On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:14:23 -0400, Steve Calvin
> wrote:

>Kevin S. Wilson wrote:
>> On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 11:35:36 -0500, "Piedmont" > wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone got one of these and wish to review it for us??
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/etl8j
>>
>> Sure.
>>
>> PRO: The tiny URL does the job it is intended to do, which is to
>> direct your browser to the site with an unwieldy, long URL. Moreover,
>> the tiny URL is a well-formed and WWW3 compliant URL.
>>
>> CON: As with all of its brethren, this tiny URL doesn't give you any
>> idea where you will be going if you click on it, which may cause
>> embarrasement or worse if you are browsing on the job or in a public
>> venue (cf. goatsx).
>>
>> CONCLUSION: I'd give that tiny URL 80 points out of 100. It has a
>> good beat, and you can dance to it.
>>
>
>Geeze, it's not like Piedmont is someone who's unknown.
>
>I prefer http://makeashorterlink.com/ for that reason but
>it seems to me like you're a little more than slightly
>paranoid. I understand the need for caution on the net, but
>for "regulars"? A little over the edge me thinks.
>
>Here's an example of a like from MASL, it shows what the
>link resolves to before going to it.
>
>http://makeashorterlink.com/?Y25921ABD

Um . . . Piedmont said, "Anyone got one of these?" yet the only thing
visible in his post was a tinyURL. He then asked, "and wish to review
it for us?" Again, the only thing visible in his post was a tinyURL.

So I reviewed the tinyURL.

We in the Industry refer to such things as Jokes (tm).

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If we could live without passion maybe we'd know some kind of peace, but we
would be hollow. Empty rooms, shuttered and dank. Without passion we'd be truly dead.
--David Boreanaz as Angel in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer"