In article <mailman.4680.1373734493.3114.python-l...@python.org>, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Obviously a fixed IP will be tied to a fixed connection and thereby to > a fixed location which can be provided to a location database. And even then, it can be wrong. When I worked for EMC, they (apparently, from what I could see) back-hauled internet connections for all their offices to Hopkinton, MA where they had one central ISP connection, via NAT. So, when I sat at my desk in White Plains, NY and went to Moviephone's web site, I was conveniently shown what all the theaters in the Hopkinton area were playing that day. Ditto for the weather. Not to mention that some IP addresses move. People use mobile devices in cars, busses, trains, planes, boats, etc. Not to mention somewhat more esoteric places like the ISS. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
