explanation */ Expanding basement 'desirability' a bit. Basements aren't really a thing, where I am (we may have cellars, a quote different vibe), but I understand it as compromise that allows "separate living, under same roof" lifestyle.

2026-04-09T00:11:52Z

‎Explanation: Expanding basement 'desirability' a bit. Basements aren't really a thing, where I am (we may have cellars, a quote different vibe), but I understand it as compromise that allows "separate living, under same roof" lifestyle.

211.30.60.221: /* Explanation */ Rewrote paragraph to add detail & read more smoothly

2026-04-08T23:01:22Z

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SomeoneIGuess at 21:14, 17 October 2023

2023-10-17T21:14:16Z

ClassicalGames: /* Transcript */

2023-04-14T07:12:42Z

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172.70.126.175 at 00:23, 21 August 2022

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 The comic satirizes this phenomenon. The {{w|International Space Station}} (ISS) has a high speed data downlink, but no direct connection to the internet. But here, [[Cueball]] trolls the advertisers from on board the ISS, by inserting his actual location on {{w|low Earth orbit}} into the database under that IP address. He proudly presents his result to [[Ponytail]] where the advertisements claim that there are "local girls" (one of whom vaguely resembles [[Danish]]) in low Earth orbit; a distance of roughly 420 kilometers above the Earth surface, and thus at least that far away from all other girls in the world if they are not on the space station (or a nearby spacecraft, such as one bringing supplies to the space station). The fact that the phrase "Low Earth Orbit" is slightly grayed out serves to illustrate that that location has been inserted into the generic advertisement.
-The title text shows GeoIP has become so accurate that it can now pinpoint the user's location to his Mom's basement. In North American culture, young men who still live in their childhood homes are considered to be immature or excessively babied, since it means that they are either yet to enter the workforce (usually by personal choice, rather than a lack of employment in the area) or are employed at menial jobs that do not allow them to support themselves (especially if they spend whatever money they do earn frivolously, such as on comic books, video games & geek collectibles, instead of saving up to rent a place of their own). The ads are typically of the form -- "Meet hot young singles in <user's location>" where the <user's location> part is filled in from GeoIP. In this case, the GeoIP is either so accurate with its GPS or psychological profile of the ad's target that it not just announces the user is in his parents' house, but it also pinpoints his location as the basement (which is generally considered to be a short step down from still living in one's childhood bedroom), embarrassing or peeving him either because he realized the ad was mocking him or because he seriously expected there to be a 'hot single' in the room who, according to his stereotypically-limited understanding of women, would be willing to have sex with him, to which his grade-school response proves his immaturity.
+The title text shows GeoIP has become so accurate that it can now pinpoint the user's location to his Mom's basement. In North American culture, young men who still live in their childhood homes are considered to be immature or excessively babied, since it means that they are either yet to enter the workforce (usually by personal choice, rather than a lack of employment in the area) or are employed at menial jobs that do not allow them to support themselves (especially if they spend whatever money they do earn frivolously, such as on comic books, video games & geek collectibles, instead of saving up to rent a place of their own). The ads are typically of the form -- "Meet hot young singles in <user's location>" where the <user's location> part is filled in from GeoIP. In this case, the GeoIP is either so accurate with its GPS or psychological profile of the ad's target that it not just announces the user is in his parents' house, but it also pinpoints his location as the basement (which is generally considered to be a short step down from still living in one's childhood bedroom, but at least a progression into a space perhaps larger than their childhood bedroom, and deliberately further away from the rest of the family rooms so that an 'adult' life can be approximated), embarrassing or peeving him either because he realized the ad was mocking him or because he seriously expected there to be a 'hot single' in the room who, according to his stereotypically-limited understanding of women, would be willing to have sex with him, to which his grade-school response proves his immaturity.
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 The comic satirizes this phenomenon. The {{w|International Space Station}} (ISS) has a high speed data downlink, but no direct connection to the internet. But here, [[Cueball]] trolls the advertisers from on board the ISS, by inserting his actual location on {{w|low Earth orbit}} into the database under that IP address. He proudly presents his result to [[Ponytail]] where the advertisements claim that there are "local girls" (one of whom vaguely resembles [[Danish]]) in low Earth orbit; a distance of roughly 420 kilometers above the Earth surface, and thus at least that far away from all other girls in the world if they are not on the space station (or a nearby spacecraft, such as one bringing supplies to the space station). The fact that the phrase "Low Earth Orbit" is slightly grayed out serves to illustrate that that location has been inserted into the generic advertisement.
-The title text shows GeoIP has become so accurate that it can now pinpoint the user's location to his Mom's basement. In United States, an adult living with his parents is considered shameful for that person, since it means that the adult does not have a job and cannot support themself. The ads are typically of the form -- "Meet hot young singles in <user's location>" where the <user's location> part is filled in from GeoIP. In this case, the GeoIP is so accurate that it not just identifies that user is in his parents' house, but it also pinpoints the location that he's hiding in the basement, perhaps because he does not want to be seen by people visiting his parents. Thus GeoIP is unknowingly shaming the user by reminding him that he is in his mom's basement, and hence the "Screw you" response. However, this would also prove the false nature of these advertisements, as the user is unlikely to have not noticed any hot young singles currently sharing his mom's basement.{{Citation needed}}
+The title text shows GeoIP has become so accurate that it can now pinpoint the user's location to his Mom's basement. In North American culture, young men who still live in their childhood homes are considered to be immature or excessively babied, since it means that they are either yet to enter the workforce (usually by personal choice, rather than a lack of employment in the area) or are employed at menial jobs that do not allow them to support themselves (especially if they spend whatever money they do earn frivolously, such as on comic books, video games & geek collectibles, instead of saving up to rent a place of their own). The ads are typically of the form -- "Meet hot young singles in <user's location>" where the <user's location> part is filled in from GeoIP. In this case, the GeoIP is either so accurate with its GPS or psychological profile of the ad's target that it not just announces the user is in his parents' house, but it also pinpoints his location as the basement (which is generally considered to be a short step down from still living in one's childhood bedroom), embarrassing or peeving him either because he realized the ad was mocking him or because he seriously expected there to be a 'hot single' in the room who, according to his stereotypically-limited understanding of women, would be willing to have sex with him, to which his grade-school response proves his immaturity.
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 ==Explanation==
-{{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|Jones 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.
+{{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|Jones effect}} by creating localized ads which misleadingly appear to be specific to your location, but are often generic advertisements featuring stock photographs with the name of a nearby settlement inserted into the text.
-The comic satirizes this phenomenon. The {{w|International Space Station}} (ISS) has a high speed data downlink, but no direct connection to the internet. But here, [[Cueball]] trolls the advertisers from on board the ISS, by inserting his actual location on {{w|low Earth orbit}} into the database under that IP address. He proudly presents his result to [[Ponytail]] where the advertisements claim that there are "local girls" (one of whom vaguely resembles [[Danish]]) in low Earth orbit; a distance of roughly 420 kilometers above the Earth surface, and thus at least that far away from all other girls in the world if they are not on the space station (or a nearby spacecraft, such as one bringing supplies to the space station).
+The comic satirizes this phenomenon. The {{w|International Space Station}} (ISS) has a high speed data downlink, but no direct connection to the internet. But here, [[Cueball]] trolls the advertisers from on board the ISS, by inserting his actual location on {{w|low Earth orbit}} into the database under that IP address. He proudly presents his result to [[Ponytail]] where the advertisements claim that there are "local girls" (one of whom vaguely resembles [[Danish]]) in low Earth orbit; a distance of roughly 420 kilometers above the Earth surface, and thus at least that far away from all other girls in the world if they are not on the space station (or a nearby spacecraft, such as one bringing supplies to the space station). The fact that the phrase "Low Earth Orbit" is slightly grayed out serves to illustrate that that location has been inserted into the generic advertisement.
 The title text shows GeoIP has become so accurate that it can now pinpoint the user's location to his Mom's basement. In United States, an adult living with his parents is considered shameful for that person, since it means that the adult does not have a job and cannot support themself. The ads are typically of the form -- "Meet hot young singles in <user's location>" where the <user's location> part is filled in from GeoIP. In this case, the GeoIP is so accurate that it not just identifies that user is in his parents' house, but it also pinpoints the location that he's hiding in the basement, perhaps because he does not want to be seen by people visiting his parents. Thus GeoIP is unknowingly shaming the user by reminding him that he is in his mom's basement, and hence the "Screw you" response. However, this would also prove the false nature of these advertisements, as the user is unlikely to have not noticed any hot young singles currently sharing his mom's basement.{{Citation needed}}

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 {{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|Jones 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}} (ISS) has a high speed data downlink, but no direct connection to the internet. But here, [[Cueball]] trolls the advertisers from on board the ISS, by inserting his actual location on {{w|low Earth orbit}} into the database under that IP address. He proudly presents his result to [[Ponytail]] where the advertisements claim that there are "local girls" (one of whom vaguely resembles [[Danish]]) in low Earth orbit; a distance of roughly 420 kilometers above the Earth surface, and thus at least that far away from all other girls in the world if they are not on the space station (or a nearby spacecraft, such as one bringing supplies to the space station). One of the girls' slightly tilted image may indicate that she is in zero gravity, rather than standing on the ground, lending some credence to the idea that she really is "in low Earth orbit".
+The comic satirizes this phenomenon. The {{w|International Space Station}} (ISS) has a high speed data downlink, but no direct connection to the internet. But here, [[Cueball]] trolls the advertisers from on board the ISS, by inserting his actual location on {{w|low Earth orbit}} into the database under that IP address. He proudly presents his result to [[Ponytail]] where the advertisements claim that there are "local girls" (one of whom vaguely resembles [[Danish]]) in low Earth orbit; a distance of roughly 420 kilometers above the Earth surface, and thus at least that far away from all other girls in the world if they are not on the space station (or a nearby spacecraft, such as one bringing supplies to the space station).
 The title text shows GeoIP has become so accurate that it can now pinpoint the user's location to his Mom's basement. In United States, an adult living with his parents is considered shameful for that person, since it means that the adult does not have a job and cannot support themself. The ads are typically of the form -- "Meet hot young singles in <user's location>" where the <user's location> part is filled in from GeoIP. In this case, the GeoIP is so accurate that it not just identifies that user is in his parents' house, but it also pinpoints the location that he's hiding in the basement, perhaps because he does not want to be seen by people visiting his parents. Thus GeoIP is unknowingly shaming the user by reminding him that he is in his mom's basement, and hence the "Screw you" response. However, this would also prove the false nature of these advertisements, as the user is unlikely to have not noticed any hot young singles currently sharing his mom's basement.{{Citation needed}}

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 {{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|Jones 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}} (ISS) has a high speed data downlink, but no direct connection to the internet. But here, [[Cueball]] trolls the advertisers from on board the ISS, by inserting his actual location on {{w|low Earth orbit}} into the database under that IP address. He proudly presents his result to [[Ponytail]] where the advertisements claim that there are "local girls" (one of whom vaguely resembles [[Danish]]) in low Earth orbit; a distance of roughly 420 kilometers above the Earth surface, and thus at least that far away from all other girls in the world if they are not on the space station (or a nearby spacecraft, such as one bringing supplies to the space station).
+The comic satirizes this phenomenon. The {{w|International Space Station}} (ISS) has a high speed data downlink, but no direct connection to the internet. But here, [[Cueball]] trolls the advertisers from on board the ISS, by inserting his actual location on {{w|low Earth orbit}} into the database under that IP address. He proudly presents his result to [[Ponytail]] where the advertisements claim that there are "local girls" (one of whom vaguely resembles [[Danish]]) in low Earth orbit; a distance of roughly 420 kilometers above the Earth surface, and thus at least that far away from all other girls in the world if they are not on the space station (or a nearby spacecraft, such as one bringing supplies to the space station). One of the girls' slightly tilted image may indicate that she is in zero gravity, rather than standing on the ground, lending some credence to the idea that she really is "in low Earth orbit".
 The title text shows GeoIP has become so accurate that it can now pinpoint the user's location to his Mom's basement. In United States, an adult living with his parents is considered shameful for that person, since it means that the adult does not have a job and cannot support themself. The ads are typically of the form -- "Meet hot young singles in <user's location>" where the <user's location> part is filled in from GeoIP. In this case, the GeoIP is so accurate that it not just identifies that user is in his parents' house, but it also pinpoints the location that he's hiding in the basement, perhaps because he does not want to be seen by people visiting his parents. Thus GeoIP is unknowingly shaming the user by reminding him that he is in his mom's basement, and hence the "Screw you" response. However, this would also prove the false nature of these advertisements, as the user is unlikely to have not noticed any hot young singles currently sharing his mom's basement.{{Citation needed}}

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 ==Transcript==
-:[External view of a the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting the blue Earth below, shown with white clouds as stripes below and black sky above. Dialog, written in white on the black sky, comes from within the ISS.]
+:[External view of the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting the blue Earth below, shown with white clouds as stripes below and black sky above. Dialog, written in white on the black sky, comes from within the ISS.]
 :Cueball (inside the ISS): ''Yes!''
 :Ponytail (inside the ISS): What?