X-Clacks-Overhead

#1

Post by modinfo » Thu, May 12, 2022, 1:42 AM UTC

Re: X-Clacks-Overhead

#2

Post by superkuh » Thu, May 12, 2022, 1:51 AM UTC

Not that it matters, especially in a just for fun context, but X- prefixes in http headers are currently depreciated (but will probably last forever). https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6648

Re: X-Clacks-Overhead

#3

Post by hprotagonist » Thu, May 12, 2022, 2:02 AM UTC

Man's not dead while his name's still spoken.

Re: X-Clacks-Overhead

#4

Post by mikl » Thu, May 12, 2022, 2:18 AM UTC

I guess we should all be glad that the Internet was not designed by Pratchett.

If it was possible to send infinitely repeating messages like he describes, the whole Internet would soon be completely bogged down with useless overhead packages filled with spam and ads.

At least the fanboys who implement this nonsense header on their servers are only wasting the bandwidth of themselves and their visitors.

Re: X-Clacks-Overhead

#5

Post by mikl » Thu, May 12, 2022, 2:21 AM UTC

hprotagonist wrote: post #3

Man's not dead while his name's still spoken.

Forgotten, no. Dead, yes.

Re: X-Clacks-Overhead

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Post by graveltongue » Thu, May 12, 2022, 2:27 AM UTC

mikl wrote: post #4

I guess we should all be glad that the Internet was not designed by Pratchett. If it was possible to send infinitely repeating messages like he describes, the whole Internet would soon be completely bogged down with useless overhead packages filled with spam and ads. At least the fanboys who implement this nonsense header on their servers are only wasting the bandwidth of themselves and their visitors.

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Re: X-Clacks-Overhead

#7

Post by iamevn » Thu, May 12, 2022, 2:27 AM UTC

mikl wrote: post #4

I guess we should all be glad that the Internet was not designed by Pratchett. If it was possible to send infinitely repeating messages like he describes, the whole Internet would soon be completely bogged down with useless overhead packages filled with spam and ads. At least the fanboys who implement this nonsense header on their servers are only wasting the bandwidth of themselves and their visitors.

Damn, do you really have to be like that about a clever little tribute to a beloved author?

Re: X-Clacks-Overhead

#8

Post by trenec » Thu, May 12, 2022, 2:36 AM UTC

mikl wrote: post #4

I guess we should all be glad that the Internet was not designed by Pratchett. If it was possible to send infinitely repeating messages like he describes, the whole Internet would soon be completely bogged down with useless overhead packages filled with spam and ads. At least the fanboys who implement this nonsense header on their servers are only wasting the bandwidth of themselves and their visitors.

He would have had the beginnings of dementia at the time of writing the book, please cut him some slack.

Re: X-Clacks-Overhead

#9

Post by layer8 » Thu, May 12, 2022, 2:42 AM UTC

superkuh wrote: post #2

Not that it matters, especially in a just for fun context, but X- prefixes in http headers are currently depreciated (but will probably last forever). https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6648

You mean deprecated. It also only applies to the creation of new parameters, not to existing ones.

Re: X-Clacks-Overhead

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Post by scubbo » Thu, May 12, 2022, 3:02 AM UTC

Always present in any project I build. See http://www.gnuterrypratchett.com/ for drop-in implementations.

GNU Terry Pratchett.