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that way you check them once a month.

I would mark those not rechable first and only delete them in the second run

yeah, same

nikki_: simpl, base it on time.

so you'd need a lastchecked thingy somewhere

nope.

hmm?

time() mod (60 * 60 * 24)

gives you day you're in.

mod that by 30 and you get a date 0 - 29

on the first day, do the first 30th of the URLs

on the second day, do the second 30th of the URLs

your script, once invoked per day, would do the right think.

some border conditions could be lost. eh.

you'd get the next month.

why?

oh and of course wp, discogs, ... urls can be excluded

its a pain in the arse.

just think of you having to rmeember things.

how oftern do you forget?

keeping track of state is always a pain

that's why HTTP is a stateless protocol -- its easy and simple.

keeping track of state in HTTP is cookies and all the compllicated mess.

*their

relax, we're not just going to delete them.

but also bombing their server? ;)

yeah, that's sorta why I personally think it's best to have a person checking them

one was a really slow load, but it was present.. things like that.

Shepard: > wait a second, do next one.

common web practice.

one hit per second is not bombing

no you misunderstand

state of a url?

the bombing was just a joke

yes

and I honestly have no idea how the program is "hitting" but it seems like it's about every fifteen seconds, or so.. I hope it's not making a load on the server.

write a report: todays URLs that didn't answer [ Delete ]

what do you want to do when the script checks a url and the server is not reachable?

hm

well I think a script could delete them automatically

it could.

and the script could be written to keep some state.

I would imagine you would want to spot check the list at least.

if the state happens to get lost, its start from the beginning.

why should it get lost?

do my albums in the db get lost, too?

the feewer state files we need to keep track of, the fewer things we can screw up.

thus is something recovers gracefully, we don't have to really care.

thus leaving more time for the things that we do need to care about.

if (however that should happen) the state gets lost, that's not critical

ding

nikki_: are you done yet? :-)

all this keeps distrating me from 1090

pasta needs its time...

as do regexps

shep: what type of pasta?

I don't know, ask nikki

I know

yay

yllona: farfalle

well, it was

now it's pasta-mush in my stomach :D

du meinst, du bist satt?

ja!

farfalle with waht type of sauce?

tomato

keinen hunger mehr haben would mean you don't want to eat it :)

nikki: tomato and ?

er

sun-dried tomato and herby stuff and whatever else!

nikki: sounds good

I think it has onion in it

and garlic (i hope)?

probably, I didn't read the ingredients

you need herbes de provence!

ah, sauce in a jar. some of those are quite good.

yes

it *is* half three in the morning...

french stuff

nikki_: basically dried summer herbs

not necesarily french either

well that's what the name says

ah

french fries aren't french either...

nikki and shep: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbes_de_provence

but these herbs grow wild and/or natuarally in any "southern clime"

most of these herbs are everywhere in cali.. same for spain or italy. but the packaged dried herbs are really convenient. super tasty and work well for veggie, meat, pulry or fish.

*poultry or fish.

so yes, shep an essential for the ktichen :)

yup

good choice

I did?

oh no, those we have used here for years ;) I'm still not a big cook

shep: yes, ssenrupus was cooking a pie... it was a while gao

oh yeah, I recall

it's not relaxing or healthy when you're like me :/

I made very bad cake!

the first was ok, but it got worse

nikki_: you're a special case :)

I guess so!

I can boil water and make pasta!

but pretty much everything I try and *cook* is a disaster

shep: all i'm gonna say on this matter -- all of the men i know are excellent cooks. mostly began for purely economic --- eating out is too costly

apparently my supposed father was a good cook

I didn't inherit his skills, it seems

or it is cheap at the uni canteen but doesn't taste at all

shep: did i share this site with you? http://www.cookingforengineers.com/

would someone please check this link for me? It's just hanging and I'm not sure if that means it's broken or not. http://go.to/dahlback

yllona, sounds interesting, bookmarked

it sorta loads for me

but there's nothing there but a grey box

ah, iframes

which is a layer banner ad

shep: it's an excellent site. i'm an experienced cook, and the recipes/advice is solid

and flash...

Nyght: it appears to work, except I can't see it :)

Nyght: flash-heavy, large adverts at the top. i can swiitch browsers. if you need it.

Shepard: absolutely :)

Ah, no that's okay, if both of you got it to load. (I imagine that's why it doesn't want to load on mine.)

just means I go on without deleting. :D glad it was just me. Thank you both!

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