[arachne] Re: Fw: Re: [a4dos-list] Re: RSS?

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On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:03:21 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote:

>> Not to knock what you've achieved, but I guess if I understood
>> RSS I might be able to appreciate what you've done.
>> Sorry if that's a bit of a letdown for you.

> Perhaps this will help to put things in perspective.
> This is what it looked like before conversion to HTML format.
> http://feeds.feedburner.com/chaddickersonmain
> When Arachne presents you with...
> "Arachne doesn't know how to handle following MIME type:"
> Link to the 'View as text' button.
> That's the mess we start with that needs to then be converted to.....
> http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/images/rss2htm1.htm

Ah, yes. I can see that.

But the main questions I have are these:

What the hoohah is RSS anyway?

How does it differ from a normal internet site?

And why do we need it?

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