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Another Thought Experiment
Another Thought Experiment
01/16/2004 01:04 PMMark Pilgram
expresses his concerns about how some aggregators plan
to handle invalid Atom feeds. Mark believes that rejecting
invalid XML on the client side is a bad idea, and proposes a thought
experiment in which all web browsers use strict XML parsers and refuse
to display XHTML that isn't well-formed.
This is a bit of a bait-and-switch, though. XHTML has the whole
sordid history of HTML on its back, and since browsers have generally
been forgiving of even the most convoluted HTML there's a substantial
backwards-compatibility issue. The XML-based Atom, however, is brand-spanking new, so it doesn't
have the same baggage as XHTML.
So, let's try another thought experiment. I've copied Mark's Atom
newsfeed and made it invalid XML by adding a single &
character, then uploaded it to my site:
http://www.bradsoft.c
om/feeds/badatom.xml
Mark asks us to "imagine that all web browsers use strict XML
parsers," but rather than use our imaginations, lets see what happens
when we browse this feed in Internet Explorer:
Hmmm...IE appears to be doing client-side validation, and it shows
an error instead of displaying the feed's contents. Okay, so let's
try Mozilla:
Looks like Mozilla does the same thing. How about Opera?
So, the most popular Windows browsers all perform client-side
validation, and fail to display the contents of the invalid Atom feed.
There's nothing surprising here, of course - any validating XML
parser will reject this feed.
Consumers of RSS feeds have had to code around all sorts of
validation problems in order to be backwards-compatible with existing
feeds. Atom, however, is new, so customers aren't already subscribed
to hundreds of invalid Atom feeds. Being well-formed is a requirement
of XML, and Atom is defined as an XML format, so why not expect Atom
feeds to be well-formed? Let's get it right this time.
Thought experiment
Thought experiment
01/16/2004 11:05 AMThe client is the wrong place to enforce data integrity. It's just
the wrong place. If you want to do it, of course I can't stop you.
But think about who it will hurt. (1116 words)
bought thought -- free thought has a
price
bought thought -- free thought has a
price
03/08/2004 11:12 PMBought Thought .. john
boughtthought.com
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The climateprediction.net Experiment
The climateprediction.net Experiment
06/02/2004 05:29 AMThe climateprediction.net Experimenthttp://www.climateprediction.n
etThe climateprediction.net experiment has been
developed to allow a state-of-the-art climate prediction model to be
run on home/ school/ work computers. By getting data from thousands of
climate models, we will generate the world's largest climate
prediction experiment.
The great experiment
The great experiment
07/26/2004 08:54 AMI'd like to welcome both the new Technorati website design and Politics Coverage into the
world. We're still working out some kinks and bugs, so don't be
surprised if there's an occastional problem - please let us know and we'll fix
things ASAP!
Here's the press release announcing the launch. I'd just like to
reach out and give HUGE thanks to the Technorati team. I'm so lucky
to be working with you. You guys rock.
More to post later when I get to the Fleet Center for the DNC
coverage today. As soon as the CNN coverage launches, I'll post as
well. I sure hope the Wifi confinues to work after they turn on those
ISM wireless video cameras (they both run at 2.4GHz)!
MT Comments Experiment
MT Comments Experiment
04/27/2004 03:59 PMOkay, everybody out there in blogland, here's an open invitation to
post whatever the hell you want in the comments thread of *THIS*
particular entry. The ONLY requirement is that you post as ME. So, use
*MY* name (Chris Pirillo), *MY* e-mail address (chris@pirillo.com),
and *MY* blog address (which, in case you're too to have noticed, is
http://chris.pirillo.com/). At the end of the day, everybody has to
guess who the *REAL* Chris Pirillo is. So, go ahead - post as "me,"
and then guess who "I" am. All non-me comments will be deleted and
banned permanently, so play by the rules or GTFO. This experiment is
only valid for this entry....
Experience Experiment
Experience Experiment
02/05/2005 09:57 PMThe Brand Experience Lab links cool technologies with cool companies.
Other News: eBay Experiment
Other News: eBay Experiment
07/16/2004 10:00 AM
EBay's music download program is strictly a trial run, so far.
The File Sharing Experiment
The File Sharing Experiment
08/05/2004 12:38 PMThe File
Sharing Experiment is a project with the goal of demonstrating how
file sharing actually helps the music, movie, and software industry.
Folks are encouraged to post purchases they've made and a short
explanation of how they learned about the band/movie/game and why they
ended up buying something for it. All the evidence is anectdotal, but
when taken together, it's already over a quarter million dollars in
reported sales and the site has been up for one week.
Personally, this was the point I tried to make in the heyday of
Napster. You could find anything on Napster, but rarely could you find
complete albums, so the service had the effect of promoting CD sales.
I would often surf others' music lists whenever I noticed things I
liked, download the things I hadn't ever heard of, then I'd end up
buying CDs from Amazon.
The Pitch Drop Experiment
The Pitch Drop Experiment
09/17/2004 12:58 AMa page about a 72-year-old experiment on the fluidity of pitch .. one
of the most viscous fluids known .. liquid ..
MORE
physics.uq.edu.au/pitchdrop/pitchdrop.shtml
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An experiment in Internet
self-regulation
An experiment in Internet
self-regulation
11/06/2003 03:53 PMThe research of Elisabeth Staksrud may determine what additional laws
European governments think are necessary to regulate cyberspace.
Experiment Shows You Really Should
'Sleep On It'
Experiment Shows You Really Should
'Sleep On It'
01/22/2004 02:11 AMThe Underclocking Experiment @ PCStats
The Underclocking Experiment @ PCStats
06/05/2005 11:36 PM"experiment with one of the
screenwriting applications"
"experiment with one of the
screenwriting applications"
03/16/2003 08:25 AMDatabase Design Experiment
Database Design Experiment
12/02/2003 03:44 PMInitial release of the Database Design Experiment
An Experiment in Group Editing
An Experiment in Group Editing
05/03/2004 08:50 PMJD Lasica posted the first chapters of his new book Darknet: Remixing
the Future of Movies, Music and Television: Check it out at the
Darknet wiki. Much of the book has to do with participatory media, so
I hope many...
OpenCourseWare in worldwide use and
experiment
OpenCourseWare in worldwide use and
experiment
03/13/2003 10:16 AM MIT 's recently
released OpenCourseWare (
OCW ) is
being used by people around the world , who are putting its
materials to different uses.
Mr. Cooper, who describes himself as "a lowly tech-ed guy" at Pacific
University, in Oregon, says that he envisions a future in which
professors and students, using free course materials like MIT's and
open-classroom sites on the Web like Tapped In, will exchange their
teaching services through a kind of online barter system.
"I could volunteer my hours [to teach] at the high-school level and
that would give me credit to then get other hours from somebody else,"
says Mr. Cooper, an education-technology specialist at Pacific.
...
At a Unesco forum about the project in Paris in July, Alain Senteni,
director of the Virtual Center for Innovative Learning Technologies,
at the University of Mauritius, said his institution had an interest
in translating and adapting the content of MIT courses for
French-speaking developing countries.
And Mohammed Dahbi, a professor at Mohammed V University's Agdal
campus, in Morocco, said faculty members and administrators might use
OpenCourseWare as a model for course structure and pedagogy when they
recast their courses during the next few years. University courses, he
said, are being rewritten as part of a broad reform movement in
Morocco.
The high-profile, positive reception of OCW has prompted
other institutions to pursue similar initiatives of Webbing up
course content for world usage.
(via The Chronicle )
BBC - BBC Four Drama - The Quatermass
Experiment
BBC - BBC Four Drama - The Quatermass
Experiment
04/05/2005 04:07 AMThe Quatermass Experiment live on BBC Four this Saturday .. a live
remake of Quartermass ..
update
bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/features/quatermass.shtml
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Anarchy Offline Experiment (AO Emulator)
Anarchy Offline Experiment (AO Emulator)
05/03/2004 11:47 PMBirth of AoE -- Anarchy Offline Experiment
Finite Element LibrarY eXperiment
Finite Element LibrarY eXperiment
12/10/2003 05:46 AMRelease 0.31 !!
First Plasma on the Levitated Dipole
Experiment
First Plasma on the Levitated Dipole
Experiment
08/21/2004 06:14 PMLeak An Experiment in Open Source?
Leak An Experiment in Open Source?
02/19/2004 08:38 AMN.C. Teacher Fired for Milk Experiment
(AP)
N.C. Teacher Fired for Milk Experiment
(AP)
06/09/2004 05:10 PMAP - A science teacher who conducted an experiment in which students
chugged milk until they vomited has been dismissed.
Portsmouth's Free Experiment Expands
Portsmouth's Free Experiment Expands
05/27/2004 03:17 PMPortsmouth, New Hampshire, expands a one-year trial of free Wi-Fi in
its downtown: I first heard about this on the radio program I was
interviewed on yesterday on New Hampshire Public Radio (show archived
at this page). The first year had 600 unique users connect to a free
hotspot in the Market Square area. They're extending that and hoping
for twice the users using donated services and hardware. The cost must
be quite minimal. Now 600 people (not 600 sessions) only translates
into an extra few people a day, on average, but Portsmouth is using
whatever tools they have to increase traffic to the community. The
fellow interviewed alongside me on the radio said that their big time
is cyclical, every four years, when the primaries roll through the
state, and that reporters were filing over the free Wi-Fi this last
winter....
Mac Vs. PC, A Small Cost Comparison
Experiment
Mac Vs. PC, A Small Cost Comparison
Experiment
05/17/2004 01:13 PMNext time someone tells you that Macs are expensive, you will have a
few numbers to put into the conversation! By Francois Joseph de
Kermadec, O'Reilly Network (via MyAppleMenu)
Frank Gehry Gives M.I.T. Its Newest
Experiment
Frank Gehry Gives M.I.T. Its Newest
Experiment
05/12/2004 09:53 PMFrank Gehry, the architect, says his new computer science and
artificial intelligence building at M.I.T. "looks like a party of
drunken robots got together to celebrate."
Stanford Prison Experiment and Abu
Ghraib
Stanford Prison Experiment and Abu
Ghraib
05/07/2004 02:02 AM
Stanley Milgram, famous for his six degrees of separation
experiment, is also famous
for his
obedience
experiment. A variation of that experiment at Stanford,
called
Stanford
Prison Experiment (google)
is very relevant to what is going on today in Iraq prisons.
It shows where the
cutting edge of the blade called Human Nature is so, hopefully, we
can sheath it as
best as we can.
Community Book Editing Experiment
Community Book Editing Experiment
05/03/2004 07:35 PMJ.D. Lasica is taking my approach to book-writing one more step. He
wants community help in writing and editing, and has posted some
chapters in this
wiki.
This will be interesting to watch.
Other News: eBay Music Experiment
Other News: eBay Music Experiment
08/03/2004 11:15 AMeBay's experiment in selling music is off to a slow start.
Hackers continue to experiment with
64-bit viruses
Hackers continue to experiment with
64-bit viruses
08/27/2004 05:47 PMPersonal Computer World Aug 27 2004 9:52PM GMT
N.C. Teacher Suspended for Milk
Experiment
N.C. Teacher Suspended for Milk
Experiment
11/19/2003 03:31 PMReuters via Wired News Nov 19 2003 3:08PM ET
Jennings leads an experiment in Internet
TV
Jennings leads an experiment in Internet
TV
09/04/2004 06:28 AMTallahassee.com - Sat Sep 4, 10:13 am GMT
DHTML Text Marker - An Experiment
DHTML Text Marker - An Experiment
07/12/2002 09:42 AMAlways liked the way some search engines (like google newsgroup
search) highlight keywords in result pages ? Heres a way to do just
that using plain old client-side javascript and some DHTML
10.3: Experiment with multichannel
surround features
10.3: Experiment with multichannel
surround features
11/05/2003 10:58 AMPretty sure this wasn't in Jaguar. Go to AudioMIDI setup (in
/Applications -> Utilities) and choose "Properties For" and select
your audio interface. If you have one that supports multiple pairs of
outputs (say a MOTU audio ...
The laptop experiment -- learning or
laziness?
The laptop experiment -- learning or
laziness?
09/27/2004 08:57 AMSympatico Sep 27 2004 1:10PM GMT
Communications Experiment Life-Saving
Goals
Communications Experiment Life-Saving
Goals
05/19/2004 11:44 AMTwo months from now, a remarkable and perhaps path-breaking experiment
in technology and human cooperation will attempt to address the
communications problems following calamities. On a remote piece of
land in Hawaii, a civilian-military team will install and test a
communications system that could make a huge difference in future
conflicts and other disasters, human-made or natural.
Google's Social-Networking Experiment
Goes Offline
Google's Social-Networking Experiment
Goes Offline
01/27/2004 03:29 AMThe search company's social networking experiment, named orkut after
the engineer who developed it, is temporarily down as it undergoes
changes.
A progress report on InfoWorld's
del.icio.us experiment
A progress report on InfoWorld's
del.icio.us experiment
06/05/2005 11:36 PM
Now that InfoWorld's experiment with
del.icio.us tagging has been running for
a while, it's a good time to step back and assess how things are
going. Let's start with
this column on AJAX,which I wrote back in April. If you visit that
page, you'll find this widget near the top of the right column:
...Newspaper's Election Blog-by-Readers
Experiment
Newspaper's Election Blog-by-Readers
Experiment
07/08/2004 10:15 PMMy colleague Mike Bazeley alerts me that the Seattle Times has
announced an
"Election 2004 Backyard Blog project,"
inviting readers to be part of the journalism process.
The newspaper asks:
"Are you interested in this year's
elections? Know your community? Like to talk politics with your
friends, colleagues and neighbors? Want an opportunity to blog about
your observations?
"Apply to join a grass-roots campaign coverage effort by The Seattle
Times. We want fresh thoughts and perspectives about the elections
from places and people not often found in newspapers — your
neighbors, your favorite cafes and other local
hangouts."
The Times will keep control of the material
submitted, exercising its editorial authority. I wonder what would
happen if the paper just gave folks their own blogs and let things
rip.
Whether the control is too firm or not, this is an experiment to
watch.
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