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Cat Forum / General Topics / March 2005Wisconsin/domestic cat hunting
How sick is this? http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=wisconsin+cat+hunting We need to do something about this. Jane Note: it is a proposal to be voted on April 11th. Now is the time to mobilize voters against it. I'm for it, keep your cats inside! :Note: it is a proposal to be voted on April 11th. :Now is the time to mobilize voters against it. TinyURL was created! The following URL: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-050306huntingca ts,1,7194143.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true has a length of 115 characters and resulted in the following TinyURL which has a length of 24 characters: http://tinyurl.com/683fb I'm not happy with the idea.  SignatureChristopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org www.mormons.com How sick is this? http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=wisconsin+cat+hunting We need to do something about this. Jane ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- animation of our cats -created by jet > TinyURL was created! > The following URL: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I'm not happy with the idea. Let me put it this way. I don't use Tiny URL because i want to know exactly where my browser is going on the web. Hide it behind a TinyURL and my assumption is going to be it is either a site with malicious code or it's spam. I'm also not convinced that tinyurl doesn't have spam/spyware that comes with it. With the proliferation of spoof sites, etc. i'll stick with cutting and pasting the URL into my browser. >> TinyURL was created! >> The following URL: [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > or it's spam. I'm also not convinced that tinyurl doesn't > have spam/spyware that comes with it. It doesn't. I have *very*strict anti-virus/spam/spyware filters and they have found nothing in several years of using tinyurl. Believe me, if it had you would have found out about it from me and thousands of others well before now. "Hiding" a url behind tinyurl is not hiding anything, it's making it easier to use. If you want to be paranoid go right ahead but if your anti-spam/spyware filters aren't up to scratch that's your problem. Ivor PS How would you suggest a url with several lines of gobbledygook is shown in a usenet message..? > It doesn't. I have *very*strict anti-virus/spam/spyware filters and they > have found nothing in several years of using tinyurl. Believe me, if it [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > easier to use. If you want to be paranoid go right ahead but if your > anti-spam/spyware filters aren't up to scratch that's your problem. Before I click on a link I want to see exactly where that link goes to. > PS How would you suggest a url with several lines of gobbledygook is > shown in a usenet message..? I use the old fashioned method.....cut and paste into the browser. [snip] >> PS How would you suggest a url with several lines of gobbledygook is >> shown in a usenet message..? > I use the old fashioned method.....cut and paste into the browser. Which is fine as long as the splitting of the url between several lines doesn't break it. Then it becomes tiresome and is the reason for tinyurl and other similar services' existence. However, each to their own and I have no problem with you being paranoid about tinyurl but please don't complain when others use it. Ivor ["Followup-To:" header set to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes.] On 2005-03-08, Ivor Jones penned: > [snip] > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > However, each to their own and I have no problem with you being paranoid > about tinyurl but please don't complain when others use it. When I have a long link, I include both the full link and the tinyurl version in the message. That way people can choose whether to trust me/tinyurl or be independent. What's so difficult about this? (She asks, thereby continuing a rather silly conversation) Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca Maybe we should start killing people too because the world is starting to get over populated. Why not !? Isn't it the same concept.
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