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Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate

From Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate
Date 2015-03-27 16:47 -0700
Message-ID <D13B3A0B.492E8%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)
References (10 earlier) <bvh30.03ra@rooftop.invalid> <D13B2B20.492D8%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <bvhe40.ap3fe@rooftop.invalid> <D13B2F74.492E1%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <bbvh93.a0app@rooftop.invalid>

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On 3/27/15, 4:14 PM, in article bbvh93.a0app@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
<owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:

> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>> On 3/27/15, 3:55 PM, in article bvhe40.ap3fe@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> ...
>>>>>> Right. Really it is a sign where Apple goofed. And it is a silly goof.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> <http://www.apple.com/ipad> Works.
>>>>>> <http://www.apple.com/iPad> Does not work.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Apple really should fix that.
>>>>> 
>>>>> LOL!  It's not broken!
>>>>> 
>>>> What is the value in the iPad link not working?
>>> 
>>> I don't have any idea what the "value" is, but it's not broken.
> 
>> If there is no value in having it not work then it is broken.
> 
> No, "value" has nothing to do with it.  That's just www.apple.com's
> filesystem being what it is.  Case-sensitive.

The reason one has a website is for the value. Value has EVERYTHING to do
with it.

... 
>>>> And why have both of these work:
>>> 
>>>> <http://www.apple.com/iphone>
>>>> <http://www.apple.com/iPhone>
>>> 
>>>> The second re-directs to the first.
>>> 
>>> OK. iMac doesn't work either. :)
> 
>> Right: only one I found it to work with was iPhone. They must see people
>> making that mistake enough to care. Weird how they do not fix it elsewhere,
>> especially for iDevices where the second letter is likely to be capitalized.
> 
>> This is made worse by Apple.com working.
> 
> Yeah, I think DNS should be case-sensitive.

I think Apache should change the default. Absurd to make things harder for
everyone. 


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The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-26 19:11 -0700
  Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 04:10 +0000
    Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-26 21:45 -0700
      Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 17:08 +0000
        Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-27 13:14 -0400
          Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 17:16 +0000
            Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-27 14:36 -0400
              Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 18:44 +0000
            Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 15:14 -0700
              Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 22:35 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 15:59 -0700
          Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-27 13:23 -0400
            Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-27 14:40 -0400
              Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 15:11 -0700
        Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-27 13:18 -0400
          Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 17:21 +0000
            Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-27 13:44 -0400
              Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 17:46 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-27 13:52 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 18:01 +0000
              Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-27 14:45 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 18:58 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-27 15:05 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 19:13 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 15:16 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 22:32 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 15:43 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 22:55 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 16:01 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 23:14 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 16:47 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 00:32 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 18:08 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 01:21 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 18:30 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 01:50 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-27 22:54 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 20:02 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-27 23:22 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-28 09:03 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 13:13 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 13:42 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 14:17 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 19:13 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 12:23 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 19:38 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 19:59 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 21:51 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-03-28 18:02 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-03-30 09:06 -0500
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-03-30 15:51 +0100
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-03-30 11:22 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 12:48 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-03-30 14:02 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-30 11:14 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-03-30 11:17 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-28 23:12 +0100
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-28 18:55 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Donald Miller <donaldmiller955@mail.com> - 2015-03-28 19:11 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-28 19:20 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-29 00:29 +0100
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-03-28 23:38 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-03-28 19:43 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 23:51 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-29 14:45 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-29 15:00 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-03-29 16:14 +0100
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-29 15:42 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-29 12:41 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-29 16:59 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Donald Miller <donaldmiller955@mail.com> - 2015-03-29 13:03 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 03:45 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-30 03:54 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-30 07:00 -0500
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 10:27 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 20:56 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-03-28 21:13 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 22:21 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-03-28 22:23 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 22:46 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-29 01:28 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 19:25 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 22:47 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 16:42 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-28 19:44 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-03-30 09:13 -0500
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-30 13:45 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 22:23 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-28 22:40 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 22:43 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-29 09:51 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 22:22 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-28 18:49 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-28 09:47 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 14:15 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 09:49 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 17:02 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 11:52 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-28 10:16 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-27 15:02 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 15:10 -0700
          Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 15:17 -0700
        Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 10:25 -0700
          Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 17:29 +0000
  Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate cc <scatnubbs@hotmail.com> - 2015-03-30 04:30 -0700
    Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 08:36 -0700
      Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate cc <scatnubbs@hotmail.com> - 2015-03-30 09:06 -0700
        Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 09:20 -0700
          Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-03-30 18:31 +0200
            Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate cc <scatnubbs@hotmail.com> - 2015-03-30 09:36 -0700
            Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-30 12:23 -0500
              Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 20:45 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 18:01 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 23:01 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 20:11 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 21:58 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 19:09 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 23:02 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 20:10 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-31 09:36 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-31 10:13 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-31 12:35 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-04-01 08:32 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-04-01 07:34 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-04-01 11:22 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-04-01 21:02 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-04-02 08:45 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-04-02 09:16 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-04-04 20:00 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-04-04 18:42 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-02 08:48 -0500
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-04-02 08:53 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-04-02 09:27 -0700
            Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 11:30 -0700
          Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 12:44 -0400
            Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 10:06 -0700
              Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 20:51 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 18:02 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 23:01 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate cc <scatnubbs@hotmail.com> - 2015-03-31 05:12 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-31 09:41 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-31 12:08 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-31 10:49 -0700

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