[meteorite-list] who is Proud Tom????

[Jim Wooddell]

Hi Anne and all!

I am not questioning who is who here but you are technically very 
incorrect about the IP addresses being unique to each and every 
computer.  Fact is they are not.   In most cases, the best you can do is 
know the ISP that serves someone.  For example, my assigned IP address 
is not the IP address of my computer and I can change my assigned IP 
address with a few key strokes.  It can also change due to network 
requirements without the client knowing it's changed unless they look 
and it also my have a timeout period where it is forced to change 
(DHCP).   If the client has a static IP address then it's likely the 
best you can do is see the router...if it's a business and a network, 
there could be hundreds of computers behind an IP address.  You can not 
see my IP address and it's a static address.

The only 'unique' number is a MAC address for network interfaces. And 
they can be masked too!

Again, I am not concerned with who is who in my post, just the technical 
error of your understanding of the IP addresses.

Jim







On 3/29/2014 8:28 PM, Anne Black wrote:
> OK, so I'll spell it out to all of you:,
>
> Proud Tom is Bob Evans and Bob Evans is Proud Tom.
>
> How do I know? The IP address of his computer says so. An IP address 
> is a unique number assigned to each and every computer. Strangely, 
> Proud Tom and Bob Evans's computer(s) have the same IP address that 
> traces back to Romeoville, Illinois, where Bob Evans resides.
>
> And we all know Bob Evans.
>
>
> Anne M. Black
> www.IMPACTIKA.com
> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Blood <mlblood at cox.net>
> To: Met. Anne Black <Impactika at aol.com>; Meteorite List 
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sat, Mar 29, 2014 9:10 pm
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] who is Proud Tom????
>
>
> So, WHO IS PROUD TOM???
>
> On 3/29/14 5:21 PM, "Met. Anne Black" <Impactika at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> ...What I do know now, is that this seller and
>> Proud Tom are one and the
> same.
> .......... Proud Tom sells fakes, among other
>> misdeeds.
>
>
>
>
> Anne M. Black
> www.IMPACTIKA.com
> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
>
>
> -----Original
>> Message-----
> From: Mendy Ouzillou <ouzillou at yahoo.com>
> To: Anne Black
>> <impactika at aol.com>; meteorite-list
>>
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sat, Mar 29, 2014 6:13
>> pm
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Now I know...................
>
>
> Anne,
>
> I
>> spotted the fake on eBay and alerted everyone on FB. Through a team
>>
> effort,
> the seller removed the listing and said that they would, "send it off
>>
> for
> analysis".
>
> Fortunately, no one bought this stone. Frustrating none the
>> less ...
>
> Not sure what you are referring to regarding the wrong email, but at
>>
> least we
> stopped this from becoming a big issue, though one that will likely
>> not
> go away.
>
>
> Mendy Ouzillou
>
>
>
>> ________________________________
>> From:
>> Anne Black <impactika at aol.com>
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Sent:
>> Saturday, March 29, 2014 5:05 PM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Now I
>> know...................
>>
>>
>>
>> I always thought this would happen
>> someday...........
>>
>> All it takes is one email, an email sent to the wrong
>> person, meaning:
>> to a person who knows how to use an IP address, that unique
>> number
>> assigned to each and every computer, to trace that email back to
>> the
>> sender, and discover that the sender lives in Romeoville,
>> Illinois.
>>
>> Just like that seller on Ebay:
>>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/NWA-2995-Paired-LUNAR-METEORITE-LARGE-5-611-GRAM
>
> -M
>> OON-ROCK-/251480829095?ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:US:1123
>
>>
>>
>> You want to know
>> more about that seller, go to the Archives of the
>> MetList,
>> http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com/  and do a search, you
>> could start
>> with "Zulu Queen" or "McCartney Taylor".
>>
>> Enjoy.
>>
>> Anne M.
>> Black
>> www.IMPACTIKA.com
>> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
>>
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