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Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1)

by fatphil@pipedot.org on 2014-07-03 16:59 (#2B2)

I just get a login redirect.

Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1)

by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-03 18:09 (#2B5)

The link to the NYT is good - just checked it myself from another computer.

Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: -1, Flamebait)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-04 02:56 (#2B7)

Zafiro, the link is fine. Fatphil appears to have assumed the unrequested role of Pipedot Idiot Troll in Residence. Just ignore his inanity. Maybe he will go away.

Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1)

by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-04 19:44 (#2BE)

Ha ha, I'm trying to get people to COME to this site, not go away! :) But all I know is, if someone says the link doesn't work, and I try it and it works, my job is done. Although it's funny watching someone desperately fail to figure out how to get to the linked article - Christ, you can even read it in the printed URL!

Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 2, Insightful)

by fatphil@pipedot.org on 2014-07-06 21:18 (#2BZ)

Presumably you have historically signed in to their website, and have a cookie that lets you get past their block. I have not, and therefore do not. Even people on /., the IQ level of which I was hoping |. would exceed, understood this. Do you really not remember the annoyance that NYT links used to cause? Often, someone would post an alternative URL with whatever affiliate/partner field in the query was sufficient for getting past their block. Alas those parameters were whack-a-mole.

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2014-07-09 16:55 Insightful +1 kerrany@pipedot.org

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