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Here's an interesting ARS bug:	by LionsPhil	2005-08-09 01:47:12
* Go to an old page in ARS, just in case * Go to make a new TLP or reply * Put this in the subject line: <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Or use greater-thans if you'd rather. It doesn't matter. Ampersands will probably work too. * Preview as much as you like. You're within the subject length limit, right? * Try to submit. You should get a "post unsuccessful" because the subject is now considered too long. Theory: ARS is escaping the angle brackets after counting the subject line length for preview but before counting the length for submit. Alternate theory: It's always before, but ARS doesn't actually check the subject length during preview: it just cuts it. (The browser can't be relied upon to do this -- not least, it wouldn't put the "(n/t)" on.) Alternate theory 2: ARS isn't checking the length at all -- it's reporting the error because the _database_ is barfing at the newly lengthened string.
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No, ampersands do not work.	by LionsPhil	2005-08-09 01:51:04

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