scr09 wrote:

... But I am absolulety convinced that most people do not use a proxy server. 99% of the Internet users use their normal IP, so the most results on our Flagcounters are real. I believe many users (80%) do not even know how to change their IPs...

I usually surf with my laptop + a key given from a mobile telephone operator in Italy. In every connection they give me a random IP. My physical location is in Rome (Italy), but it happened I had be connected with an IP from Novara (650 km north from Rome) and even from Palermo (900 km south from Rome).
At office I use a connection offered from another operator. Sometimes we have an IP from Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy), other times we have an IP from Lugano (Switzerland).
I imagine in the world there are millions of particular situations like this.
Thus, IPs sometimes are just... "opinions" 

holland25h wrote:

You meant 1,000 inhabitants, right?

The website of CIA, in 2009, wrote at the url https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ay.html#People
"no indigenous inhabitants, but there are both permanent and summer-only staffed research stations
note: 29 nations, all signatory to the Antarctic Treaty, operate through their National Antarctic Program a number of seasonal-only (summer) and year-round research stations on the continent and its nearby islands south of 60 degrees south latitude (the region covered by the Antarctic Treaty); the population doing and supporting science or engaged in the management and protection of the Antarctic region varies from approximately 4,400 in summer to 1,100 in winter; in addition, approximately 1,000 personnel, including ship's crew and scientists doing onboard research, are present in the waters of the treaty region; peak summer (December-February) population ....."

Thus, 1,000-4,400 "residents". You have to consider also fishermen, regular tourism from Southern Argentina (Ushuaia) and various people more in transit or not registered.
It is not exaggerated to say 10,000 human beings,  almost all adult ones, in Antarctica in the period November-February 



Edited by Jens
I have shorten the post a bit. It is useless to copy the text from the referred link. One can read there if it is of some interest.

Last edited by Jens (March 21, 2011 6:26 pm)

Please.. Someone... just one AQ flag :D

Pretty please