Just select the text with your cursor (or from the menu bar, select Edit & SelectAll).

Then select Edit & Copy (or press ctrl-C).

Then select Edit & Paste (ctrl-V) to put it into the post.

If you are using an email program (such as Outlook) that opens separately from your browser, be sure to leave both programs open while you do the Paste portion. I learned THAT the hard way!

DonnaR/CA

Brutuses, I'll post here since you were interested early this a.m. I see the Goofy Threads are gone and missed anything that happened after my early morning post on the hazards of ip address hunts. Anything else happen?

Interesting they decided to delete them now.

squirrel, I don't know what happened to the posts. There was nothing posted that was "bad" that I could see. Did you ever find out who it was? I think someone thought you were getting too close, but then again, it's still on the building forum so I don't know what gives.

Just to repeat -- for any cyber sleuths out there fishing around -- Basically, I found that the ip addresses are re-used and can repeat themselves during the threads under different user names, so they're not reliable info. This can seem to happen in a very short period of time, too. ! Odd things also show up pertaining to location. For example, someone we know in TX being served on the East Coast; someone in Canada, also served on the East Coast. I looked at my own IPs and the same re-use thing was happening. So, the proof does not appear to be in the pudding!

That was where I left off. Don't know what happened after that cause I finally went to sleep : ) I've switched over to the night shift : (

What would seem to be reliable is that Goofy is a DSL user dialing through SouthwestBell.net in Dallas. Whether someone saavy can intentionally hide themselves some way (ie, their location) through the way they connect, or if there's some other networking anomaly that can sometimes misrepresent a real-life location, I don't know.

I'm an idiot, so I did report the threads when they first started and it was looking like it was going to just be nasty stuff, asking them to please just delete them. Maybe it just took a few days to do that? Sure does seems coincidental, though, when they actually did get deleted.

Gawd, I struggle so to squeeze it out and write clearly. It's probably still all wrong! What an idiot.

P.S. Did you know that idiot is a scientific classification? We're on the lowest end of the scale here, with moron being two degrees above, and imbecile just one degree above. I didn't know someone could have an IQ of 0! Can you believe these terms were once classifications in psychology! So consider yourself blessed if the doc merely calls you a moron and not an idiot : ) No wonder we're all screwed up.

Here is a link that might be useful: Moron, Imbecile, Idiot, and other Scientifically Correct Psychological Terms

Clarification -- the ip repeats under different usernames actually happens within one thread!

Hi brutuses,

I won't repeat the copy/paste thing :). Looking forward to what you have to share with us.

Hi squirrel,

The IP addresses are posted above each person's info & post. If they post multiple times it will be there above each of their posts.

The very first poster's IP address does not show up - which "GFY" knew & hence didn't post anything that wasn't a first post.

The person whom I thought of right away just confirmed my suspicions by returning from a hiatus immediately after all of that. All the "rules" talk and the condescending tone was familiar & I'm pretty sure I pegged it.

Hopefully it won't continue & all will return to regular broadcasting...or posting.

Nat

The person whom I thought of right away just confirmed my suspicions by returning from a hiatus immediately after all of that. All the "rules" talk and the condescending tone was familiar & I'm pretty sure I pegged it.

Is this a building forum person then ??

It seems like the addresses are posted beneath the post. Even though the ---> afterwards would be more logical. I'll have to check it out again. That's what had made more sense location-wise at the time, while fishing the ips : )

I wonder then if the verrry last ip, which seems rather disconnected from the whole thing and follows a bunch of other stuff, could be the OP's ip then.

Nevertheless -- DISREGARD the Southwesterner and Southwest Bell clue!!! ::: )) I knew I shouldn't have mentioned that!

Above the message continually puts me in Wichita, and I'm no where near there. A bit confusing. I see others seem to be linking up correctly though. I'm checkin' out the very last address and see how that fits in. Could be mine, for the next followup posting, but is not all that close to where I am. I see no reason why the op's address wouldn't be in there, right along with everyone else's. Kind of odd.

Yes, I do believe that would be the op's address. Still confirm your suspicions? (Apparently there's another thread over in building to check it out.)

Southwesterner's are off the hook! (unless someone is traveling : )

Welp, that one's gone now too. I hate to stick another state out there.

Acoreana, if you're still around -- I'm surprised so am not sure your person of interest is actually the source of the post. What forum are they on? This user has two letters in your name. Three characters from their state appear in your name. The ip is consistent.

A little bit of intrigue always intrigues me and now you have me trying to understand what you are saying about the ip address showing up above a user name? Posted above each person's post and info? I am just trying to follow.Where?
I did see the posts originally, and didn't realize that they had disappeared. ( I figured they had gone "naturally" back back to maybe page 23 by now).So where are you seeing those ip addresses?

We can find the html for the threads and the ip addresses are embedded in there. Bottom line and word of caution is, there's a trail anyone can get to, even if you create another username or account. So find another outlet if you're having a bad day : )

GW has deleted all of the Goofy threads.

If you right click on this page and View Source you'll be able to peruse the html info.

The first poster's IP will not be visible but everyone else's will be above their post and before their info.

I wish I could copy/paste and example...hmmmm...for example mine looks like:

open carrot !--e close carrot open carrot --68.200.146.21--close carrot

The very first information that shows up for the post is the ip address then it goes into the member's info and their user name is in there and then their post.

Again, the very first poster's IP address does not show so unless GFY replied to their own post their IP address was not shown.

HTH :)

I have no idea what any of you are talking about! I've seen this topic come up before and I never understood what it meant. What does an IP address have to do with posting on this forum? I don't see any numbers when I look "above" my name. I looked in MY PAGE and didn't see numbers there either. What would I do with it even if I were able to find it?!

I spent a bit of time trying to figure it out too. I thought I was close but then poof...the threads were gone.

Acoreana, can you email me with who you thought so I can see if I was close?? lindybarts@aol.com

acoreana....following your directions I think I've found my IP address...is this it...24.6.219.49?

Isn't your IP 68.200.146.24 not 68.200.146.21. Or is that just a typo and you meant to 24 instead of 21?

Ok so now that I know how to find the IP...now, WHY do I care? And what in the tarnation am I supposed to I do with it!!!

Boy am I slow on the uptake?! But I think I'm starting to get the meaning of all this...

So if a person who normally posts on the forum as "goodgirl" wants to post something nasty they can create a new user name on gardenweb (eg, "badgirl"). Those who don't know how to cross-check the IP address will think "badgirl" is a different person but those who do know how to look up the IP will see goodgirl and badgirl have the same IP address and therefore must be the same person masquerading under a different user name!

Is that how it works? By George I think she's got it!!
THE RAIN IS SPAIN STAYS MAINLY ON THE PLAIN! :d

(whew, TG I've never used another user name, lol)

ROFL flyingflower....by Jove, I think you've GOT IT!@

Uh oh, I'm back to being confused again (i.e. my normal state)...re-reading squirrel's post on Sun, Apr 13, 08 at 23:24 is she saying IPs can change? If squirrel thinks she's an idiot then I've got the IQ of an earthworm.

Earthworm category here too! LOL!

I think the IP address only changes the suffix. For instance...I "think" that the first part of mine is 207.200.116 but sometimes after the 116, the numbers change. The first part does not however. All my posts show up with the 207.200.116 somewhere in there.

Man..didn't anyone keep Goofy's source code page? I almost saved it but didn't.

Yes, that should read 4, sorry :)

E-mail headed your way lindybarts.

Just so there's no more speculation...my guess was Ramona from NYC Housewives! She's so uncouth...jk

(finale tonight)

One must ignore some of my previous idiotic posts as I was stumbling along trying to figure things out : ) IPs can change as some ISPs dynamically assign them from a pool of numbers rather than having a static one assigned to each pc (that would be a lot of #s). I'm still trying to figure my own out, though. Probably because I'm such an idiot : ) It changes when I ask what it is online, as I would expect. The GW one also consistently puts me in Wichita. ? But, GW seems to have me with a consistent ip across threads and time, even though my real-time inquiries change dynamically. ?

Previously, I'd thought the ips were shown below the posts, because I'm not at all out West and that scenario was also giving me an ip for each post. That's why some of them made no sense, hehe. But! even though I'm stupid as !@#$, my sheer determination to make it over that hurdle, and a good dose of good ole common sense, once again, did help me to find where the op's ip turns up! It's more at the bottom of the thread, above a bit of coding gar-bahj.

Sorry, but I just don't have the heart to disclose. There may be another, still unknown reason why it is not actually that person, too. (Just like the wrong assumption that the ip is not in there like everyone else's, just because it's in a different spot : ) Although it does seem to be consistent. Wish I knew someone else from that area and isp to see how their #s turn up.

Lindy, does your suspect's username match up to the clue I gave above, with acoreana's username? I really think some people are probably being wrongly accused and would be surprised if it did.

OMG I'm so confused! I read the GFY threads and have been reading this the last couple of days - obviously I'm not ready to join the Nancy Drew girl detective league :-(

Ahhhhhhh, yes!

I see that now!

The OP's IP (say that 5 x fast) is way down at the bottom. Had never spotted that before.

:)

Oh, c'mon! Disclose!
OK, maybe not such a good idea ...
But yes! Do it anyway!
**insert evil grin here**

Actually, I now think my person of interest is wrong. Just the same locale, randomly selected from a set of pooled numbers. Makes sense since the personalities don't add up. Probably just some fly-by wanting to shake things up, anyway. Or, maybe it is Acoreana's or LindyBart's suspect.

It was oh so clear last night, but muddy today : )

squirrelheaven: you are right -- ips are assigned and changed dynamically, and the rate at which they change will vary according to the type of internet connectivity and service provider you have. I believe that the wichita info you see is probably the location of one of the servers your internet service provider has/uses, so it has little to do with your own location. Sometimes, a person's ip address can stay the same for a certain amount of time, particularly if they maintain their connection to the internet without turning the computer off. Also, one can sometimes change their own ip address by releasing it first.

I have no idea what those previous threads were about -- I missed them, darn! But I've enjoyed reading this thread -- very entertaining. I love a good mystery! And flyingflower made me laugh out loud. :-) I do think it might be hard to figure out if a user is the same person as someone else by using an ip address or location, unless they have a dial-up connection, which is fairly ancient these days.

squirrelheaven: you are right -- ips are assigned and changed dynamically, and the rate at which they change will vary according to the type of internet connectivity and service provider you have

Really? My ISP is the same on every single post...even the old ones. Only the suffix changes for me. Hmmm? Now I'm lost again! flyingflower...move over, I'm jumping in your boat!!

lindybarts: like I said, I'm pretty sure it will all depend on the type of service you have and your service provider. You might want to ask your service provider how often customer ips are changed, or even if they provide for dynamically changing ips. Your provider may not do that for you, but for security reasons, you may want to look into getting that changed. Also, even when a provider does have customer ips changing randomly, they can sometimes remain the same for days, weeks or even months, or it can change every time you connect to the internet. I'm not really sure why, though. I've just seen it happen. (Caveat -- I am by no means an expert -- but I've had a little experience with this awhile back with an unrelated issue regarding a website I helped design).

Mine is usually the same too. I was seeing it over and over again for a lot of threads over a period of time. Then today -- poof! I see a new one in there :) Still Wichita KS though L: \ Checking online for my assignment -- it changes frequently during the day. Making me a bit dizzy.

I'm wondering if it can be pulled from GW's registration info or something, keeping it fairly static and identifiable, or if the code is generated in a way making that not possible. Know nothing about html.

Oceanna thank you for explaining.
So in your spare time when you are not doing gorgeous glass and posting galleries, you explain puter lingo to the ignorant? I am most grateful!!