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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] Stupid Google Redirect URL Utility
From:       Randall R Schulz <rschulz () sonic ! net>
Date:       2009-06-09 12:46:59
Message-ID: 200906090546.59274.rschulz () sonic ! net
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On Tuesday June 9 2009, Peter Van Lone wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Randall R Schulz<rschulz@sonic.net> 
wrote:
> >> However, at the bottom of the item listing the actual
> >> URL target is printed clearly and can be copied. Since it is not a
> >> link, I cannot "save as" but I can easily copy and paste to go
> >> straight there.
> >
> > Those don't even include the http:// prefix.
>
> LOL! And that bothers you, why?

Because no program can use such a fragment of a URL to access it.


> This just seems hilarious to me ... Google's big evil plan requires
> that you slightly modify your behavior in order to not participate in
> the evil plan, but you would rather fuss with writing scripts and
> getting huffy than ... just ... copy the text at the bottom of the
> search result?

I said nothing about anyone being evil. I don't personally care if 
Google keeps track of which of the hits they produce I actually use, 
it's just the way they're now doing it that gets in my way. It's very 
inconvenient not to be able to readily access the actual URLs of the 
search hits the produce.


> Oy ...

Meaning what?


Randall Schulz
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