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m0th87
Just for curiosity's sake, it would be interesting to have an estimate on how many extra gigabytes have been sent over time with these headers.
minouye
Or how many hires have come from this
bkrausz
The 2 header lines are 163 bytes (including /r/n). Quantcast (probably very wrong, but the best estimate I can find) says they get 277K visits per day. Not sure what their pages/visits are, but it's that times 43GB/day.
someone_here
I think you mean 43MB/Day, not GB.
bkrausz
Damn, you're right! Stupid orders of magnitude...
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masklinn
You didn't take gzipping in account. Taking it in account, it's 105 bytes.
bkrausz
You can't gzip headers, only content
alnayyir
Headers are how the clients know to gzip the content.

You think http libs and web servers figure out whether or not something is gzipped by guessing? :)

JoachimSchipper
Although it's not guilty of this particular idiocy, IE does like to override MIME types by content- or extension-based guesses. So it would, sadly, not be that surprising.
j_baker
"Emphasis mine."

Heh... How exactly could the emphasis not be his? Last I checked the HTTP protocol didn't have any provision for emphasizing headers, so it couldn't have been the server that added the emphasis. ;-)

pg
Well, that worked.
Timothee
"Breaking news: Paul Graham quits YCombinator, joins Zappos as a developer"?
c1sc0
Nice way to cut out the headhunters!
logic
Reddit amuses me:

   200 OK
   Connection: close
   Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:56:19 GMT
   Server: '; DROP TABLE servertypes; --
bbwharris
It was an interesting recruiting idea, but it's out there now.
jackolas
only people that care are stil their target, mission achieved.
leftnode
Also, the X-Core-Value number changes with each request (appears random).
alexgartrell 

  1. Deliver WOW Through Service
  2. Embrace and Drive Change
  3. Create Fun and A Little Weirdness
  4. Be Adventurous, Creative, and Open-Minded
  5. Pursue Growth and Learning
  6. Build Open and Honest Relationships With Communication
  7. Build a Positive Team and Family Spirit
  8. Do More With Less
  9. Be Passionate and Determined
  10. Be Humble
amccloud
I just had a phone interview with Zappos. I mentioned this. Thanks.
afhof
Normally I would only look at the headers if there was a problem with the request.
pietrofmaggi
Just for fun I've tried a script over the Alexa top 1M sites...

Strangest thing:

  www.vg.no

  X-VG-WebServer: leon
  X-VG-WebCache: dexter
  X-Rick-Would-Never: Know the Rules, and So Do I
  X-VG-Korken: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcj8CnD5188