Dave Silver Spares website oddity

I've just tried logging on to check some prices.

I click on "Genuine Spares" and get this:

(STARTS)


#!/usr/bin/perl

#This code is copyright Simon McGregor 1998-99
#Use of this code without permission is prohibited
#Modification of this code without permission is prohibited

# Perl script to navigate the catalogue tree
# input consists of the "cat" field with a text value corresponding to
the catalogue name

require "Cgi-Lib.pl";
require "FSiteCommon.pl";
require "Currency.pl";

#this is a script intended to parse a special html page with ForeSite
tags in it
#the page gets printed out as designed, except for the tags which are
replaced with
#appropriate PERL variables relating to the product database

#define statements

$HTMLFILE = "CatTemplate.htm"; #basic template file
$THISDOC = "Catalogue.pl"; #the name of this file
$TEMPLATELISTFILE = "templates.txt"; #file containing list of HTML
template files for different levels
$opt_radio_entries=18; #maximum list length for
radio buttons on optiform

#Subroutines follow... They are:
#radio
#listoption
#EntriesForm
#ProcessTag
#SetUpHash

#FindEntries:
sub FindEntries {
my (@bits,@fields,$categories,$result,$name);
%entryindex=();
$matchtext=quotemeta($input{cat});
while(($key,$val)=each(%catalogue))


(and a lot more besides)

Erm, wtf?????

Same for other categories on their site. Is it just me, or anyone else?

 

<snip>

Same here - with Safari, IE and Firefox.

 

Same here in Mozilla too.

 

I'm fascinated why you think it would have anything to do with the
browser...

 

fascinated?

Surely the answer is obvious.

 

no, no, no - I mean the answer as to why SteveH thinks it has
something to do with the browser. Which is - as I said - obviously
that he knows **** all about web apps.

I'd say execution rights have been lost, rather than perl itself being
AWOL.

 

I'm going with Aliens. Something like this is almost always due to Aliens.

 

"it's quiet"
"*too* quiet"

 

Lets split up and explore the darkened areas of the website.

 

fine - and whatever you do, don't turn on the lights when you enter a
dark page.

 

Yeah but don't some supermarkets stock computer books now?

 

^^^^^^^^
You mis-spelled "anything".

 

Hmmm. I think Dave Silver could be in trouble as our token cripple can't get
his wheelchair into some of the webpages.

 

nah, be fair - I'm sure he's fairly competant at shelf-stacking.

 

yeah, sure, but they're "for dummies", not "for cretins who think
moving to Wales is a good idea and the working in a shop is a good
career".

 

that's a rare and hard to find item, mate.

 

Has he claimed otherwise? He does frozen goods no doubt, but web apps?

 

ewwwwwwwwwwwww

 

no, but you're missing the point - I'm not taking Steve to task for
being thick - I'm taking Dan to task for failing to spot that Steve is
thick.

 

Dan is a very generous spirit.