I see the benefit of capitalisation there, lest it be misread as http://www.GigantiCurl.com/ Discovering that, ahem, Number 2 interpretation was wrong was a big relief.
I'll get my coat... On Nov 5, 2007 10:10 AM, Martin Deutsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's not forget: > http://www.GiganticURL.com/ > > > On 11/5/07, Tim Dobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 05/11/2007, Tim Dobson wrote: > > > Tinyurl.com isn't even that good. > > > http://tiny.pl gives 4 digit ids to it's links and is shorter. > > > Personally I prefer this. > > > I once did little bit of research into similar services and found quite a > > few. > > > If you are interested, here is the total list > > > http://www.goaddr.com/ > > > http://elfurl.com/ > > > http://doiop.com/ > > > http://www.shorl.com/ > > > http://burl.fergcorp.com/ > > > http://lnk.in/ > > > http://snipurl.com/ > > > http://tiny.pl > > > http://tinyurl.co.uk =at the time tinyurl.co.uk was separate from > > tinyurl.com > > > http:// tinyurl.com > > > http://notlong.com/ > > > http://makeashorterlink.com/ > > > http://www.lights.com/weblogs/shorterurls.html > > > http://www.shorturl.com/ > > > http://metamark.net/ > > > http://www.freecenter.com/redirect.html > > > http://www.2url.org/ > > > http://link.toolbot.com/ > > > http://enigo.com/shortlink > > > This however was about a a year and 9 months ago, so I expect this list > > may have significant ommisions and errors in it, and take no responsibility > > at all for the content at the end of those links. > > > > > > Now back on topic, I agree with both, I think the BBC should give "real" > > urls, but have their own, "tinyurl" system as such. > > > Much as I really don't like them, I think MSN has a similar thing > > something like : > > > http://www.rubbishMSsite.com?go=DFG43 > > > > > > Of course loads of sites operate these systems, and there are security > > issues regarding them, for instance, letting public use a private one would > > mean that phishing scams could have links to http://redirect.ebay.com/34Fg5/ > > which to many would look real, especially if they ended up at 234.453.432.12 > > :8080 and found an EXACT replica of ebay's site. > > > > > > I think there is some Free Software (as in Freedom for those who don't > > know me), code lying around that lets you do this, which might be > > interesting to look at, and useful to use, to adopt to the BBC's needs. > > Certainly a better choice than what ever Microsoft is offering cheap today. > > > > > > -Tim > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > www.dobo.urandom.co.uk > > ---- > > If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of us still > > has one object. > > If each of us have one idea, and we exchange them, then each of us now has > > two ideas. - George Bernard Shaw > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
