[antlr-interest] found faulty network maybe

[Benjamin Niemann]

Randall R Schulz wrote:

> On Thursday 26 July 2007 00:45, Benjamin Niemann wrote:
>> Randall R Schulz wrote:
>> > ...
>> >
>> > And for some reason, the "file" command on my SuSE Linux 10.0
>> > identifies it as "ISO Media," which, of course, it is not. It plays
>> > fine in Kaffeine, though.
>> >
>> > Perhaps we should be confirming its md5 sum?
>> >
>> > 741bc005996d5400fea002857a2d9eaf  Sydney-JUG-June-20-2007.mp4
>>
>> pink at bateau:/home/download$ md5sum Sydney-JUG-June-20-2007.mp4
>> 741bc005996d5400fea002857a2d9eaf  Sydney-JUG-June-20-2007.mp4
> 
> Well, since you and I almost certainly retrieved the exact same bytes,
> that at least is a good sign.
> 
> 
>> pink at bateau:/home/download$ file Sydney-JUG-June-20-2007.mp4
>> Sydney-JUG-June-20-2007.mp4: ISO Media, MPEG v4 system, iTunes AVC-LC
> 
> What OS are you running? Mac OS X? It clearly knows more about the
> variations of the file type than my SuSE Linux 10.0's file signature
> database knows.

Debian/Sid

$ file --version
file-4.21
magic file from /etc/magic:/usr/share/file/magic

>> Emacs is used, because that test server sends
>>   Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> 
> Now that's gross! While Ter's getting servers repaired, that should be
> fixed, too. (Bad MIME type reporting is a minor pet peeve of mine.)

I think, that URL is just supposed as a test of the network. But the
antlr.org server does not even set a Content-Type at all. Not *that's*
gross! ;)


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Benjamin Niemann
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