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Subject:Re: TinyURL was Re: [VANAGON] Fw: Dash Power outlet..? revised
From:Jim Arnott
Date:Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:28:17 -0700

I just checked the archives and it seems that I was mistaken.. TinyURLs seem
to work back as far as 2004.

Sorry.

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Arnott" <jrasite@EONI.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 4:40 AM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] TinyURL was Re: [VANAGON] Fw: Dash Power outlet..?
revised

> Maybe they've changed their policy then.  Historically, TinyURL seems
> to break after a few months.
>
> I'll go dig out some archived ones.
>
> Jim
>
> On Oct 18, 2009, at 7:55 PM, BenT Syncro wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote:
>>
>>> But it makes the link useless in the archives. TinyURL is time
>>> sensitive.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>
>> Hey Jim,
>>
>> This is from TinyURL.com
>>
>> "Are you sick of posting URLs in emails only to have it break when
>> sent
>> causing the recipient to have to cut and paste it back together?
>> Then you've
>> come to the right place. By entering in a URL in the text field
>> below, we
>> will create a tiny URL that *will not break in email postings* and
>> *never
>> expires*."
>>
>> Seems to me when they are saying the link "...never expires." that it
>> shouldn't be time sensitive.
>>
>>
>> BenT