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Re: new robotag movies
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Fri, 16 Jul 1999 02:59:17 GMT
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Michael Scharff <TEST_MS@HOTMAILspamcake.COM>
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Actually that is not a bug. It defies logic to think it IS a bug. The AI
that recognizes a URL in Outlook and Outlook Express looks for certain
things, like the URL: and HTTP: designators with text immediately following
(this means no space). It "terminates" the URL encoding when it reaches the
first space. This is standard programming methodology for string parsing.
How is the AI supposed to know, without using spaces, that anything you
typed was not part of the URL? just hit a space before the close > and
voila, a TRUE url.
----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org>
To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: new robotag movies
> Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote:
> > I haven't actually updated the program or design, but I've made some • fairly
> > decent Real Video clips of RoboTag in action. Check out
> > <http://www.mattdm.org/mindstorms/>.
>
> I had the permissions on my ftp server a bit to strict; if you tried to
> download the movies and were denied, try again -- should work properly • now.
>
> Also, note that the URL is
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> http://www.mattdm.org/mindstorms/
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> Without any angle brackets <> around anything. Sorry if that confused
> people. Standard URL notation is in fact supposed to be
> <URL:http://www.mattdm.org/mindstorms/>, and I tend to abbreviate that by
> leaving off the URL: part, as everyone recognizes what it is these days. I
> still like to surround URLs by angle brackets when used in text. That way,
> the URL can't be smashed up against punctuation (notably, periods and • maybe
> question marks) which might be confused for actual parts of the address. • If
> your mail reader is interpreting the > as part of the URL, it has a bug
> which you should report.
>
> --
> Matthew Miller ---> • mattdm@mattdm.org
> Quotes 'R' Us ---> • http://quotes-r-us.org/
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Off topic - Re: new robotag movies
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| (...) Actually, it is a bug. The '<' and '>' characters are explicitly illegal in URLs. Refer to <URL:(URL) if you're unsure. That document is a BNF grammar for URLs. BNF is standard programming methodology for string parsing. No AI required. From (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: new robotag movies
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| [crossposted to and followups set to lugnet.publish] (...) Yikes! I can't believe what I'm reading. Michael -- you're saying that Outlook's "AI" believes that the greater-than character is a valid part of a URL?!? (God help us all if it's true!) As (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: new robotag movies
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| (...) I had the permissions on my ftp server a bit to strict; if you tried to download the movies and were denied, try again -- should work properly now. Also, note that the URL is (URL) any angle brackets <> around anything. Sorry if that confused (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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