[TAG] Recording OpenCourseWare free lectures

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 10:20:03AM -0400, Ben Okopnik wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 03:26:50PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote:
> > On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 09:19:01 -0400
> > Ben Okopnik <ben at callahans.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > The easier way to do all that, instead of typing out those horrendous
> > 
> > ...is to proabably goto and use:
> > 
> > http://tinyurl.com
> 
> Err... and exactly how would you use that, given the need to process the
> actual URL in two different ways?
> 
> This isn't a question of shortening the URL; it's to do with making the
> method of processing it easier.

And, of course, there are many good reasons to avoid tinyurl in the
first place: you can't see where you're going, archived links are at
the risk of tinyurl going out of 'business', etc...

Given that most people cut and paste anyway, *why* is tinyurl so damned
popular?

Cheers,
-- jra
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