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Re: Conlang Article in the LA Times

From:taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...>
Date:Saturday, August 25, 2007, 11:48
* Lars Finsen said on 2007-08-25 10:42:05 +0200
> Den 25. aug. 2007 kl. 09.00 skrev Benct Philip Jonsson: > > May I suggest using tinyurl.com the next time? > > I'd like to counter-suggest, please. I know that some e-mail > programs still break up long urls, but not all of them do. > And the long urls usually display some information that is > useful for deciding whether to click on it or not. Time is > precious.
Now, the graphical MTA I sometimes use, Thunderbird, couldn't handle the url. In my preferred MTA, mutt, you have to copy/paste anyway so it doesn't matter, though it's easier to copy a short url. My vote is: "both", if the url is longer than 70 characters. t.

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David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...>