Tom, some of us from the larger states have trouble with the idea that another state is just an hour's drive away :-)
Anyway, I think this has to do with the tables that keep track of IP addresses, and Raj suggested a few days ago that OL's need to be updated. It boggles my mind that one could accurately discern state location by IP address -- but it seems that is the case. kc On 3/8/13 9:03 AM, Tom Morris wrote: > For a few days, Open Library flashed a banner at me about being in > Massachusetts. Kind of annoying, particularly since there was no way to > dismiss it, but at least it was accurate. > > For the last week or so, it's taken to telling me about this great > program that Rhode Island has. Why does it think I'm in a state that's > an hour's drive away? > > Tom > > > _______________________________________________ > Ol-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] > -- Karen Coyle [email protected] http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet _______________________________________________ Ol-tech mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
