{"id":254,"date":"2004-11-13T09:42:59","date_gmt":"2004-11-13T14:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goer.org\/wordpress\/xpurgation"},"modified":"2004-11-13T09:42:59","modified_gmt":"2004-11-13T14:42:59","slug":"xpurgation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goer.org\/Journal\/2004\/11\/xpurgation.html","title":{"rendered":"X-Purgation"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was home working on the novel<\/a>, minding my own business, when suddenly the door crashed in. A dozen men in black body armor swarmed through the splintered doorframe. “FEDERAL AGENTS! PUT DOWN THE LAPTOP!” I raised my hands, confused and frightened. What on earth had I done?<\/p>\n

Then a blue eyed, middle-aged man in a charcoal suit strode into the room. I gulped. “Oh my God, it’s United States Congressional Representative Michael G. Oxley, (R-OH)<\/a>!”<\/p>\n

“That’s right, Evan,” Rep. Oxley said. “You’ve been a bad boy, I hear.” <\/p>\n

“Those Sports Night DVDs<\/a> are entirely legitimate,” I said. “Look, I can find the receipt…” <\/p>\n

Oxley waggled his finger. “I’m talking about… the X-Philes<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

My blood ran cold. “The X-Philes?”<\/p>\n

“Yes,” he said. “We have reports that substantial numbers of X-Philes sites are dead. Or worse, gone back to tag soup.”<\/p>\n

I shifted uncomfortably in my seat. “Well… I was kinda counting on self-policing…” Rep. Oxley looked disgusted. The federal agents looked at each other, shaking their heads. “Keee-rist,” I heard one say.<\/p>\n

“Son,” Oxley said, putting his hand on my shoulder, “I’m sure this is all an honest mistake. I’m sure you didn’t mean to be so trusting, and that a thorough audit<\/em> will set this right. Riiight?”<\/p>\n

“Y-Yes, sir,” I said, sinking even lower in my seat.<\/p>\n

So at great personal expense, my crack team of PricewaterhouseCoopers<\/a> auditors worked night and day to compile a full compliance report. Of the three X-Philes tests<\/a>, the auditors only conducted the first test (“The Simple Validation Test”) and the third test (“The MIME-type Test”). As for validating three secondary pages (“The Laziness Test”), I am sorry to report that we simply could not include this metric in the test suite given current budgetary constraints. Look, when these guys are costing $54,000 a week, you have to cut corners somewhere.<\/p>\n

Of the eighty<\/strong> X-Phile sites before the purge<\/a>,[1<\/a>]<\/sup>, twenty-two<\/strong> (27.5%) were no longer compliant. The twenty-two non-compliant sites broke down as follows:<\/p>\n