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Larry Page asking how to change User Agent in Java

70 points by metahost 5y ago

New_California 5y ago
It seems he did succeed in changing the User-Agent.
guillermin 5y ago
Back when he cared about being "a good net citizen". I wonder what 1996 Larry would think of today's Internet (that he helped shape).
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est31 5y ago
groups.google.com link (better for your bandwidth): https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=comp.lang.java/aSPAJO05LIU/ushhUIQQ-ogJ https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=comp.lang.ja...
- blululu 5y ago
  I realize that Google Groups is just a Gateway to Usenet groups, but there is something out of place about seeing the founder of Google posting in Google Groups five years before it existed. The archeology of the internet is strange.
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  - jhart99 5y ago
    You know what I found really interesting is going back and reading threads about Star Wars before Return of the Jedi. It was fascinating to read the different directions people thought the story would go.
kylec 5y ago
Nowadays people would just Google for the answer!
remix2000 5y ago
What was the answer though?
- dogma1138 5y ago
  Not sure but today it would be... An essay on why Java is harmful. A link to some RFC draft that states user agents shouldn’t be changed. A solution on how to change a user agent in another language/framework A Mod closes the question as duplicate while linking to how change the UA in PHP.
dang 5y ago
This had a thread just a few months ago: Setting User-Agent Field? (1996) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25670161 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25670161 - Jan 2021 (64 comments) also these- but I'm pretty sure there have been others - maybe someone will find them: Q: Setting User-Agent Field? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14250473 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14250473 - May 2017 (1 comment) Q: Setting User-Agent Field? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1655648 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1655648 - Sept 2010 (5 comments)

70 points by metahost 5y ago

It seems he did succeed in changing the User-Agent.

Back when he cared about being "a good net citizen". I wonder what 1996 Larry would think of today's Internet (that he helped shape).

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est31 5y ago

groups.google.com link (better for your bandwidth): https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=comp.lang.java/aSPAJO05LIU/ushhUIQQ-ogJ https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=comp.lang.ja...

blululu 5y ago
I realize that Google Groups is just a Gateway to Usenet groups, but there is something out of place about seeing the founder of Google posting in Google Groups five years before it existed. The archeology of the internet is strange.
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- jhart99 5y ago
  You know what I found really interesting is going back and reading threads about Star Wars before Return of the Jedi. It was fascinating to read the different directions people thought the story would go.

kylec 5y ago

Nowadays people would just Google for the answer!

remix2000 5y ago

What was the answer though?

dogma1138 5y ago
Not sure but today it would be... An essay on why Java is harmful. A link to some RFC draft that states user agents shouldn’t be changed. A solution on how to change a user agent in another language/framework A Mod closes the question as duplicate while linking to how change the UA in PHP.

dang 5y ago

This had a thread just a few months ago: Setting User-Agent Field? (1996) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25670161 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25670161 - Jan 2021 (64 comments) also these- but I'm pretty sure there have been others - maybe someone will find them: Q: Setting User-Agent Field? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14250473 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14250473 - May 2017 (1 comment) Q: Setting User-Agent Field? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1655648 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1655648 - Sept 2010 (5 comments)