[Groop] Re: not being able to vote on Claire's picture

[Azamin]

That someone should be in the same ISP .. or same network... with you

Chris.Emmett at uk.standardchartered.com wrote:

> >Er... I tried voting several times, but:
> >   " Sorry, it appears that you have already voted on this photo. Note:
> This
> message may mean that another person has used the same IP address as you
> to vote on the photo. See our gallery FAQs for details. "
>
> It probably means you are using a machine on a network or with a ISP
> provided IP Address. The former will likely mean that all people on the
> network will show, to the outside world, the IP Address of the router. The
>
> latter means that the IP Address gets shared around so someone else may
> have used it before you to vote when they went online.
> Of course, it may mean that someone is secretly using your PC to vote. It
> may even be you :)
> Womble