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                       IE is starndards conforming my a…
                                        
I know that Microsoft IE (Internet Exploder) can display XML (eXtensible
Markup Language) files so I'm checking out the RSS (Rich Site Summary of the
Boston Diaries) [1] file using it and I get: 



> **The XML page cannot be displayed** 
> 
> Cannot view XML input using style sheet. Please correct the error
>  and then click the Refresh [2] button, or try again later. 
> 
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> **System does not support the specified encoding. Line 1, Position 43** 
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII" ?> 
> 

In light of the recent events surrounding MSN [3] blocking non-conforming
browsers I find this very funny. Very. I guess US-ASCII is simply too hard
for them to support. 

[1] http://boston.conman.org/bostondiaries.rss
[2] http://boston.conman.org/bostondiaries.rss
[3] http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7655334.html

Email author at sean@conman.org

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