Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx05.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Peter H. Coffin" Newsgroups: comp.lang.php Subject: Re: makes searching and booking applications airfares Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 08:17:04 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <77fb6dc1-4ba4-4e86-a515-73deeaee4dec@googlegroups.com> <517D88D9.6020704@arnowelzel.de> <_6udnUTpdqe61wnMnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d@posted.internetamerica> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="4163d0103afdb3d32fe6c98974b1e330"; logging-data="22607"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/qmVqIkk0BjKK3cTJMLwsp" User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (OpenBSD) Cancel-Lock: sha1:gFwvpbIdi8DXJ7L2qROLrevxr9s= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.php:9387 On Thu, 16 May 2013 12:31:52 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 16/05/13 03:53, Gordon Burditt wrote: >> Their terms of use do not allow screen-scraping. > But does their technology render it impossible ? :-) If a browser can render it, it's possible. It may, though, be a prohibitive pain in the ass. They've got plenty of web designers on-hand to rearrange the site details continually, with or without actually making visible changes, and an interest in NOT making the sites easily scraped. -- 48. I will treat any beast which I control through magic or technology with respect and kindness. Thus if the control is ever broken, it will not immediately come after me for revenge. --Peter Anspach's list of things to do as an Evil Overlord