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NYT Free Links

Rewrites New York Times links to point to the free archive. (Uses http://k0nrad.sobertillnoon.com/genlink/)






May 7, 2007
David Booth Scriptwright

This script seems like a great idea, but it tries to access another server, http://k0nrad.sobertillnoon.com , which is "Server not found" as of this posting (6-May-2007).

Is there a reason why this script needs to access that site? It seems like a significant security risk, because the code on that server could change at any time, and users would never know.

How about re-writing this script to be self contained? I, for one, would feel much more comfortable trying it if I could first look at *all* of the code it uses, to know what I am getting and know that it would not change without my control or knowledge.

Thanks

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