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| From | "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.php |
| Subject | Re: OT: wasted bytes |
| Date | 2016-02-16 12:21 +0100 |
| Organization | solani.org |
| Message-ID | <n9v0o5$lq8$1@solani.org> (permalink) |
| References | <83d5cbdafje02j8e85i9jkmbs0n46t15qp@4ax.com> |
Richard Yates wrote: > Off topic for php, but I am curious why there would ever be a need for > a link like this (to a Washington Post news article): > > http://link.washingtonpost.com/click/6113040.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 jcm > 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 nV6 > OiUyMCZxdW90JTNCSSUyMGhhdmUlMjBubyUyMGludGVudGlvbiUy > > For those not wanting to scroll, it has 2011 characters (lower and > upper case and numbers). That makes 6x10^204 possible combinations. > For comparison there are a paltry 4x10^80 atoms in the observable > universe. To bring that somewhat back to being on topic: just try to urldecode(base64_decode())) the last path component of the given URL. ;) -- Christoph M. Becker
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Re: OT: wasted bytes "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2016-02-16 12:21 +0100
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