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Am I just being dense, or is this file (http://headlinenews.cnn.com/QUICKNEWS/virtual/swf.headline.txt) two months old ? (Fri Oct 13 17:53:45 2000)

update it doesn't look like I am, since this is the file that the ticker points to... but if you wait long enough, you'll see what looks like an error in their regexps whenever one of the state headlines has an '&' in it. the headline gets truncated at the '&'!

update Il Papa JCWren has kindly contacted the CNN folks about the stale news & apparently they've had a hung ftp server for a month+. Wow.

update It looks like somethings gone all b0rken again: headlinecount=0&&headlineload=done

"There is no news. Go away."

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(jcwren) Re: (2) JCWren Programming Challenge - Win a Perlmonks T-Shirt!
by jcwren (Prior) on Nov 30, 2000 at 00:52 UTC

    No, you're not being dense. I used tcpdump to get the URL that the Super Ticker uses to display it. This is indeed the file it's using, but it *is* out of date.

    I have a call in to CNN right now trying to figure out what their problem is.

    In the event this is not fixed by Friday afternoon, I will provide an alternate URL, and write something that generates random headlines that will simulate that file.

    Since CNN advertises the Super Ticker regularly on Headline News, I suspect they will be interested in getting that fixed.

    --Chris

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