Re: non-solutions for blogs.msdn.com: (was RSS consumes too much bandwidth)

[Dare Obasanjo <kpako@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- James Aylett <james@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> [Reducing the number of entries sent]
> > I think it should be possible to achieve this with
> nothing more than
> > the if-modified-since header: 
> 
> But this breaks HTTP caching, because the correct
> response for you
> with if-modified-since: X is different to the
> correct response for me
> with if-modified-since: X-1. So if you request and
> then I request, you
> have to make both responses non-cacheable for it to
> work. (At least, I
> think you do - someone please correct me if I'm
> wrong.)

Yes it does break HTTP caching. If you want to
implement something like this then a custom HTTP
header should be used.  

 
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THINGS TO DO IF I BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD #23
I will keep a special cache of low-tech weapons and train my troops in their use. That way -- even if the heroes manage to neutralize my power generator and/or render the standard-issue energy weapons useless -- my troops will not be overrun by a handful of savages armed with spears and rocks.


		
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