Written on 02/02/05 at 00:37:30 GMT by Norbert
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 This is interesting.
Written on 02/03/05 at 04:57:09 GMT by Jos
Wonder what it is?
 Hmm
Written on 02/03/05 at 09:49:49 GMT by jim
a short
article.
 tiny
Written on 02/03/05 at 09:51:02 GMT by mbu
says I
 True
Written on 02/03/05 at 09:52:00 GMT by jim
a blue
point.
 with
Written on 02/03/05 at 09:53:31 GMT by mbu
underline
 and no
Written on 02/03/05 at 09:54:03 GMT by jim
title
 .
Written on 02/03/05 at 09:54:38 GMT by mbu
He has
a point
there.
 .
Written on 02/03/05 at 09:55:14 GMT by jim
No, too
simple.
 .
Written on 02/03/05 at 09:56:34 GMT by mbu
it's no
point.
Look:
·.·.
 I see
Written on 02/03/05 at 09:58:27 GMT by jim
It's a dot:
·.·.·.·. a
middledot.
Why blue?
 _
Written on 02/03/05 at 09:59:54 GMT by mbu
It's a link.
I'll try it.
 Hey
Written on 02/03/05 at 10:00:30 GMT by jim
maybe it's
dangerous?
 Nope
Written on 02/03/05 at 10:01:36 GMT by mbu
just comes
back here.
 ?
Written on 02/03/05 at 10:03:03 GMT by jim
so what?
I can do
that too:
http://www.sitelibrary.net/community/viewnews/539
 but
Written on 02/03/05 at 10:05:39 GMT by mbu
the link says
http://tinyurl.com/4fgtl
 Hmm
Written on 02/03/05 at 10:10:39 GMT by jim
"4fgtl"?
MSN says: ramayan http://www.manokranti.org/ramayan.asp
see: http://beta.search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=4fgtl&FORM=QBHP

Google says:
www.nepalinepal.com
http://www.nepalihimal.com/2059/baisakh1-15-2059/cover1.htm
see: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=4fgtl
 try tinyurl
Written on 02/03/05 at 10:13:49 GMT by mbu
http://tinyurl.com/
TinyURL.com - where tiny is better!
Making long URLs useable
 aha
Written on 02/03/05 at 10:17:20 GMT by jim
http://tinyurl.com/4ep9y
 yes:
Written on 02/03/05 at 10:20:46 GMT by mbu
http://tinyurl.com/4v5tg
 But
Written on 02/03/05 at 10:25:02 GMT by jim
What does "4ep9y" mean?

"Your search - 4ep9y - did not match any documents.
No pages were found containing '4ep9y'."
 "
Written on 02/03/05 at 10:25:25 GMT by mbu
It's a
number.
 Oh
Written on 02/03/05 at 10:26:07 GMT by jim
a number?
 #
Written on 02/03/05 at 10:28:19 GMT by mbu
based on 36.
 #
Written on 02/03/05 at 10:28:45 GMT by jim
36?
 #
Written on 02/03/05 at 10:29:33 GMT by mbu
they use
0-9 and a-z
 #
Written on 02/03/05 at 10:29:55 GMT by jim
strange
 #
Written on 02/03/05 at 10:31:06 GMT by mbu
to make the number shorter:
it's something 5123456
 others:
Written on 02/03/05 at 10:35:54 GMT by mbu
http://urlsnip.com/760053
has pop under :-(
 snipurl
Written on 02/03/05 at 10:40:00 GMT by jim
http://snipurl.com/ci77
 again 3 characters less
Written on 02/03/05 at 10:43:38 GMT by jim
http://2url.org?2637
 .
Written on 02/03/05 at 14:10:45 GMT by mbu
[url=http://2url.org?2637].[url]
 oops
Written on 02/03/05 at 14:11:46 GMT by mbu
.
 tiny, yes
Written on 02/03/05 at 16:19:02 GMT by Jos
But often more than meets the eye.

See? I knew there was something to this article.
 Why?
Written on 02/05/05 at 18:18:57 GMT by J. Fischer
Is that correct: with tinyurl or 2url one can make a short URL that has no sense that can be used for a URL that is a bit longer but can be remembered?

Ok, if one cannot type fast enough then there is a small advantage.
If one wants to hide the real URL, to play some prank.

Apart from that:
Where is the sense of it?
Is it just a joke for geeks?
Do I miss something?
 Not a Joke:
Written on 02/06/05 at 09:53:44 GMT by Norbert
To answer your questions in reverse order:
   - Yes, you miss the point.
   - No, I don't think it's just a joke, also it's more for Jane and Joe, those in the know don't really need it - they can always build an equivalent of it on the fly or circumvent obstacles should they arise.
   - The sense of it:
      -    URLs can be of any length, URLs of thousand characters are not uncommon. This is really a shortcoming of Web sites that do not integrate a service like http://tinyurl.com for longer URLs.
      -    Unfortunately most systems we use today can not handle long URLs correctly:
         -    either the formatting of the user screen breaks or is extrenely ugly,
         -    or the URL itself is lost,
         -    or the URL is not copied correctly when you copy and paste text.
      Occurs frequently when using URLs within normal text, like in emails or postings to forums.

      Using a redirection service like http://tinyurl.com/ gives a short URL that will survive under more conditions - some programs still get it wrong.
      http://2url.org/ offers also the option to select a mnemonic Id, I have not tried that yet.

I know that there are more sites like this with varying additional options, please have a look and tell us.

--- URL corrected, thanks jotfish
  
 it's http://2url.org/ not .com
Written on 02/06/05 at 15:56:10 GMT by J. Fischer
http://2url.org/
2URL.org Make a long URL shorter
down to http://2URL.ORG?ID
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 Most Commented
Written on 03/15/05 at 23:00:16 GMT by Jos
This is the most commented article in the Top 10.
 A Plan ?
Written on 03/16/05 at 06:44:19 GMT by Norbert
Someone did that on purpose, methinks.
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