On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 12:54:12PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 06:38:16PM +0200, Felix E. Klee wrote: > > > > I guess that most of you are informed about software patents and > > > > know that they are incompatible with most, if not all, free software > > > > licenses(if not visit http://tinyurl.com/k64f). > > > No need to encrypt and hide URLs or did I miss something important? > > I often use tinyurl.com to make URLs shorter when writing emails. > > It's only an annoyance, and is pointless. >
I'd disagree. Having a 400 character URL wrapping on a 80 character screen is more annoying. It is, however IMO, good to add a description of where the tinyurl points to. Neil -- A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? gpg key - http://www.halon.org.uk/pubkey.txt ; the.earth.li 8DEC67C5
