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Subject:	Re: Dacta Sets For Sale - 15% Off - New Sets
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Wed, 9 Jun 1999 14:44:22 GMT
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[definitely off-topic, not necessarily fun. Where's lugnet.off-topic.rant?] On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 23:07:32 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote: > IMNSHO it is far better to post a website pointer this way: > > http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/Mall/1994/ > > than this way: > > WWW.GEOCITIES.COM/RODEODRIVE/MALL/1994 > > as the second one does not work for me. Apparently case is important to > GeoCities. GeoCities seems to be partially case-sensitive. <http://www.geocities.com/rodeodrive/mall/1994/> will work, but <HTTP://WWW.GEOCITIES.COM/RODEODRIVE/MALL/1994/> won't. That just bites. Who wrote that server? Steve

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		http case sensitivity (Was: Dacta Sets For Sale - 15% Off - New Sets)
(...) It's possible that the host name "WWW.GEOCITIES.COM" (which is resolved via DNS) is case-insensitive (1), and the directory path "/rodeodrive/mall/1994/" (which is resolved by the server's file system) is case-sensitive. The only (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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		Re: Dacta Sets For Sale - 15% Off - New Sets
IMNSHO it is far better to post a website pointer this way: (URL) this way: WWW.GEOCITIES.COM/RO.../MALL/1994 as the second one does not work for me. Apparently case is important to GeoCities. Also putting the http stuff in front makes it directly (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)

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