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Renat Golubchyk wrote: |
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> Hi! |
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> On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:40:53 +0200 "Liviu Andronic" |
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> <landronimirc@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Is there a way to make Opera or Firefox believe that I am located in |
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>> the UK? I am using (on a regular basis) the following environment |
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>> variables. |
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>> LC_ALL=en_GB.UTF-8 |
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>> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 |
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>> Nonetheless, it seems to make no difference to either browser. Maybe |
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>> someone knows exactly how does BBC, or Google and other sites |
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>> proposing their web pages in your local language, determine your |
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>> location? |
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> It's determined based on your IP address. You can try it yourself at |
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> http://www.maxmind.com/app/locate_my_ip and |
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> http://www.maxmind.com/app/locate_ip . |
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> This service locates not only the country, but also the city. |
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> If you want to have an IP address in UK you will have to use a proxy in |
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> UK. You can find a list of proxies at |
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> http://tools.rosinstrument.com/proxy/ |
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> You could also find another TV channel with live video and audio |
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> stream. There is a list of TV stations at http://wwitv.com/ |
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> Cheers, |
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> Renat |
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I went to that link above and it was not even close to me. I think it |
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may be about right for one of my ISP's addresses or something though. |
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Also, my old ISP didn't work right either. It said another state even. |
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How is that supposed to work anyway? |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) :-) |