Down with tinyurl! (was Re: importing excel data into a python matrix?)

Steven D'Aprano steve at REMOVE-THIS-cybersource.com.au
Sun Sep 19 23:43:01 EDT 2010


On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 06:16:49 -0700, Aahz wrote:

> Please don't use tinyurl -- it's opaque and provides zero help to anyone
> who might later want to look it up (and also no accessibility if tinyurl
> ever goes down).  At the very least, include the original URL for
> reference.

Do you have something against tinyurl in particular, or would any URL 
shortener service also get your ire?


-- 
Steven



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