Invisible wrote:
> accessing an arbitrary website programatically without going through a 
> world of pain.

No, you can't access "arbitrary" websites that present HTML. Well, you can, 
depending on what you want to do. Google does it all the time. But it's hard 
to get specific information out in an automated way. That's why people 
invented HTTP-based APIs like SOAP.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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