Re: [NTLK] Cheap eMates at eBay

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Wed Dec 22 2004 - 13:00:47 PST


Ed Kummel wrote:
> Might I make a suggestion regarding links in this
> group?
> We've been seeing quite a bit of weird character
> interaction with our postings as of late and most
> times, these weird characters don't affect the human
> readability of the body of the text.
> Unfortunatly, URLs are a different matter. If they
> aren't exact, they will fail, and it's almost
> impossible to extract those weird characters from the
> URLs.
> So, my suggestion is if you have to post a URL, use a
> resource like www.tinyurl.com to create a URL that
> anyone can use.
> This would help people more accuratly see what it is
> you are talking about when you include an URL in your
> posting.

Or, you can use:

http://lin.kz/

Which I created :) And while you're at it, click on some google ads, and help
me pay the bills...

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