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Old Feb 25th, 2007, 06:27 AM
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OR DELUGE FODOR'S WITH EMAIL UNTIL THEY GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED!

I'm never going to compress a URL again. If this causes any inconvenience to posters, they should direct any complaints to the Editors. It's not my fault the server script is stupid.

Over at Frommer's, posters can either type a bare URL and the server will turn it into a link, or build their own links with their choice of URL and text. This seems like a good approach to me.
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Old Feb 25th, 2007, 06:33 AM
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Hi R,

>I'm never going to compress a URL again. If this causes any inconvenience to posters, they should direct any complaints to the Editors. It's not my fault the server script is stupid.<

Making things inconvenient for the rest of us has no effect on the programmers at Fodors.

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Old Feb 25th, 2007, 06:34 AM
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Please direct any complaints to the Fodor's editors. I can't fix it. They can.
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Old Feb 26th, 2007, 01:19 PM
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IT people have never had a reputation as "fixers." Users have always had to find "work arounds." Thus, http://www.tiny.url was born. It's simple and, well, simple. You can do it Rob.



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Old Feb 26th, 2007, 02:22 PM
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Fodors have never shown the slightest interest in fixing their site's functionality. These supposed "programmers" don't exist; they probably hired a web design company, got a packaged result, and are now running the results more or less unattended. They'll call in the web people again if something breaks but not something as small as the long-URL problem.
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Old Feb 26th, 2007, 03:02 PM
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don't mean to be nasty, but some of you oughta get a life
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Old Feb 26th, 2007, 06:57 PM
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gee, ssvw, I must really really need to get a life. Cuz I have absolutely no idea what these people are even talking about, yet I found the tennis match very entertaining.
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Old Feb 26th, 2007, 07:55 PM
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LOL, I've been watching the match too Lucie, and also have no idea what they are talking about
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Old Feb 27th, 2007, 09:21 AM
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laartista, since we didn't understand it, maybe it's over & we didn't even realize it. I can't tell who won, though, can you?

Story of my life.
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Old Feb 27th, 2007, 01:39 PM
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Hi Lucie,

It's in remission for the moment, but it could break out again.

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Old Feb 27th, 2007, 02:21 PM
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Remission or intermission?
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Old Feb 27th, 2007, 04:45 PM
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Remission is over..It's on again!

I think this shoud be a must read before posting post!
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Old Feb 27th, 2007, 05:01 PM
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I agree that this thread is a must-read: it's a perfect example of how we Fodorites can always manage to turn a non-controversial topic into an endless, irresolveable controversy.
Gotta love dem Fodorites.
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Old Feb 27th, 2007, 05:09 PM
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I admit that I don't have a clue what a url is - do you need antibiotics to cure it?
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Old Feb 27th, 2007, 05:14 PM
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Antibiotics would not be the drug of choice.
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Old Feb 28th, 2007, 03:46 AM
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Hi Mom,

A URL is the address of a web page. It appears in the address line of your browser.

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