h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Before my time, when was that?

Sometime in late 1999, I think.

What was the complaint Peet?

Just that the lowercase acronym "looked wrong". I'm glad they finally agree.

Give 'em another ten years

kea, the domain name part of the URL (www.bbc.co.uk) will always be case-insensitive. Your browser itself will fold it to lower case (and, in the case of IDNs, do other normalisations) before outputting the request.

The rest of the URL is case-sensitive on the browser end (i.e., if you request example.com/Test and then request example.com/test, the browser will treat that as two separate requests). The server on the far end may treat /test and /Test as the same resource, as different resources, or may redirect one to the other (this last option makes the most sense to my mind). In general, Windows is not case sensitive, while Unix and GNU/Linux are. The BBC website is run by Apache on Unix, but the /dna/ bit of it is run by Microsoft-IIS on Windows. For the new site, the front-end of h2g2 has been moved to Apache on Unix, which means that it's now case-sensitive. But it doesn't have to be. With a bit of ingenuity, "Page not found" errors could be redirected to their correct-case counterparts.

Really, Windows servers are case-insensitive and Unix servers are case-sensitive only for static resources. Where the requests are being handled by a script, the case-sensitivity of either is up to the programmers.

IDNs: A54511986
Server response: http://web-sniffer.net/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fdna%2F&gzip=yes&type=HEAD&http=1.1


TRiG.

P.S. My browser has decided that every singly word I write needs a red wriggly line under it. Apologies for any spelling errors.

oh god i'm losing the will to live

I can't read Trig's last post without whistling Apache: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY-rPDwzM9M

But, but, but... you have so much to live for... specifically, "(Grand Master of TEA'n'TOAST) ((2+4+7)*2)+7+9=42 & B.O.A.S.T. & STicKy LOcKS and a First and now "Jack the dribbler"

A tag that inspires envy throughout the realm.

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Probably the language setting Trig. Is it set to Irish?

just bring it on, just get the redisign up and running so I can judge weather I'm staying or going, if its perfect, everything working and the like, i'm offski can't stand perfection....

and if i lose and thing out of my tag, and the h2g2 signage changes I'll bee modded for a week and i'll fart, a bloody big loud fart.......................

It sounds like you're at breaking point.

I am

Is it me or am I the only one that thinks Nick Clegg is a hand puppet, Its the way he moves....



RJR regaining the will to live

It would seem that the Beta edition is no longer readable.
How about an update ?

Yes, an update would be lovely

At least the dolphins are still there.

http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/games/dolphins.swf

I'm still waiting to find out when I'll be getting my proper name back.

Same here. There's supposed to be a . after Mr and there isn't because Auntie decided we're not allowed them.