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GeoURL: We Know Where You Live, Work and Blog!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-other-stuff-too dept.

hrbrmstr writes "GeoURL is a location-to-URL reverse directory. This will allow you to find URLs by their proximity to a given location. Find your neighbor's blog, perhaps, or the web page of the restaurants near you. Many potential 'location-based services' can spring from this if the database gets big enough. The site has an easy process for maintaining your entries. And can even generate RSS feeds for a given geographical area."

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  1. That's right! by JanusFury · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's right folks, now all you bored /.'ers can finally find an attractive local girl to stalk! Just enter your location into the convenient form, hit 'Submit', and stalk away!

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    1. Re:That's right! by ender81b · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's right folks, now all you bored /.'ers can finally find an attractive local girl to stalk! Just enter your location into the convenient form, hit 'Submit', and stalk away!

      Now, I don't want to alarm anybody, but I'm fairly sure to *stalk* 'women' you have to leave the house. This is a scary concept for us all... I think I will stick to downloading pr0n of that lovely housewife next door who wants me. She does. I'm serious you guys.

    2. Re:That's right! by Spunk · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sure beats the old A/S/L method!

    3. Re:That's right! by JWSmythe · · Score: 3, Funny


      She's a 46 year old homebound man in North Dakota. But congratulations none the less. :)

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    4. Re:That's right! by geronimo_jerry · · Score: 2, Funny

      Leave the house? My god man, are you daft! I went outside back in '01, only to be overdosed on Vitamin "D" from the sun.

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  2. Ahem? by Noodlenose · · Score: 3, Funny
    Why, oh why in this age of deranged stalkers, nutters and neverending digital identity theft would I tell the world where I live?

    Just so half of this planet's socially challenged would appear on my doorstep and want a beer?

    1. Re:Ahem? by orthogonal · · Score: 3, Funny

      Why, oh why in this age of deranged stalkers, nutters and neverending digital identity theft would I tell the world where I live?

      Just so half of this planet's socially challenged would appear on my doorstep and want a beer?

      Knock, knock.

      Uhm, ok, Noodlenose, where's that beer you promised me?

      (/me: Socially challenged and not real good at reading comprehension.)

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  3. Just what we need... by grep_a_life · · Score: 2, Funny

    something the RIAA could use to locate "pirate sites" and then send some guys to rough up the place... They would of course call it "Market Demographics Analysis."

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  4. database by Zayin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Many potential 'location-based services' can spring from this if the database gets big enough.

    ...assuming they backed it up before the server melted.

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  5. slashdotted by zephc · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks like no one will be stalking random local girls anytime until this story drops off the front page...

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  6. finding spammers and crackers by tacocat · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is a great concept! I absolutely love it!

    Now I can associate addresses to the script kiddies trying to break into my servers, hunt them down, and beat the ever loving crap out of them with baseball bats and chains.

    Finally, something useful on the internet!

    1. Re:finding spammers and crackers by rde · · Score: 1, Funny

      I'm a script kiddie, and 1v3 b33n ha>0r1ng you. 1 l1v3 at 1600 P3nnsylvan1a Avenue. Come and get m3.

  7. Slashdot Effect causes Croaking and Clucking by fraudrogic · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is the greatest result of a slashdotting I've ever seen:

    System error

    error: Can't locate auto/DBI/connect.al in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-freebsd /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-freebsd /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-freebsd /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-freebsd /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005 /usr/local/lib/site_perl/5.00503/i386-freebsd /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-freebsd /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005 . /usr/libdata/perl/5.00503/mach /usr/libdata/perl/5.00503 /usr/local/ /usr/local/lib/perl) at /home/joshua/work/geourl/site/autohandler line 5

    context: ...
    275: # whether they should generate a full stack trace (confess() and cluck())
    276: # or simply report the caller's package (croak() and carp()), respectively.
    277: # confess() and croak() die, carp() and cluck() warn.
    278:
    279: sub croak { die shortmess @_ }
    280: sub confess { die longmess @_ }
    281: sub carp { warn shortmess @_ }
    282: sub cluck { warn longmess @_ }
    283: ...

    code stack: /usr/libdata/perl/5.00503/Carp.pm:279 /usr/libdata/perl/5.00503/AutoLoader.pm:88 /home/joshua/work/geourl/site/autohandler:5

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  8. Re:Probably bought by Google. by gabec · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, this sounds like the winning submission for Google's programming contest.... So.. yeah, google probably would be interested... either in suing or being the owners... probably in that order.

  9. Re:Isnt there an easier way...... by fucksl4shd0t · · Score: 2, Funny

    (I refuse to use the phrase Googling)

    your fave search engine

    So you're only half lame, but which half?

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