07-15-19 05:46 Dave Drum wrote to Ed Vance about 665 oddities cotd
Howdy! Dave,

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 EV> I live in Southern Indiana and use DSL from AT&T.

 EV> Websites usually don't show my location correctly, most of them 'think'
 EV> I am in the Indianapolis Area in the middle of the State of Indiana.

 DD> Most of the time they put me in one of a selection of attached villages
 DD> or nearby towns to my actual location. The nearby towns do have their
 DD> own zip codes. The attached villages (aka tax dodge acres) do not.

 DD> 

 DD> Even when I tick the "Share my location" box on a website
they manage
 DD> to get it futzed up about half the time.

I see that "Share my location" box in Firefox sometimes but I select the
"Never" option.

I feel like that Pop-Up is an Invasion of my Privacy.
When I want to enter my Location (Address) on a Web Page, it's because "I"
want to do it.

 EV> That's O.K. with me if AT&T has me in "STEALTH" Mode.

 EV> Usually when I visit the website for a local Store:

 EV> (Meijer, Target, Wal*Mart, Kroger etc., etc., etc.)

 EV> to see if they stock the item I'm wanting to buy, or the cost for it.

 EV> The first page that shows up will be for their Store in a City around
 EV> the Indianapolis Area and I have to go to the Option to Switch To their
 EV> Store located in MY Area.

 EV> I suppose AT&T sends my DSL service up to their equipment in
 EV> Indianapolis before it goes out on the WWWeb.

 DD> I admit to being surprised that they don't put you in Louisville - even
 DD> if it's in a different state.

When I lived in Louisville, phone calls to New Albany was a Local Call.
It still is, Louisville callers can dial seven digits to call me.

When I make a call on my telephone either to Louisville or a Local call,
ten digits have to be dialed because this Region now has two Area Codes.

 EV> ... Here On Earth Computers Alway Win Because They Have Inside
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 DD> Only if that information is correct. Remember G.I.G.O.   Bv)=

Garbage In Garbage Out.

When I was entering BASIC Programs on my Commodore 64, I learned if I didn't
type what was printed on the Magazine Page, the Program didn't work right.

Actually Computers Alway Win if the information they have is Correct or
Incorrect.

73 de Ed W9ODR  .    .


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