IMM wrote:

Your ignorance of computing abounds. IP address are dynamic and that
of the local ISP, not individual machines. So many people could have
the same IP address at many times. Duh!

Well not at the same time anyway. You're assigned an IP address for the
duration of your on-line session on dial-up accounts (and possibly some BB
accounts).

Anyway, you're quite right that it's possible for another customer to be
posting with the same address as you *at a different time and different
on-line session*.

Of course it's rather harder to understand how say on the 14/03/04, "NEWS"
posted thus:

Time IP address
20:24 217.134.31.152
20:25 217.134.31.152
20:31 217.134.31.152
21:00 217.134.31.152

and IMM posted thus:

Time IP address
20:33 217.134.31.152
20:55 217.134.31.152
21:59 217.134.31.152

I mean, what are the chances of NEWS dropping his connection after 20:31 and
picking up the *same* address at 21:00?

Maybe not impossible but on 15/03/04

NEWS posted thus:

Time IP address
15:16 217.134.79.40
15:34 217.134.79.40

and IMM posted thus:

Time IP adress
15:19 217.134.79.40
15:21 217.134.79.40

Amazing! Lightning *does* strike twice. (Or, just perhaps, you're telling
porkies).

Tim

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