[QUOTE=James Heinrich;384776]I say if you're spider-parsing that data you should be parsing the plain-text version and not the HTML version.

Plain-text wrapped into the webpage:
[url]http://www.mersenne.org/report_factoring_effort/?exp_lo=332192831&exp_hi=332599999&bits_lo=1&bits_hi=99&txt=1[/url]
Plain-text all by itself is what you should be parsing:
[url]http://www.mersenne.org/report_factoring_effort/?exp_lo=332192831&exp_hi=332599999&bits_lo=1&bits_hi=99&txt=1&download=1[/url][/QUOTE]

Doh! Thanks James, I actually forgot that option was there on the report pages.

Yeah, plain text output is a great option. The page weight is smaller too without all the markup.

If we still want an XML option, that could be added too, but the CSV option there is probably just fine, I'd guess.

[QUOTE=James Heinrich;384751]You know in July when the ice gets mushy? Imagine that all year long.[/QUOTE]

Sorry for this... But...

I never understood why anyone would want to live where H[SUB]2[/SUB]O ever existed as a solid (execpt possibly in their glass after work).

[QUOTE=chalsall;384813]Sorry for this... But...

I never understood why anyone would want to live where H[SUB]2[/SUB]O ever existed as a solid (execpt possibly in their glass after work).[/QUOTE]

Bimshire would get awfully crowded if we all acted on that philosophy. :party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party:
Do you really want to promote that? :wink:

[QUOTE=James Heinrich;384751]You know in July when the ice gets mushy? Imagine that all year long.[/QUOTE]

But if the ice gets mushy, what do we build our homes with?

[QUOTE=kladner;384822]Bimshire would get awfully crowded if we all acted on that philosophy.[/QUOTE]

Choosing to live (or at least visit) where the ambient temprature never drops below 0 degrees centigrade just seems to make sense to me. :wink:

[QUOTE=James Heinrich;384776]I say if you're spider-parsing that data you should be parsing the plain-text version and not the HTML version.[/qUOTE]I am aware of those. When using excel's webquery (referred to as the "town idiot" in one post that I read about the handling of the <br> tag), the comma delimited lines come in as a blob on each line. When using the table version, it came in nice and tidy, no parsing needed. My macro fetches the data in 2 large chunks, transcribes it over to various other sheets and updates to various sheets.
If I was using some other program, I would have had to write parsing code and the comma delimited version would be better.


I can obviously "fix" my macro to start 1 row further down. My concern is keeping things as "normal" as possible on PrimeNet (each cell behaves as a cell, headers are nearly always a single line, delimiters are used to indicate blank fields, etc.). What ever you do, don't create an <XML> just for me. My queries are just for tracking the 100M digit range.

[QUOTE=TheMawn;384830]But if the ice gets mushy, what do we build our homes with?[/QUOTE]

Or, perhaps more importantly, our national igloo?

[QUOTE=chalsall;384834]Choosing to live (or at least visit) where the ambient temprature never drops below 0 degrees centigrade just seems to make sense to me. :wink:[/QUOTE]

Choosing to live where the ambient temperature regularly goes above 22°C never made sense to me. I should move to Yellowknife, really.

[QUOTE=Mark Rose;384837]Choosing to live where the ambient temperature regularly goes above 22°C never made sense to me.[/QUOTE]22°C sounds like a nice "low" overnight. If my world never deviated from the +22C to +32C range I'd be very happy.
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGRkNaMFp6w[/url]

[QUOTE=James Heinrich;384838]22°C sounds like a nice "low" overnight. If my world never deviated from the +22C to +32C range I'd be very happy.[/QUOTE]I think humidity, precipitation, wind speed and solar IR/UV levels have to be stated also to get a better idea of how the world feels.

[QUOTE=chalsall;384834]Choosing to live (or at least visit) where the ambient temprature never drops below 0 degrees centigrade just seems to make sense to me. :wink:[/QUOTE]

It kinda makes sense to me, too. But many factors determine whether one can go anywhere at any given moment.

I grew up on the Texas Gulf Coast. I had much rather be hot than cold. We [U]are[/U] hoping to make a trip to Yucatan, Mexico early next year.