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 >> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> >> _______________________________________________ >> X4U mailing list >> X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u >> >> Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Price http:// >> www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal > > 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