[X4U] Is there a *CHEAP* tool to fill in a PDF form?

John McClernan mcclernan1 at comcast.net
Sun Apr 6 15:33:01 PDT 2008


On the other hand, my Masters' class perfesser appreciates the  
TinyURLs to the ones that take up three and four lines in a homework  
assignment. I'm sure there are appropriate uses for each.
My 2¢.
Cheers,
John


On Apr 6, 2008, at 5:08 PM, Thomas W Noel wrote:
> All current browsers allow "right-clicking" or "control-clicking"  
> on even the longest URLs and a choice to go there, either in the  
> current window, or a new window or tab. There is just no place in  
> my mind for TinyURL anymore.
>
> But, to each his own ...
>
> Tom
>
>
> On Apr 6, 2008, at 1:54 PM, Joe Sporleder wrote:
>
>>
>> On Apr 6, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Thomas W Noel wrote:
>>> On Apr 6, 2008, at 8:24 AM, Robert Ameeti wrote:
>>>
>>>> At 4:19 PM -0400, 4/4/08, K. Jerry Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This one works very well:
>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/6zkb63
>>>>
>>>> Would you mind please telling people where you are sending them  
>>>> when you use these anonymous links? Many users might already  
>>>> know of the solution or know that they don't want to go there  
>>>> but without knowing where 'there' is, they are stuck either  
>>>> trusting that you know more than they do or perhaps they are  
>>>> missing out due their choice to not trust anonymous references.
>>>> -- 
>>>>
>>>> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
>>>> Robert Ameeti
>>>>
>>>> It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who  
>>>> gets the credit.
>>>>          -- Harry S Truman
>>>> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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>>>
>>> I agree! In this day of cut and paste, and malicious web sites,  
>>> it is a disservice to post anonymous URLs. And if you are going  
>>> to describe in depth just where you are sending the reader, you  
>>> might as well post the original URL.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>
>>
>> On the other hand, the purpose of a service like tinyurl.com is  
>> for really long URLs that run the risk of getting broken at the  
>> end of the line. Not saying I disagree with the premise of the two  
>> posters comments here, I'm just point out the other side of the  
>> argument.
>>
>> Joe
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