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Title: A misleading url in 'Floating Point Arithmetic' page
Type: Stage: resolved
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.10
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Status: closed Resolution: third party
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: Akuli, Dennis Sweeney, docs@python, eric.smith, hanhantw, xiaox55066
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Created on 2021-10-27 05:39 by hanhantw, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg405070 - (view) Author: Sonia (hanhantw) Date: 2021-10-27 05:39
The url of [The Perils of Floating Point](http://www.lahey.com/float.htm) seems a bit weird in the page https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/floatingpoint.html. It redirects me to a webpage that sells dugs. Not sure if the resource was meant to find this: http://www.stat.cmu.edu/~brian/711/week03/perils-of-floating-point.pdf
msg405072 - (view) Author: Dennis Sweeney (Dennis Sweeney) * (Python committer) Date: 2021-10-27 07:07
I was unable to replicate this. I see the correct article 
"The Perils of Floating Point" at lahey.com/float.htm. Is the site still incorrect for you, or did the Lahey site fix the issue?
msg405077 - (view) Author: Sonia (hanhantw) Date: 2021-10-27 09:01
I was redirect to https://www.hmbags.tw 
so is this my internet problem?
msg405078 - (view) Author: Sonia (hanhantw) Date: 2021-10-27 09:04
It shows the drug ad slogan even with the google search result.
I searched 'The Perils of Floating Point lahey'
msg405097 - (view) Author: Eric V. Smith (eric.smith) * (Python committer) Date: 2021-10-27 13:41
The link on the doc page also works for me, sending me to http://www.lahey.com/float.htm.

I think the problem is with @hanhantw's browser or ISP, or similar. I'm going to close this.
msg405146 - (view) Author: Sonia (hanhantw) Date: 2021-10-28 02:53
Thanks!
msg407807 - (view) Author: Akuli (Akuli) Date: 2021-12-06 13:59
To me, it redirects or doesn't redirect to the drugs site, depending on what Accept-Language header your browser sends. And when the redirecting happens, the site is in chinese. (I don't speak chinese, and I don't know why my browser is sending zh-CN in Accept-Language.)


akuli@akuli-desktop:~$ curl -s -H 'Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.9' https://www.lahey.com/float.htm | head
<html>
<head>
<title>Lahey - Floating point</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="scripts\jrs.css">
</head>

<body>
<HTML>
<HEAD>


akuli@akuli-desktop:~$ curl -s -H 'Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.9,zh-CN;q=0.4' https://www.lahey.com/float.htm | head
<head><title>Document Moved</title></head>
<body><h1>Object Moved</h1>This document may be found <a HREF="https://www.hmbags.tw/">here</a></body>


Incognito mode worked for me, because it sends `Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.9` without any additional languages.
msg407808 - (view) Author: Eric V. Smith (eric.smith) * (Python committer) Date: 2021-12-06 14:03
That's interesting. I see the same behavior.

So this seems to be a problem on www.lahey.com. I'll see if I can report it to them.
msg407883 - (view) Author: Eric V. Smith (eric.smith) * (Python committer) Date: 2021-12-07 00:14
I notified lahey.com, and it looks like the behavior is now normal (at least, it looks okay by testing with the curl commands). Could someone who say this problem in a browser please double-check?
msg407903 - (view) Author: Akuli (Akuli) Date: 2021-12-07 09:33
Thanks! Works for me in browser now.
msg407913 - (view) Author: Eric V. Smith (eric.smith) * (Python committer) Date: 2021-12-07 11:04
@Akuli: thanks for checking. And thanks so much for the awesome debugging with curl: that was the key to solving the problem.

I didn't hear back from lahey.com what the problem was, but I'd sure be curious to know!
msg413569 - (view) Author: 肖小小 (xiaox55066) Date: 2022-02-20 08:42
Thanks! Works for me in browser now.http://www.strong19.com/
msg413570 - (view) Author: 肖小小 (xiaox55066) Date: 2022-02-20 08:43
It shows the drug ad slogan even with the google search result.
I searched 'The Perils of Floating Point lahey'http://www.strong19.com/
msg413571 - (view) Author: 肖小小 (xiaox55066) Date: 2022-02-20 08:51
I was redirect to http://www.strong19.com/
so is this my internet problem?
msg413572 - (view) Author: 肖小小 (xiaox55066) Date: 2022-02-20 08:51
It shows the drug ad slogan even with the google search result.
http://www.strong19.com/I searched 'The Perils of Floating Point lahey'
msg413576 - (view) Author: Akuli (Akuli) Date: 2022-02-20 09:46
If you still have the problem, can you show us what headers your browser sends to websites? You can see that by running in Python:

    import socket
    print(socket.create_server(('127.0.0.1', 12345)).accept()[0].recv(1024).decode())

and then going to http://localhost:12345/ in your browser.

I'm especially interested in the line that starts with Accept-Language. For me, the site now works, and my Accept-Language header is:

    Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.9,fi;q=0.8,sv;q=0.7,pt;q=0.6,it;q=0.5,zh-CN;q=0.4,zh;q=0.3
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2022-04-11 14:59:51adminsetgithub: 89783
2022-02-20 09:46:24Akulisetmessages: + msg413576
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2021-12-07 11:04:33eric.smithsetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: third party
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stage: resolved
2021-12-07 09:33:47Akulisetmessages: + msg407903
2021-12-07 00:14:25eric.smithsetmessages: + msg407883
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resolution: works for me -> (no value)
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2021-12-06 14:03:59eric.smithsetmessages: + msg407808
2021-12-06 13:59:39Akulisetnosy: + Akuli
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