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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Chris writes (8/20/2007, 9:59
AM)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>>
> The Enthusiast by David Ewing Duncan<BR>> > A controversial biologist
at Harvard claims</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
size=3><FONT>> > he can extend life span and <BR>> > treat diseases
of aging. He may be right.<BR></FONT>> > </FONT></FONT><A
href="http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/19172/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/19172/</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>> Both the title and the url were encoded
links. And while the URL works <BR>> fine, the link under it was
something obnoxious!<BR><BR>> > "</FONT><A
href="http://cl.exct.net/?ju=fe3115747c650675741474&ls=fdef1573716c0d7872107371&m=ff011674776105&l=fec4127776650574&s=fe2f167274620075741371&jb=ffcf14&t"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://cl.exct.net/?ju=fe3115747c650675741474&ls=fdef1573716c0d7872107371&m=ff011674776105&l=fec4127776650574&s=fe2f167274620075741371&jb=ffcf14&t</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>="<BR><BR>> There's no way for anyone to safely
click on something like that. It <BR>> would be much more polite to
just send us the visible link, and not the <BR>> obfuscated link that
presumably goes through someone's tracking system.<BR>> <BR>>
Grumble,<BR>> Chris</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Thanks for pointing this out. I take
implicit in your</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>warning that </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>1. when posting links, try to go to the web
page</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> (wherever you found it), and
copy the URL that</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> appears in your browser
window, instead of the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> potentially dangerous extended
link</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>2. when about to click on an html posted
link,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> like appeared in that email
(below), examine</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> where the link really takes
you before clicking</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>3. avoid posting in HTML items such as the
underlined</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> "The Enthusiast" below, and
post instead a string</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> beginning with "http://" that
takes you somewhere</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> you'll gamble will be
safe.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Are these right?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Lee</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>P.S. Good article, by the way,
Samantha</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=sjatkins@mac.com href="mailto:sjatkins@mac.com">Samantha Atkins</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 19, 2007 10:46
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [ExI] The enthusiast</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><A
href="http://cl.exct.net/?ju=fe3115747c650675741474&ls=fdef1573716c0d7872107371&m=ff011674776105&l=fec4127776650574&s=fe2f167274620075741371&jb=ffcf14&t="><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">The Enthusiast</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial
color=#8c8c8c size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 11px">by
David Ewing Duncan</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 15px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal">A controversial biologist at
Harvard claims he can extend life span and treat diseases of aging. He may be
right. </SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana size=3><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><BR></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><A
href="http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/19172/"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 11px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span
color=#1780a1>http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/19172/</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>