Rory put some fine thought into his ASS protocol.  But he forgot one thing.  His protocol displays “Y” in the body of the ASS feed.  I, for one, believe that “Y” stands as an equal to the other, more famous, vowels and should be recognized. 

So therefore I propose a new updated ASS protocol: ASS v1.0.3.14  better known as ASS:SY (Another Simple Syndication: Sometimes Y extension).  I know that ASS was created to end the ATOM versus RSS debate, but it is apparent to this blogger that Rory did not fully consider the problem domain. 

ASS:SY will use AI to determine the intent of the letter “Y“ in each word that it appears.  If the “Y“ is being used as a vowel, then the “Y“ should be removed also.  This might increase the overhead of creating an ASS:SY feed, but I feel the Sometimes Y extension allows for a more concise (and therefore smaller and more lightweight) feed.

[This post is created with tongue firmly planted in cheek.  If you lack a sense of humor, or you don't find this funny, please move along.  There is nothing to see here.]