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Just curious -- if it's dead, what's replaced it? Or is it still alive and kicking?
As in, do people who write "content" sites still support RSS feeds of the content, or is there some other newage mechanism (that a computer can digest!) for announcing new content?
Marc
modified 19-Jun-14 17:14pm.
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Still alive, but broadly ignored.
Atom tried to overtake it, but never really did. If anything replaced it, most people suggest Twitter, but I don't think it's that useful a replacement.
TTFN - Kent
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I think it might be considered "dead" in the sense that there isn't much development going on.
But, as far as I'm concerned, that's because it's now doing pretty much exactly what it set out to do. Not sure how else it can evolve further at this point. Things tend to get overly complex once they go beyond the "good enough, stop messing with it" state.
I'm still a fan of its simplicity.
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Yeah, that's what Hanselman (and others) call, "Done, not dead".
It works well for what it does, and I certainly would have a horrid time without it.
TTFN - Kent
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dandy72 wrote: that's because it's now doing pretty much exactly what it set out to do.
Ah, I should have been clearer. I didn't mean "dead", as in no further development, I meant, do sites that provide changing content still use RSS to allow people with feedreaders and whatnot to get the content without having to visit the site.
Marc
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Gotcha.
I'm not a web developer, but if I had anything to do with any web site, I'd make sure that anything that made sense to have available over RSS would be there.
Of course none of this helps you here...
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I'm starting to not see RSS feeds when I look for them more frequently than I did a few years ago. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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In the olden times you had to send in a model of you invention when you applied for a patent.
These model has of course become collectors items.
Here's a quiz[^] where you can take a guess what they are supposed to be.
I'm ashamed to admit that I only scored 13 out of 20.
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9 / 20 for me... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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This reminded me very much of the test psychiatrist used to do, al la tell me what you see pictures[^]. So, we have only found out that the majority of people in the Lounge are raving lunatics.
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Kenneth Haugland wrote: So, we have only found out that the majority of people in the Lounge are raving lunatics.
I didn't need a test to find that out 
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Well, if your lazy you could only be a lunatic I guess 
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Same here...
It's of course pure guessing! I didn't understood half of the words... 
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Don't feel bad, I only got eight!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I got 10 out of 20 - strangely enough I would have scored much higher if I'd let my initial instincts dictate my choices.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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11 out of 20.
GuyThiebaut wrote: I would have scored much higher if I'd let my initial instincts dictate my
choices.
Same here.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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GuyThiebaut wrote: strangely enough I would have scored much higher if I'd let my initial instincts dictate my choices.
Isn't that usually the way it is? Same thing in poker. A fold 2-7 when my instincts say not to, and the flop comes up 2-7-7!
Marc
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I'll take a look later, but it reminds me of a game I had as a kid (in the 70s) that dealt with weird patents, e.g. "Eye protector for chickens" and "Horse water wings".
P.S. 13
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
modified 20-Jun-14 21:28pm.
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If you think they are bad, can I offer you a Toilet snorkel?[^]
In the event of a fire, you breathe through it...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I think I'll prefer to take a jump.
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I can understand that.
You did notice I said "You breathe through it" not "I breathe through it"?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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12/20 
A positive attitude may not solve every problem, but it will annoy enough people to be worth the effort.
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