Re: URL shorteners (was: Re: ISNIC DNS)

2013-05-08 Thread Greg McCarroll
On 8 May 2013, at 17:09, Peter Corlett wrote: The real problem is browser support of Gopher. None of the common popular browsers support it any more. Clearly they are not fit for purpose then! ;-) G.

Re: URL shorteners (was: Re: ISNIC DNS)

2013-05-08 Thread Peter Corlett
On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 03:27:36PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: [...] > The mention of the new-fangled IRC thing made me wonder if anyone has been > perverse enough to create a link-shortener that serves things via gopher, or > some other quirky protocol. > Although I can see an immediate flaw in t

WWW::Lovefilm::API?

2013-05-08 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Anyone still using this? Assuming you have credentials from before they shut it off.

Re: URL shorteners (was: Re: ISNIC DNS)

2013-05-08 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 02:56:33PM +0100, Dominic Humphries wrote: > On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 13:01 +0100, Sam Kington wrote: > > Getting off-topic here, but what use are URL shorteners now that Twitter > > converts all links to be t.co/blah ? They don't save you any space in > > tweets, and they ob

Re: URL shorteners (was: Re: ISNIC DNS)

2013-05-08 Thread Dominic Humphries
On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 13:01 +0100, Sam Kington wrote: > Getting off-topic here, but what use are URL shorteners now that Twitter > converts all links to be t.co/blah ? They don't save you any space in tweets, > and they obfuscate the URL you're linking to. Is link-tracking really that > useful?

Re: URL shorteners (was: Re: ISNIC DNS)

2013-05-08 Thread David Cantrell
On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 02:32:24PM +0100, Sam Kington wrote: > On 8 May 2013, at 14:21, Jérôme Étévé wrote: > > If you generate QR Codes, shortened links are actually very useful. > "If you stab yourself in the face repeatedly with a rusty knife, bandages > that automatically inject you with a te

Re: URL shorteners (was: Re: ISNIC DNS)

2013-05-08 Thread David Cantrell
On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 01:01:53PM +0100, Sam Kington wrote: > Getting off-topic here, but what use are URL shorteners now that Twitter > converts all links to be t.co/blah ? They don't save you any space in tweets, > and they obfuscate the URL you're linking to. Is link-tracking really that >

Re: URL shorteners (was: Re: ISNIC DNS)

2013-05-08 Thread Sam Kington
On 8 May 2013, at 14:21, Jérôme Étévé wrote: > On 8 May 2013 13:48, Ben Evans wrote: > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Sam Kington wrote: >>> Getting off-topic here, but what use are URL shorteners now that Twitter >>> converts all links to be t.co/blah ? They don't save you any space in >>> twe

Re: URL shorteners (was: Re: ISNIC DNS)

2013-05-08 Thread Jérôme Étévé
On 8 May 2013 13:48, Ben Evans wrote: > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Sam Kington wrote: > > > > > Getting off-topic here, but what use are URL shorteners now that Twitter > > converts all links to be t.co/blah ? They don't save you any space in > > tweets, and they obfuscate the URL you're li

Re: URL shorteners (was: Re: ISNIC DNS)

2013-05-08 Thread Ben Evans
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Sam Kington wrote: > > Getting off-topic here, but what use are URL shorteners now that Twitter > converts all links to be t.co/blah ? They don't save you any space in > tweets, and they obfuscate the URL you're linking to. Is link-tracking > really that useful?

Re: URL shorteners (was: Re: ISNIC DNS)

2013-05-08 Thread Kieren Diment
On 08/05/2013, at 10:01 PM, Sam Kington wrote: > On 8 May 2013, at 11:07, Kieren Diment wrote: >> On 08/05/2013, at 7:37 PM, Dave Cross wrote: >> Quoting AJ Dhaliwal : > Dave... > [Who is seriously considering replacing fkth.is with fkth.at] Too late. I have purchased fkth.at

Re: URL shorteners (was: Re: ISNIC DNS)

2013-05-08 Thread Peter Corlett
On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 01:01:53PM +0100, Sam Kington wrote: [...] > Getting off-topic here, but what use are URL shorteners now that Twitter > converts all links to be t.co/blah ? They don't save you any space in tweets, > and they obfuscate the URL you're linking to. Is link-tracking really that

URL shorteners (was: Re: ISNIC DNS)

2013-05-08 Thread Sam Kington
On 8 May 2013, at 11:07, Kieren Diment wrote: > On 08/05/2013, at 7:37 PM, Dave Cross wrote: > Quoting AJ Dhaliwal : Dave... [Who is seriously considering replacing fkth.is with fkth.at] >>> >>> Too late. I have purchased fkth.at and will sell it to you for 1 million >>> dollars. >> >

Re: ISNIC DNS

2013-05-08 Thread Dave Cross
Quoting Kieren Diment : On 08/05/2013, at 7:37 PM, Dave Cross wrote: Quoting AJ Dhaliwal : Dave... [Who is seriously considering replacing fkth.is with fkth.at] Too late. I have purchased fkth.at and will sell it to you for 1 million dollars. First rule of domains: never mention in publ

Re: ISNIC DNS

2013-05-08 Thread Kieren Diment
for us outer suburban dwellers, it looks like fkthcity.net is still available. On 08/05/2013, at 8:04 PM, Will Crawford wrote: > On 8 May 2013 10:37, Dave Cross wrote: > >> http://whois.net/whois/fkth.at >> > > changed:20130508 11:14:29 > > I

Re: ISNIC DNS

2013-05-08 Thread Kieren Diment
On 08/05/2013, at 7:37 PM, Dave Cross wrote: > Quoting AJ Dhaliwal : > >>> Dave... >>> [Who is seriously considering replacing fkth.is with fkth.at] >>> >> Too late. I have purchased fkth.at and will sell it to you for 1 million >> dollars. > > First rule of domains: never mention in public a

Re: ISNIC DNS

2013-05-08 Thread Will Crawford
On 8 May 2013 10:37, Dave Cross wrote: > http://whois.net/whois/fkth.at > changed: 20130508 11:14:29 Is their clock fast, or is that Icelandic time?

Re: ISNIC DNS

2013-05-08 Thread Dave Cross
Quoting AJ Dhaliwal : Dave... [Who is seriously considering replacing fkth.is with fkth.at] Too late. I have purchased fkth.at and will sell it to you for 1 million dollars. First rule of domains: never mention in public a domain you might be interested in, without buying it first. ht

Re: ISNIC DNS

2013-05-08 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 2:06 AM, Dave Cross wrote: > The IP address 2001:1850:1:0:107:0:0:d of nameserver fns1.dnspark.net is > missing its PTR record or has an incorrect PTR record. $ host 2001:1850:1:0:107:0:0:d Host d.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.7.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.5.8.1.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa not fo

Re: ISNIC DNS

2013-05-08 Thread AJ Dhaliwal
On 08/05/13 17:06, Dave Cross wrote: ISNIC is the Icelandic domain registrar. They deal with the .is ccTLD. They have slightly non-standard requirements for the DNS of .is domains. See http://www.isnic.is/en/domain/req for details. I usually host my DNS using Gandi. But they aren't on ISNIC's

ISNIC DNS

2013-05-08 Thread Dave Cross
ISNIC is the Icelandic domain registrar. They deal with the .is ccTLD. They have slightly non-standard requirements for the DNS of .is domains. See http://www.isnic.is/en/domain/req for details. I usually host my DNS using Gandi. But they aren't on ISNIC's list of approved DNS suppliers, so