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Date:Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:41:06 -0500
From:Robert Carroll carrollcompu...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: TinyURLs [Was: Re: [CGUYS] FCC wants to measure]
John Emmerling wrote:
What real purpose does tinyurl really serve nowadays? Don't
up-to-date mail readers handle URLs of any arbitrary
Mar 2010 17:41:06 -0500
From:Robert Carroll carrollcompu...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: TinyURLs [Was: Re: [CGUYS] FCC wants to measure]
John Emmerling wrote:
What real purpose does tinyurl really serve nowadays? Don't
up-to-date mail readers handle URLs of any arbitrary length with no
problem
On Mar 11, 2010, at 9:40 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, okay then. If you prefer the UNtinyurl, here it is. I was
just trying to be helpful.
I feel better getting the full URL.
This is not a brilliant move by the FCC. It is just ordinary
smartness. It only looks brilliant because
Except much of that money shows up in zip codes or counties that don't
exist. No, not all of it...but a lot.
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 8:10 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Mar 11, 2010, at 9:40 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, okay then. If you prefer the UNtinyurl, here it is. I was
Except much of that money shows up in zip codes or counties that don't
exist. No, not all of it...but a lot.
Mike, can you quantify this? How much is much? You're sorta making it sound
like most of the money shown on the site is bogus. I'm not clear on your
thinking here--are you saying that
I'm not blasting the Obama government on this, just government waste in
general. Kinda like the 70k? plus in debit cards that disappeared during
katrina. You can google zip codes don't exist recovery.gov and hit multiple
sites about the problem. Some is probably simple paperwork etc...but if we
With all the protections I have these days (UAC, Spybot immunize, safe
browsing warnings, etc), I don't feel the need for this, but if you must you
can see where these shortened links go before you click on them.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8636 . Equivalents available
in other
On Mar 12, 2010, at 12:09 PM, mike wrote:
I'm not blasting the Obama government on this, just government waste
in
general. Kinda like the 70k? plus in debit cards that disappeared
during
katrina. ...but if we are honest there are pallets of money
literally (remember
iraq) that disappear.
The difference is I think they are all wingnuts, you only think half are.
On Mar 12, 2010 11:29 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Mar 12, 2010, at 12:09 PM, mike wrote:
I'm not blasting the Obama government on this, just government waste in
general. Kinda like t...
katrina. ...but if we
Wingnuts of any kind are still wingnuts.
Let them just fly away.
Stewart
At 12:22 PM 3/12/2010, you wrote:
On Mar 12, 2010, at 12:09 PM, mike wrote:
I'm not blasting the Obama government on this, just government waste
in
general. Kinda like the 70k? plus in debit cards that disappeared
Today, I think anybody can be excused for being paranoid. _Esp._ with
respect to wide-open domains like .tv.
What real purpose does tinyurl really serve nowadays? Don't
up-to-date mail readers handle URLs of any arbitrary length with no
problem?
On 3/12/10, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote:
Twitter and rick-rolls!
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 1:06 PM, John Emmerling jpemmerl...@gmail.comwrote:
Today, I think anybody can be excused for being paranoid. _Esp._ with
respect to wide-open domains like .tv.
What real purpose does tinyurl really serve nowadays? Don't
up-to-date mail
At 3:06 PM -0500 3/12/10, John Emmerling wrote:
Today, I think anybody can be excused for being paranoid. _Esp._ with
respect to wide-open domains like .tv.
What real purpose does tinyurl really serve nowadays? Don't
up-to-date mail readers handle URLs of any arbitrary length with no
Actually I think it came about to ease the problem of urls breaking in
emails.
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Roger D. Parish rogerd.par...@gmail.comwrote:
At 3:06 PM -0500 3/12/10, John Emmerling wrote:
Today, I think anybody can be excused for being paranoid. _Esp._ with
respect to
Yup it is a little older than Twitter.
It came about when url's tended to be a little wordy.
Stewart
At 04:11 PM 3/12/2010, you wrote:
Actually I think it came about to ease the problem of urls breaking in
emails.
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Roger D. Parish
John Emmerling wrote:
What real purpose does tinyurl really serve nowadays? Don't
up-to-date mail readers handle URLs of any arbitrary length with no
problem?
I'm using Mozilla Thunderbird for email. Very long web addresses are
broken when they wrap around to the next line.
On 03/12/2010 03:06 PM, John Emmerling wrote:
What real purpose does tinyurl really serve nowadays? Don't
up-to-date mail readers handle URLs of any arbitrary length with no
problem?
No, they don't, in fact many wrap at 72 characters. Actually tinyurls
and similar services can be safer with
Please define burned. What happened? Did your hard drive melt?
How is this burned experience different from the supposedly innocent
URL you sent this week, http://tinyurl.com/X ?
No, they don't, in fact many wrap at 72 characters. Actually tinyurls
and similar services can be safer
The FCC Wants You to Test Your Broadband Speeds
The FCC is asking the nation’s broadband and smartphone users to use
their broadband testing tools to help the feds and consumers know what
speeds are actually available, not just promised by the nations’
telecoms.
http://tinyurl.com/yet2zns
Sounds like a spam email to me.
Especially with the tinyurl.
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:33 PM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote:
The FCC Wants You to Test Your Broadband Speeds
The FCC is asking the nation’s broadband and smartphone users to use
their broadband testing tools to
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 9:09 PM, John DeCarlo johndeca...@gmail.com wrote:
Sounds like a spam email to me.
Especially with the tinyurl.
Well, okay then. If you prefer the UNtinyurl, here it is. I was
just trying to be helpful.
Quoting John DeCarlo johndeca...@gmail.com:
Sounds like a spam email to me.
Especially with the tinyurl.
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:33 PM, phartz...@gmail.com
phartz...@gmail.comwrote:
http://tinyurl.com/yet2zns
TinyURLs always give me the heebies. You can *claim* it's for
Something
With all the protections I have these days (UAC, Spybot immunize, safe
browsing warnings, etc), I don't feel the need for this, but if you must you
can see where these shortened links go before you click on them.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8636 . Equivalents available
in other
On 03/11/2010 10:59 PM, Reid Katan wrote:
In this case though, I gave Steve the benefit of the doubt and followed
his TinyURL. Nothing spammy about it. In fact, go straight to the FCC
site: www.broadband.gov
if folks are really paranaoid, every tinyurl created can have the phrase
preview
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