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bug: It's obscure, and I'd mark it Low

Dec 11, 2009 1:07 AM

So, I was a bit confused when I read comments in the Deal here:

You will note that @dave17 ends a sentence, and then begins a new one, without a space between. This turns "intended period Do" into the link intended.Do (which I'm very sure may be a link, but is not intended to be). In fact, ALL his sentences have no space between them and the next sentence. Lucky for you that "?" doesn't have a special meaning that you're trying to interpret.

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@hobbit: I am rather surprised that .in doesn't instantly spring to mind (and you're about to do a "Doh!"). IN == India

I was actually amusing myself when I typed that, by the way. I know that there is not currently a country code that is IF.

Here's two lists (I'm pretty sure they're both the same, but I'm too lazy to check, and one may be more up to date...the other's just easier to read).

http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/
http://ftp.ics.uci.edu/pub/websoft/wwwstat/country-codes.txt

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@shrdlu: so what are ".if" and the other ".in"? Oh now I am amused.

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@sgoman5674: I have the chart. It is. Probably not what the OP meant though.

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I believe that ".do" is the country code for the Dominican Republic.

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You mean besides his bad typing skills?

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Argh. URL is here:

http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/198c0a8f-5b30-4608-b995-6d72b1bcb7c6/seinfeld-the-complete-series-jerry-seinfeld-julia-louis-dreyfus-michael-rich#11

I want to be able to edit my questions. I am the master of typographical errors (hence the "shrdlu"). Poor me.

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