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Do not use url shorterners. Do not create a linkbaiting title. That said, the demo by Doug Engelbart from 1968 (which is what you should have used as a title)

Do not use url shorterners. Do not create a linkbaiting title. That said, the demo by Doug Engelbart from 1968 (which is what you should have used as a title) is very impressive. I saw it ten years ago in my human-computer interaction course, and everyone was completely blown away by it then, and it's still very impressive.

arnorhs 17y ago
You mean on HN because we won't see the domain next to the link?
- allenbrunson 17y ago
  url shorteners are banned on news.yc. i expect pg will eventually get around to banning this one as well, once he's aware of it.
  - arnorhs 17y ago
    Ok, I didn't know about that. I can understand why they would seem unwanted, even though I don't see a reason to ban them, since I'd think links with shortened URLs would simply not be voted up in the first place...
- arnorhs 17y ago
  Why am I being down voted? I'm trying to understand this guy's opinion. I don't understand why he made that comment, so I was wondering if it was a rule on HN or if he simply didn't like URL shorteners in general.
  - henrikschroder 17y ago
    Dunno why you got voted down, but it's a rule here not to use them. URL-shorterners are very handy sometimes but here they are completely unnecessary, there's no 140-char limit...
Tihauan 17y ago
"The mother of all demos" was used for this particular demo by Douglas Crockford in one of his public lectures about Javascript, http://yuiblog.com/crockford/ http://yuiblog.com/crockford/. I also recommend watching that, btw. Besides the fact that this title is catchy - what's wrong with that? - it also tells more about the content than "the demo by Doug Engelbart from 1968". Surprisingly, not that many people know or care who Doug Engelbart is.
- rbonvall 17y ago
  It always has been called "the mother of all demos": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos :)
  - Tihauan 17y ago
    good to know :)
  - henrikschroder 17y ago
    Yes, if by "always" you mean less than half of its age...
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arnorhs 17y ago

You mean on HN because we won't see the domain next to the link?

allenbrunson 17y ago
url shorteners are banned on news.yc. i expect pg will eventually get around to banning this one as well, once he's aware of it.
- arnorhs 17y ago
  Ok, I didn't know about that. I can understand why they would seem unwanted, even though I don't see a reason to ban them, since I'd think links with shortened URLs would simply not be voted up in the first place...
arnorhs 17y ago
Why am I being down voted? I'm trying to understand this guy's opinion. I don't understand why he made that comment, so I was wondering if it was a rule on HN or if he simply didn't like URL shorteners in general.
- henrikschroder 17y ago
  Dunno why you got voted down, but it's a rule here not to use them. URL-shorterners are very handy sometimes but here they are completely unnecessary, there's no 140-char limit...

Tihauan 17y ago

"The mother of all demos" was used for this particular demo by Douglas Crockford in one of his public lectures about Javascript, http://yuiblog.com/crockford/ http://yuiblog.com/crockford/. I also recommend watching that, btw. Besides the fact that this title is catchy - what's wrong with that? - it also tells more about the content than "the demo by Doug Engelbart from 1968". Surprisingly, not that many people know or care who Doug Engelbart is.

rbonvall 17y ago
It always has been called "the mother of all demos": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos :)
- Tihauan 17y ago
  good to know :)
- henrikschroder 17y ago
  Yes, if by "always" you mean less than half of its age...
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