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r_a_l_i_g_h

Worldwide Web of Friends

May 11, 2006 13:45

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memes, this is cool!, what would we do without the internet?, fun, flist

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squaringkarma May 11 2006, 18:52:57 UTC

I am not in Troy, NY!

r_a_l_i_g_h May 11 2006, 18:57:07 UTC

Close?

I am not sure how this works, and I'm not sure if it kinda scares me - but I think it's cool!

squaringkarma May 11 2006, 18:59:20 UTC

I'm... 12.5 miles away according to MapQuest.

r_a_l_i_g_h May 11 2006, 20:19:26 UTC

That's pretty close - it may be going with bigger cities

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sinca May 11 2006, 19:22:39 UTC

I'm assuming it works by IP address because I am not in Studio City, CA but when I am home it correctly deduces my location.

6645 miles away though? I know that we're not exactly neighbors but we live in the same COUNTRY!

r_a_l_i_g_h May 11 2006, 20:20:16 UTC

Yeah, well, it tells ME I am 6645 miles away from Edmond, too!

Silly all-knowing Big-Brother-esque internet.

feeley20 May 11 2006, 19:44:04 UTC

Wow, that is so crazy! I can't believe it would even recognize "Waleska, GA," because I've never been there, but I've heard it's like Deliverance Country. I know there's a Christian college there where all the rich parents send their bad/gay children to try to "reform" them.

I MapQuested as well and it's 48 miles away. That's pretty good. I moved out of my awesomely ghetto apartment this morning; I wonder what it would have guessed for that doorway-to-hell place.

r_a_l_i_g_h May 11 2006, 20:20:57 UTC

Have any of them died in bus crashes since?

schnappycat May 11 2006, 20:16:41 UTC

Who is in Littleton? Because that is the city next to mine. I'm confused.

r_a_l_i_g_h May 11 2006, 20:18:58 UTC

It may have marked you as being there instead of elsewhere - it seems to be "general vicinity" to place you.

Or else you have a stalker hacking your computer.

It could happen

The first comment/spot I had was from someone I DON'T KNOW in a town 30 minutes from here.

schnappycat May 11 2006, 20:28:22 UTC

Oh wait...was that supposed to be referring to me? I don't get this game yet. If that is the case, it makes sense since I have a Littleton zip code. I just didn't understand the meme. I'm so tired and am just breezing through LJ to catch up.

r_a_l_i_g_h May 11 2006, 20:37:49 UTC

Yeah, someone (in this case, me) creates an login account and posts the link

Then, everyone who clicks on the link and views the map gets a spot added to the map in their location.

certainthings May 11 2006, 21:53:48 UTC

How very scary stalkerishly accurate of it. *backs away from you*

r_a_l_i_g_h May 11 2006, 22:14:51 UTC

Hey, I didn't make it! I don't even really understand it. Oh, and if you REALLY want to be freaked out by it - switch to the "satellite" view

certainthings May 12 2006, 00:05:23 UTC

Nope, turns out that satellite isn't scary for my region.

r_a_l_i_g_h May 12 2006, 00:10:22 UTC

You couldn't see your house?

I could - well, once I entered my address in

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