Re: makes searching and booking applications airfares [message #181441 is a reply to message #181439] |
Thu, 16 May 2013 13:17 |
Peter H. Coffin
Messages: 245 Registered: September 2010
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On Thu, 16 May 2013 12:31:52 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 16/05/13 03:53, Gordon Burditt wrote:
>> Their terms of use do not allow screen-scraping.
> But does their technology render it impossible ? :-)
If a browser can render it, it's possible. It may, though, be a
prohibitive pain in the ass. They've got plenty of web designers on-hand
to rearrange the site details continually, with or without actually
making visible changes, and an interest in NOT making the sites easily
scraped.
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48. I will treat any beast which I control through magic or technology
with respect and kindness. Thus if the control is ever broken, it
will not immediately come after me for revenge.
--Peter Anspach's list of things to do as an Evil Overlord
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