The Code Project - Ripping Data on the Web - C# Programming: "Before proceeding, I would like to comment that I consider such technologies to be for private use, i.e. because an individual feels ill served by the business models that govern the sites they use. While it is certainly possible to strip data from web sites and repackage and resell it, if the data is not public this is theft, plain and simple. My motivation for providing tools such as these is because I feel that much of the promise of the web is being absolutely strangled by business processes that are unimaginative, take no advantage of what the web has to offer, and effectively constrain the future development of web services and software. Scraping technologies such as the ones discussed here only have value because the value proposition behind so much of the web is so unbelievably shallow. If there was more effort paid to trying to understand the web consumer and their needs, there would be no value in approaches such as the one discussed here. By definition, if you've got a good model and thousands upon thousands of customers for that model, then you've got the economies of scale and your customers know it. The problem with the web today is that site visitors, in general, are not customers. They are eyeballs that are repackaged and sold to advertisers. This is a defensive mechanism for victims of that approach. It's also a tool for those trying to assemble new knowledge from bits and pieces floating around on the web, but that's an issue for the third paper."
Friday, June 25, 2004
Complet Web App :: WhoIs, DNS 2 IP, ip 2 dns, - visual basic, vb, vbscript: " A complet web app :: make your computer a server, WhoIs, DNS 2 IP, IP 2 DNS, port Scanner, Port Spy, all with winsock control! see screenshot for more information! ***Must See*** Please vote!"
Thursday, June 24, 2004
Engadget - www.engadget.com Very interesting site