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Re (2): Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'?

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In article <09u8d7hiqmnq4n0a2dquvat4e9rtrtvlba@4ax.com>, Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote: 

> On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:48:29 -0600, Deux <deux@none.none> wrote:
> 
> >Making a webpage standards compliant to work with text based clients 
> >would cost more than it would make back in revenue.
> >
> >This isn't just a problem for text based browsers. Because web pages are 
> >often made to work with either MSIE or Firefox, users of other browsers 
> >will often find that pages don't render.
> 
> I use Firefox with an add-on called "No script"
> 
> http://noscript.net/
> 
> which blocks Javascript, Flash and other scripts from running on Web sites
> unless and until I give them explicit permission to do so. 
> 
> The main reason I do this is the cost of bandwidth, and some news sites that
> automatically display large videos and consume a lot of bandwidth even if you
> aren't watching. 
> 
That's rather poor 'optimisation' for someone who's been on-line for
decades; since he used to run his own BBS.
But I see you still use M$loth [X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 2.0/32.652]
You're not suposed to be in the adults/linux newsgroup you know.

IMO replacing IE with Firefox is just 'following a greener fad'.
It seems to be a monster, judging from the load-time.
If you want to read text like an adult, lynx/links/elinks... d/l in a flash.

Here's my d/l script,  currently 2 lines: ---
gg1  Tiffindell+%22Supreme+Court%22+Appeal+Bank+India voidProperty
g1277  OlpcSAL  OlpcSA

Which means [using `lynx`]
append to file: voidProperty the 
   google search on "Tiffindell", "Supreme Court", "Appeal","Bank, "India"
         AND
append to file: OlpcSA, the contents of all the URLs in OlpcSAL,
 with the URL as a header for each fetch,
 and the separateing/terminating line: "<><><><><><><>"
  for each fetch.
So that if I fetch 9 pages for a related topic, it automatically starts
building my own <book> of the topic.

This method has been running well for some years now and the
next stage of optimisation is described in:-
Newsgroups: comp.lang.awk
Subject: Can awk do this?
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby
Subject: Can ruby do this?

Years ago, I was impressed to read that a normal chemical plant
increases it's efficiency every year by tuning towrds optimum.

IMO people who think google and cloud will remove self-responsibility
will be hit like those who thought they could mortgage their house
 for beer.
Ie. don't rely on a fad PRODUCT.

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Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2011-11-28 07:11 +0000
  Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? Krzysztof Mitko <fakemail@krzysztof.at.eml.dot.cc> - 2011-11-28 08:04 +0000
    Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2011-11-28 15:25 +0000
      Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? Deux <deux@none.none> - 2011-11-28 10:48 -0600
        Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> - 2011-11-28 14:40 -0500
          Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? Deux <deux@none.none> - 2011-11-28 16:13 -0600
            Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? Deux <deux@none.none> - 2011-11-28 16:27 -0600
              Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-29 00:36 +0000
            Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> - 2011-11-30 09:24 -0500
              Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-30 14:37 +0000
          Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-29 00:34 +0000
        Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? Bill Marcum <bill@lat.localnet> - 2011-11-28 17:50 -0500
        Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2011-11-29 08:23 +0200
          Re (2): Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2011-12-01 13:25 +0000
      Re: Strange blog-comment URL 'mechanism'? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-29 00:32 +0000

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