How far could you get if you relied only on others?

"Often, people would ignore the instructions to aim the Tweenbot in the right direction, if that direction meant sending the robot into a perilous situation. One man turned the robot back in the direction from which it had just come, saying out loud to the Tweenbot, "You can't go that way, it's toward the road. " - http://ping.fm/3DBrM

The Great Linkrot Apocalypse is coming - look busy!

Very technical article on why tinyurl et al are bad. "it's 2009 now, and this problem no longer exists" - http://ping.fm/LKuFm

Also: a suggested solution! http://www.scripting.com/stories/2009/03/07/solvingTheTinyurlCentraliz.html

Also: fight back!! http://www.hugeurl.com/