On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:46:07 +0700 Constant Brouerius van Nidek <cbroueriusvannidek@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Carl,
The replies were so fast that I did only see it after it had gone this far ;).
The original URL is http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/ There is a RSS logo in the address and clicking there it answers with the following URL http://builder.extensionfactory.com/ which is meant to give the potential user the possibility to enter an improved feeder address. It informs me: We could not find any RSS feed for this website (http://www.bbc.co.uk)
And I have a RSS feed for the BBC. Will follow up suggestions of the list and hope to have the BBC again soon.
Uh-oh! I do *not* like the website you are being redirected to. First, it says "beta" Second, it is offering to convert the RSS feed link at BBC to a "custom URL" purportedly so you can "share" it on your own website. I think they are harvesting traffic data to sell by substituting the link they "create" for you with the real RSS feed. I think every time you (or your "visitors") access that custom link they are getting visitor traffic statistics to sell, or worse... I think you can do better than this. Either configure Chrome to utilize RSS feeds directly by installing a plug-in, if one is available. Or change browsers. Or user MPlayer from the commandline, like so (example URL may or may not work from your IP, also, mind the wordwrap): mplayer mplayer -vc null -vo null http://2343.live.streamtheworld.com:80/KSFOAM_SC regards, Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org