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by hgc (hgcSPAM@SUXsymuli.com) on Mon Nov 22nd, 2004 at 17:13:49 EST
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Here is an extract from the HTML from Groklaw. This is the same, except for the title text, on every page I look at.

<head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <title>GrokLaw - Digging for Truth</title> 

Note the meta pragma no-cache. This tells browsers not to cache this page. This is commented out however, so I think your browser still caches the page. It is rather interesting to see this here even commented out. If I was on a dial-up connection, I would be outraged if my browser was told not to cache groklaw pages. Consider also that this being enabled would add far more load to the groklaw servers than allowing search engine robots would. Perhaps that's why it is commented out.

Here is what they would add to tell all robots not to cache the page:

<meta name="ROBOTS" content="NOARCHIVE">

With that tag in place, no search engine will cache or archive the page. Not even the wayback machine.

The notion of the privacy of comments posted to a public blog is simply absurd. It's like posting a love letter to your SO on the bulletin board at the grocery store and then complaining about an invasion of privacy when people read it. If your comment is private, then don't post it on a public web server. Sheesh.

If I consider all of these things while wearing my tin foil hat, I start to get the impression that something bizarre is going on over at 'the other web site.'
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Re: No-cache by Potential Recruit, 11/22/2004 19:06:48 EST (2.77 / 9)

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