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Netscape Restores RSS DTD, Until July

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that's-kinda-lame dept.

Randall Bennett writes "RSS 0.91's DTD has been restored to it's rightful location on my.netscape.com, but it'll only stay there till July 1st, 2007. Then, Netscape will remove the DTD, which is loaded four million times each day. Devs, start your caching engines."

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  1. Not enough time!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Developers who made the mistake to use that external resource in their code most likely don't have the brain resources to adapt until July.

    (This is not a troll. Resignation and bitterness, maybe. But not a troll.)

    1. Re:Not enough time!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      That is kind of like declaring PI to be a volatile double variable, in case it changes in real time...

  2. CmdrTaco by MagicM · · Score: 5, Funny

    Netscape Restores RSS DTD, Until July - from the that's-kinda-lame dept.
    Two Stargate SG1 Films Announced - from the good-for-them dept.
    Linux: x86 Linux Flash Player 9 is Final - from the i-still-hate-flash dept.

    Looks like somebody is having a case of the mondays.

    (On Wednesday.)

    1. Re:CmdrTaco by Valthan · · Score: 5, Funny

      I believe you would get your ass kicked for saying that to someone.

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      --Valthan
  3. Re:Redirect by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny
    And any dev who codes his app to check a file like this...
    They might not even know that they're doing it if they're using Microsoft's Swiss Army Chainsaw XMLHTTP COM object and set the flags wrong.
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  4. Re:mirror ;) by CokeBear · · Score: 5, Funny
    i registered nether.net before aol registered aol.com

    But you waited until (UID 633928) to register on Slashdot?

    Newbie.

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    Reality has a liberal bias