In one of the even more absurd cases: According to an AP report (cited in Slashdot), Intentia International has filed criminal charges against Reuters PLC, alleging that the news service illegally obtained an earnings report that the company had not yet released, by guessing the URL at which it had been posted on Intentia’s public web site. Intentia claims that the report was “not available through normal channels,” according to AP. (Also see Financial Times and CNET News.com reports.) DES

  • Bobby Bandwidth
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    211 year ago

    Remember in the early days when a teacher would write a super long url on the chalkboard and then you had to write it down with a pencil on paper, and then later type it all into a computer

      • Corhen
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        1 year ago

        Follow us online, hch, tee tee pee, collon slash slash Double-yew Double-yew Double-yew dot…

      • @grue
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        1 year ago

        Hey, you never know: it might’ve been a Gopher page instead! \s

    • teft
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      111 year ago

      And the teacher’s 1, l, I, and | all look the same.