On Fri, 27 May 2005, Duncan Barclay wrote:
Another prototype I am working on (yes, another) involves using the rss feeds
to work out which news items are the most important by how long they are near
the top of the feed. This obviously means checking the feeds fairly often,
but I am not entirely sure how often it should be. At the moment I am
thinking about every half an hour during the day, but the night is another
matter. How often would the news be updated during the night (ie, is it
worth updating every half an hour or would it be more useful to check every
few hours)?
The feed says you can refetch it every 5 minutes.
BBC people have confirmed that this is ok.
Sam
--
There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the
right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.
-- Johann Sebastian Bach
