Terry hates them, but there is an interesting article on URL-shortening services at <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/31/internet.technology> ...
... . Correction: I loathe them. ;-) And the article mentions the main two reasons for it -- link rot and not knowing where you're headed. Another one is...
... Or perhaps mind blogging? O:-) Anyway, I couldn't possibly comment because I never looked at Twitter. Still, I do think URL-shortening services come in...
... When you shorten a URL with snurl.com, they add the domain of the long URL after the short link. For instance: http://snurl.com/3lsfu [uksbsguy_com] Of...
Why is link rot more of a problem with shortened URLs than anything else? Surely if the page is of that much interest to you that you'll want to be looking at...
I almost never click on a shortened URL, and certainly not if I don't know where it is leading me. Do angle brackets not work just as well? Sr Claire On Mon,...
Hello Marco, Monday, September 1, 2008, 11:51:54 AM, you wrote: MA> This Autohotkey macro removes formatting and linebreaks from the clipboard. MA> Very useful...
Dominique, Elmar Well, I won't go for 3GB then. After I posted this message a message came up on the Dragon network, of somebody's first impressions of Dragon...
Hello Alison, ... because you can't backtrack inside the URL. Been there, done that, and link rot can be very fast. Sometimes it happens within the same day...
... DVX works perfectly well with quad core (I own two such computers). And 2GB is more than enough for most applications (even when used simultaneously) on...
... Also works in Vista, as far as I can see. Since there's no "Run" command under start (or is there?), I started Regedit from the command prompt. I had to...
On 01.09.2008 13:15, you, John Clube wrote: Hi John, ... Nevertheless, do compare the price of 1 GB and 2 GB sticks for the computer you have in mind. My guess...
Hector, Dominique In that case I may as well go for quad core and 4GB RAM, and if good reports come out of a new operating system I can upgrade. Thanks very...
Hi John, I think you make a good decision. Take it as long as RAM is cheap and if you dont have applications to use it, you can make a RAM disc to be used as...
Hi, just found this, haven't tried it or gotten a full grasp yet, but it definitely looks interesting: <http://go-oo.org/> "Go-oo has built in OpenXML import...
Hello Alison, ... have you observed when it does (mostly, I'd guess) and when it doesn't? My guess from the header: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange ...
Working at a client's office, no Firefox. :-( Internet Explorer 7 uses the reverse convention as earlier versions to zoom the current page using Ctrl-mouse...
The office where I works runs Windows 2000/NT, and I squint to read pages on the Web. Is there anything like ClearType available to Win 2K/NT? -- Julio Juncal ...
... I don't think so. See the final question here: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypeFAQ.mspx However, in both Firefox and Internet Explorer, you...
Hello Patrick, Thanks for your response. Here are some of my first impressions. Our project started today with a conference call, during which I installed the...
Hi Jenny, You might want to have a look at Options -> Keys while in the translation environment. This will give you an idea of what you can do in IBM TM, and...
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