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    Why is it if you have the same IP address as your friend, they think you're them and not who you are? I got some false identification going on and harassment over my younger peers because of this. So please help.

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    If you have the same IP as someone else, that means you're on the same computer (or even the same LAN I believe). So if two people in the same house are sharing a computer, they'll have the same IP. Obviously though, there could be some suspicion that they're one person using the same account.

    That said, as far as I know, nobody at TPM seriously thinks that you are the same person as anyone else here. If this really is a non-TPM-related issue, then I suggest you take it to wherever you are having this problem and work it out with them.

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    It's happened everywhere I'm scared to bring my friends to a Kid Chatting place. Good thing that my brother's friend has had the Java disabled for a long time. What's going to happen if they bring it there? Hypothetical.

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    That said, as far as I know, nobody at TPM seriously thinks that you are the same person as anyone else here.
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    Ok! I want Max to get me to that Kid Chat room he was talking about but he can't get it working for me. I should see about a hacking Java system. Maybe they can take it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeff View Post

    That said, as far as I know, nobody at TPM seriously cares that you are the same person as anyone else here.
    fixed.

    On a related note, Jeff is right. I obviously can't tell but I'm pretty sure me, Sarah and Ben when he was here had the same IP since, duh, we live together Same internet = same IP.




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    Michael, can you please change your sig? No one here believes you're having sexual intercourse with Max. I think it's you who should leave that subject alone, for everyone's sake.

    As for the Kid Chat, I don't know what it is, let alone what kind of controls it has. Is it an IRC chat, or is it something else entirely? How do you get there?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady Vulpix View Post
    Michael, can you please change your sig? No one here believes you're having sexual intercourse with Max. I think it's you who should leave that subject alone, for everyone's sake.
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    Thanks, Heald.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady Vulpix View Post
    Michael, can you please change your sig? No one here believes you're having sexual intercourse with Max. I think it's you who should leave that subject alone, for everyone's sake.

    As for the Kid Chat, I don't know what it is, let alone what kind of controls it has. Is it an IRC chat, or is it something else entirely? How do you get there?
    He is talking about the KOL chat room that I told him about a couple weeks ago but the Java applet hasn't been working. You can't access it through mIRC so it has to be from just the internet browser. Also I could change Michael's sig to something cute. I also looked and he has profanity on his Yahoo Answers profile. I'm like, "Was someone bothering him?"

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    You could try using 2 different browsers, but if you're on the same computer it will be hard for both of you to chat at the same time anyway. Maybe you can just prefix your messages with your names so that people know who's talking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady Vulpix View Post
    You could try using 2 different browsers, but if you're on the same computer it will be hard for both of you to chat at the same time anyway. Maybe you can just prefix your messages with your names so that people know who's talking.
    That may not work as the chat room only allows a certain amount of people to talk at a time. I had already given up on that chat room and now his mother is in control.

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