people are doing interesting stuff

[David Chambers]

I made something similar a few years ago: http://bit.ly/dXYxGU

On 13 May 2015 at 12:45, bowerbird via Markdown-Discuss <
markdown-discuss at six.pairlist.net> wrote:

>
> http://channelurl.com/show/1f8b080084a9535500037d53c1929b300cbd6726ffa09e369b21ec7d3bfd924e0f06447031166bc9c9f2f7956cd24d2fe502587ad27b4ff28ab40604971006f2f10a3e0a2664b16f963c8ec7c38fff3ec7c3f120936710fc1438f9088b4bf340f70823a5c5c92b689085120e5a1d6442c86d6a43db808b0380c131424ff1864934c94e07cf6b709bfedd2d2893931d65d56e9ebd66b6b5b7863c37c0b4a056191048ab4d2e460c3985b6a7e5dd122f206e467e2200970bf08abd1f7def42d89a12fbc898b60b4b320b34c3e8547c8eabeb67062f200457945a2b0e98c266d97f959b17cd8eda853d60ed244ba8d28bee9ab4ebe5aab4e414754cf065aebe23c9c34ba5761e08eb197e7a96b39d616054cf12b666ad2fa8f39962d8cee787ffcf1235cd8fb0512e9e5d7128149a72a205ee94c3b0870a764166a7df5e18c308a73551e7bab0154b5cea34f65aa8fbb1a9c3b34a6562051f7c9cc17574c3da63a0f8a29a5097308422b6a9c45f18166251c08c5abec3de65c6bd066bf774d3bfe4782a9c6be5d29946353d27c6a69a879fae1770ab5275fda40a5cdc8d2eb27553d441edc9a84371a0d3da2090cdb36a6da1cbeaa331d28ba12c3fb2aedff355296d4f3ad3069e9abbb8953b6067c15f27b9d882e415aaa9774af3f7a2553708877d83174b54b
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>  5b064e5daa16813606b3858b1a2f43775edabb5fc294ad5171dc9c6f1ed179c2691f5fdededdf1bf0a60bd6abe7a9c068d6d160086ddb1a3a10e9569bcf5f1352e374e20f3a6690d155c0f1f007470c58e834040000
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> people are doing interesting stuff
> ==============================
>
> this text (in markdown format) is stored in the u.r.l., and
> then converted and displayed when that u.r.l. is visited.
>
> that is, some code on channelurl.com:
>
> - takes the u.r.l. -- specifically, the query-string -- and
>
> - unpacks it to get the underlying markdown text,
>
> - converts it to .html, and then
>
> - displays that .html.
>
> so this text is not stored -- *does not exist* -- elsewhere.
> it is **only** in the query-string.  if you changed that, you
> would change the message itself (probably to garbage).
>
> if, when you visit the link above, you don't see all this,
> it's most likely because the listserve trashed the link.
>
> of course, this exact approach means that you cannot
> send a very long message. but it's still quite interesting.
>
> (and, of course, any form of light-markup would work;
> indeed, some might be much better suited for the job.)
>
> [try it yourself!] (http://channelurl.com/discover)
>
> ok, well... it looks like the link thingee might not work...
>
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