And as you can see I'm not likely to get an answer out of our mods but if you or anyone else can answer the questions I asked above I'd sure appreciate it.

 

Hey you seem pretty savvy about this so I'll ask you the same question.

What does an "IP address" actually refer to?

 

Me too.

We have to stand in the corner and think about what we have done.

 

Why would the admins check the IP addresses without cause? I wouldn't if I was an admin and didn't expect anything. As I said, no accusation was being made and I was just pointing out that anything is possible.

If you say it's not the case, fine. I accept that even though I really couldn't care less.

 

I'm not as technically savvy as most, but this made me giggle. You think AZ might have some IP tracking software? Why would he go to that expense/hassle and for what reason? What would he possibly do with the info? Find the town the IP address came from? And how would he see the IP address to track them? And how would he know who they belonged to? Here, you see a member name, nothing else. According to the admins, AZ can't see anything but what any other member can see on your public page.

This is not NCIS.

 

Ha! Received hate mail from him too. Aren't we special? Yeah, fuck the asshole, pay no attention to his pathetic and cowardly PM attacks. :rose:

 

Nope, wasn't her. Chunky stirred the shit with his comments. The question is: why? :excited:

 

I don't stir shit.
I don't take it either.

 

What I was getting at is that you probably had a reason to make those comments. You have to admit that your comments got this heated discussion going.

 

The comment about the gender of the moderator was quite ingenuous. Anyone who feels they are certain of gender on this forum is being naive.

The comment I made to "Azriel" about IPs was in response to one of his posts. It was directed at him and was not intended to convey any message for general consumption or discussion. The fact that this has happened was neither my intention nor is my responsibility.

He understands it, and it follows that so do the "moderators."

 

I did ask if anybody on the thread besides yourself, Azriel, orion, and I knew why Azriel posted the pic towards you.

Apparently they don't.

 

Thanks, Chunky, for this post. Think it will curtail some of the wild and crazy thinking that has been going on here. :rose:

 

I think AZRIEL would do that for power and revenge.

But don't try to tell me there's no software to track IP addresses because I had mine tracked on another forum and had a member post while I claimed to be in the oilfield my IP address showed I was in Indiana I think it was.

Now he was wrong on that but surprisingly that's where my server was at the time.

However, notice again for all this talking you don't answer questions. All you do is try to bury the issue with more questions.

Which I find is your typical form of dishonesty.

 

As a member, I can't see any realistic way to see another persons IP address without either having access to the forums administrative account, or luring them off the site to something a little "easier" like Skype.

 

An IP will not give anyone the physical location of anybody, even forum admins. It will only give them a general location of the nearest Internet Protocol. Think of it like this.
You have a phone in your house, and a connection point(s), the line goes outside to the nearest junction box ( could be miles away). Your IP is like the junction box. So admin or anyone would only find that junction box.

For anyone, even the police, to legally get your physical home address they would have to obtain a court order for your Internet Service Provider(ISP) to release it to them.

I don't know about anywhere else in the world but in the UK many ISPs share their IPs (for cost as well as reliable connectivity)and if I switch off my router I'd get a new IP each time and it is not always closest to my home. The IP you are allocated when you switch on has also probably been used by hundreds (if not thousands) of other users.
No doubt the IP I have right now will match with somebody elses, past or present, switch off my router, new IP and that will probably match other different members.

The IP I'm on right now is about 100 miles away from where I actually am.
IP checks are virtually useless on all UK IPs.
Then there is always the option of using a proxy that will put you anywhere in the world.

Hope that helps.

 

http://lifehacker.com/5935863/five-best-vpn-service-providers

For all you paranoid socks...

 

Stumbler, I've answered every question - you simply refuse to consider the explanations. That's your issue, not mine.

You're the one who came up with the idea that AZ has some fancy schmancy software to track IP addresses. Where does he get the numbers to track? He can't see the admin screen here. He can only see what everyone else can see on your visitor page. Look at that - I asked a question. Are you going to answer it? Are you going to answer any of the questions I asked about this brilliant theory of yours?

Probably not. You'll just stamp your little foot and yell Bullshit!

So predictable.

 

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