begin quoting Andrew Lentvorski as of Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 12:20:43AM -0700: > John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > > >I'm not certain if that was sarcasm or not. I find the url-shortening > >services to be very useful. If you have a long url (some of the ebay and > >amazon urls can get very long) supplying a shortened url will prevent > >problems with line wrapping. > > However, the problem I have with services like tinyurl is that they > *expire*. > > So, I have to include the long link *anyhow*.
Those expire too. The web is not stable. For some, this is a feature. For others, a defect. -- Consider the need for the wayback machine. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
