Michael Rasmussen wrote: > I'm reading Dive into HTML5 http://diveintohtml5.org/ > > There's a chapter on HTML5 features including Geolocation. > Clicking through the test link Firefox pops up a warning "website wants > Geolocation. Tell them?" kinda thing. > > I click yes and a Google map showing my exact location pops up. > Repeat with Chrome, same results including getting my permission first. > Konqueror doesn't support the feature. > > This raises two questions: > How? I'm doing my web browing through my laptop -> home WiFi -> DSL linkage. > Why do large commercial sites (eg, Facebook) keep making me offers for > Seattle based services?
I think it is because your "ISP" has it's main office in Seattle or gets its IPs from someone in Seattle. If you do a reverse lookup (rDNS) on the IP you're assigned you will probably see some thing that indicates teh Seattle area. I'm sitting in Hayden, Idaho but my service provider is in Spokane so my IP (block) looks like it is in Spokane. \\||/ Rod -- > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
