Comments on: and the winner is… london? http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/11/14/and-the-winner-is-london/ exploring science, the strange and the unknown Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:25:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: gfish http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/11/14/and-the-winner-is-london/#comment-8081 gfish Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:31:43 +0000 http://worldofweirdthings.com/?p=8632#comment-8081 That's a fair point because the IP addresses by which stats packages can determine from what city you are, tend to be based on where the gateway servers of your ISP are located. So while you may be in Abingdon, your ISP goes through London and shows up as such. But the same thing happens in the U.S. and since on a macro level, geolocators have the same level of error, I'm thinking the end result may still be valid. That’s a fair point because the IP addresses by which stats packages can determine from what city you are, tend to be based on where the gateway servers of your ISP are located. So while you may be in Abingdon, your ISP goes through London and shows up as such.

But the same thing happens in the U.S. and since on a macro level, geolocators have the same level of error, I’m thinking the end result may still be valid.

]]> By: ColonelFazackerley http://worldofweirdthings.com/2009/11/14/and-the-winner-is-london/#comment-8078 ColonelFazackerley Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:12:25 +0000 http://worldofweirdthings.com/?p=8632#comment-8078 I live in Abingdon, near Oxford, in the UK. If you use a geolocator on me, it says London, which is a lie. So, your London stats may just be a quirk of how UK internet access is arranged. I live in Abingdon, near Oxford, in the UK. If you use a geolocator on me, it says London, which is a lie. So, your London stats may just be a quirk of how UK internet access is arranged.

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