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dabbler
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Tiny Thwap? It needs a better name at some point, but that will do for now.

www.tinyurl.com is one of the most popular spots to shorten a long url. The resultant url is created through an algorithm and is saved for perpetuity on tinyurl. http://tinyurl.com/4scft will always send you to the forum page, for example.

So, putting in an assortment of letters/numbers (short, as tinyurl tends to stay within 5 charcters or so) will often generate some other page. http://tinyurl.com/eggs, for example, will send you to someone's wishlist on newegg.com

Who'd like to do some thwapping and see what we come up with?
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PSI Teleport
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3hgu brought up a Google Search.

"microsoft intellimouse 5 button group:*linux*"

And foot went to HP customer care! o_O

[ August 24, 2004, 05:02 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
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solo
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I just tried http://tinyurl.com/blah and got the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
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solo
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http brought up a Home & Garden Television article on a Double Knit Scarf.

food brought up a yahoo movie exclusive on Hidalgo.
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dag brings up this:

Edit: Shortened for scrolling.

[ August 24, 2004, 05:30 PM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]
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Mike
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http://tinyurl.com/solo

Nice page there, solo. [Smile]
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Mike
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Dag, you read my mind. [Smile]
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PSI Teleport
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PSI redirects back to another tinyurl, psq. And that goes to www.thiedek.com (which I misread at first, of course).
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http://tinyurl.com/xnera

I was amused.
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MidnightBlue
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sleep doesn't get you anywhere.
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a1b2 gets you this.
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xnera, yours is great [Smile]
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