FM you troll, get a life!

I feel you misunderstand, I’ve never posted here at all…

But, now now, Mr. Bostock personal attacks are mean…. you have definitely turned an (ugly?) corner… I’m a sensitive person… *sniff*

And, yes, I know you’ve never posted on the site before as “FoodDude.” That’s just the point.

I’ve asked the zombies to save me your brain stem. I’m digging the more primitive organs these days.

Anyway, perhaps you’re confusing my ISPs dynamic IP assignment as a static IP, no? maybe?

And, you cheated and deleted your post… *shakes fist*

Now pardon me while I arm myself against the marauding zombies and CL men (…and women) in black pajamas outside my house…

You’re surrounded.

Fun and games indeed. There’s nothing like a troupe of hydras to keep a critic’s sword sharp. My question to you is why you won’t stick with one screen name.

If not…

Regards Kit!

I did however include a clue of my intention with my *winking smiley*…

Don’t worry Mr. Bostock, it is all fun and games… I’m a fan of the food writers at CL, you included. Hey, without brouhahas such as this, life would be boring… right? =)

Anyway….

It is standard procedure to record IP addresses. You’re showing your ignorance…or maybe you’re joking? In case you’re not joking or in case others are ignorant, be informed:

Your IP address is recorded whenever you send email, much less log onto sites like this and talk to your subpersonalities in order to build phony consensus or buzz.

Before you get into an Orwellian snit, do some Googling and you will find that anyone can note an IP address of mail they receive. This doesn’t give you a name or geographical address. (TRANSLATION: This doesn’t allow you to monitor actual names, just screen names associated with the IP address.) Legally, actual names and addresses are usually available only under court order.

Still, you can trace an IP and get the exact longitude and latitude of the ISP or the actual location of the IP, along with a fairly close-up picture from Google maps. A silly amusement.

Here is just one of countless instructions to feed your paranoia:
http://www.wikihow.com/Trace-an-IP-Address

If you are concerned about everyone you email anonymously recording your IP address, there are services and software programs that will hide it.

But go ahead and have your Creative Loafing Orwellian-style fantasy, if you want. However, any regular user of the Internet should already know all of this by now. Keeping track of IP addresses is one of the ways sites effectively cut down on spam and ban offensive users.