Re: Lookup zip by IP address

In news:5333918.IC5XRatLM0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@xxxxxx> typed:
:: D. Stussy wrote:
::
::: "Jerry Stuckle" wrote:
:::: On 3/11/2011 8:57 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
::::: Twayne wrote:
:::::: Captain Paralytic<paul_lautman@xxxxxxxxx> typed:
::::::: No you are totally wrong. You do get the IP of the
::::::: user, but it will be registered to the ISP's address.
::::::
:::::: Umm, the IP changes often, [.]
:::::
::::: To my knowledge, it has only changed once within the
::::: last 30 years. I would not call that often.
::::
:::: IP addresses can change as often as every transmission,
:::: or as seldom as almost never. They are not reliable.
:::
::: Every transmission: No.
::: Every SESSION: Yes.
:::
::: One cannot have TCP sessions when it changes every
::: transmission.
::
:: My point was, of course, that IP actually is an
:: abbreviation for the Internet Protocol (frequently misused
:: to refer to its addresses), of which there are two
:: versions: the initial version 4, conceived in 1981 (30
:: years ago), and version 6, conceived in 1998 (which may
:: yet save the internet as we know it since IPv4 addresses
:: run out last month.)
::
:: But Jerry appears to be humor-free, which does not bode
:: well for his intelligence. (As expected.)
::
::
:: PointedEars
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HTH,

Twayne`


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