#1 2009-11-03 12:05 am

Smithsonian

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From: Google

Registered: 2009-07-29

Posts: 4

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2 different flags?

On the IP 194.8.75.96 ( http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=194.8.75.96 )
When you get about halfway through the page, the flag changes.

pedigree

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From: New Zealand

Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 7,104

Re: 2 different flags?

I can only put this down to the way the IP is stored in the database.  Im guessing that the ip-2-country list that we use, had it as a UK IP and then changed it to a Swiss flag, no idea why but, when I get time, Ill check that out.

Gav-n-Tn

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From: Tennessee

Registered: 2009-10-16

Posts: 99

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Re: 2 different flags?

I never noticed it. Honestly it doesn't matter to me where they are from. I don't like any of them.

Russ

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Re: 2 different flags?

Here's how it works.

All of the geo-IP data comes from MaxMind. They put out an updated database at the first of each month, which is grabbed automatically and stored locally.

The source lookup is done at the time of submission, and stored in the database thereafter. So, if an IP changed countries like that then chance are it was incorrect to begin with or it got re-allocated to another country or something.