Comment Re:This Bookvertisment... (Score 1) 86
I remember News for Nerds. I also remember book reviews on
So do I
Comment Re:Regexp-based address validation (Score 1) 516
There's more to it than that, as you'll find if you look at RFC 822 (part 6). For example, you need to check for conformance with the following syntax:
domain-literal = "[" *(dtext / quoted-pair) "]"
atom = 1*<any CHAR except specials, SPACE and CTLs>
quoted-pair = "\" CHAR ; may quote any char
phrase = 1*word ; Sequence of words
word = atom / quoted-string
address = mailbox ; one addressee
/ group ; named list
group = phrase ":" [#mailbox] ";"
mailbox = addr-spec ; simple address
/ phrase route-addr ; name & addr-spec
route-addr = "<" [route] addr-spec ">"
route = 1#("@" domain) ":" ; path-relative
addr-spec = local-part "@" domain ; global address
local-part = word *("." word) ; uninterpreted
; case-preserved
domain = sub-domain *("." sub-domain)
sub-domain = domain-ref / domain-literal
quoted-string = <"> *(qtext/quoted-pair) <">; Regular qtext or
; quoted chars.
qtext = <any CHAR excepting <">, ; => may be folded
"\" & CR, and including
linear-white-space>
domain-ref = atom ; symbolic reference
(... and so on in enormous detail - I've definitely missed a few bits.)
Email address validation isn't as simple as people think ;-)
(OT: why does /.'s filter mistake a quote from an RFC for ASCII art, forcing me to post in Code mode?)
domain-literal = "[" *(dtext / quoted-pair) "]"
atom = 1*<any CHAR except specials, SPACE and CTLs>
quoted-pair = "\" CHAR ; may quote any char
phrase = 1*word ; Sequence of words
word = atom / quoted-string
address = mailbox ; one addressee
group = phrase ":" [#mailbox] ";"
mailbox = addr-spec ; simple address
route-addr = "<" [route] addr-spec ">"
route = 1#("@" domain) ":" ; path-relative
addr-spec = local-part "@" domain ; global address
local-part = word *("." word) ; uninterpreted
; case-preserved
domain = sub-domain *("." sub-domain)
sub-domain = domain-ref / domain-literal
quoted-string = <"> *(qtext/quoted-pair) <">; Regular qtext or
qtext = <any CHAR excepting <">, ; => may be folded
"\" & CR, and including
linear-white-space>
domain-ref = atom ; symbolic reference
(... and so on in enormous detail - I've definitely missed a few bits.)
Email address validation isn't as simple as people think
(OT: why does
Richard Stallman Proclaims Don't Follow Linus Torvalds 965
StonyandCher writes "Here is an interview with Richard Stallman about a range of free software topics including GPLv3 and comment on the Microsoft patent issue. Stallman has a go at Linus Torvalds even suggesting that if people want to keep their freedom they better not follow Torvalds.
From the interview 'Stallman: The fact that Torvalds says "open source" instead of "free software" shows where he is coming from. I wrote the GNU GPL to defend freedom for all users of all versions of a program. I developed version 3 to do that job better and protect against new threats. Torvalds says he rejects this goal; that's probably why he doesn't appreciate GPL version 3. I respect his right to express his views, even though I think they are foolish. However, if you don't want to lose your freedom, you had better not follow him.'"
Submission + - Donkey Kong Recreated Using 6,400 Post-it Notes
NickFitz writes: "Students at UCSC have recreated the first level of Donkey Kong using 6,400 Post-it notes stuck to the windows of the E2 building. It took a team of about 10 people five hours to complete the work, which will remain in place until May 1. There's a time-lapse video of the construction process."
Web 2.0 Under Siege 170
Robert writes "Security researchers have found what they say is an entirely new kind of web-based
attack, and it only targets the Ajax applications so beloved of the 'Web 2.0' movement.
Fortify Software, which said it discovered the new class of vulnerability and has named it
'JavaScript hijacking', said that almost all the major Ajax toolkits have been found vulnerable. 'JavaScript
Hijacking allows an unauthorized attacker to read sensitive data from a vulnerable
application using a technique similar to the one commonly used to create mashups'"
Submission + - Pegasus mail client discontinued after seven years
bbc writes: "David Harris announced today that both development and distribution of Pegasus Mail will be discontinued starting immediately. Hardly any good e-mail clients exist, but Pegasus has consistently belonged to that club for 17 years. Its worst offenses are its quirkyness, and the strange preference of its developer to work on expanding HTML support instead of working on real features. For the past 9 years I have been able to live with that. It's been awhile since I lamented the death of a computer program."
Submission + - When celebrities speak on science
Timberwolf0122 writes: "Sense About Science has urged stars not to dip their toes into tricky scientific issues without checking their facts first. In the article on BBC News some examples are put forward of the dubious science uttered by celebrities — together with the views of its experts."
Submission + - Gooogle's answer to the Slashdot article
Ludwik writes: "Matt Cutts of Google answers to the Slashdott's article about Google de-indexing hacked site.
"(...) This site was hacked and stuffed with a bunch of hidden spammy porn words and links. Google detected the spam in less than 10 days; that's faster than the site owner noticed it. We temporarily removed the site from our index so that users wouldn't get the spammy porn back in response to queries. We made it possible for the webmaster to verify that their site was penalized. Then we emailed the site, with the exact page and the exact text that was causing problems. We provided a link to the correct place for the site owner to request reinclusion. We also made the penalty for a relatively short time (60 days), so that if the webmaster fixed the issue but didn't contact Google, they would still be fine after a few weeks. (...)
Microsoft Claims Worlds Best Search Engine Soon 536
kw writes "Microsoft will introduce a search engine better than Google in six months in the United States and Britain followed by Europe, its European president said on Wednesday. "What we're saying is that in six months' time we'll be more relevant in the U.S. market place than Google," said Neil Holloway, Microsoft president for Europe, Middle East and Africa. That timing would presumably coincide more or less with the launch of Vista."
