an extraordinary bit of bodging with wires and rubber flip flops

[Martin Bonner]

Brian had two points:

1. Short URLs are better than long URLs (not sure I agree with this).
2. He can't see the picture because he's blind. (admittedly, he skipped the "because" bit).

[meow2222]

Its more likely to be plugged in than not.

[Tim+]

Why? Would you plug it in if you were in that pool? It's a set up for f*ck's sake!

Tim

[meow2222]

Obviously we don't know which it is. We never will.

NT

[Tim+]

I'm over 99% happy it's a set up.

Another shot from the same series.

think they're playing with live wires?

Tim

[polygonum]

What was that week's special offer?

[Dave Liquorice]

I wouldn't be at all surprised.

to me like some rather merry lads and "wouldn't it be a good idea if...". We see bread on the grill but admitedly no actual toast. It seems an awful lot of work for just a "set up". The whole series of photos is what some one has almost randomly shot at some online gaming/computer geek event to me.

331 thumbnails at:

[Tim+]

Not really. An awful lot of arsing around in general but setting up the grill to fake up a "dangerous" scene to freak out gullible friends with would only have taken a few minutes.

Tim

[Jonathan]

If you are blind and have software to read the screen to you, it would make a lot of difference.

Jonathan

[Martin Bonner]

Well, yes. Brevity is preferable to verbosity. And I can see a long complex URL will be tedious for the user of a screen reader. On the other hand, I certainly prefer to see where the URL is actually going rather than a tinurl version.

[Jules Richardson]

Plus, short URLs fit on the screen rather than overflowing the monitor and pushing stuff off your desk.

[Fredxx]

I have come across instances where the short URL alternative has long since gone with the original page still there.

So I would value the long URL more than a temporary short one. It also depends on the newsreader as to whether the long URL gets munged or split!

[Grimly Curmudgeon]