# Link test

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-test/187636
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [July 11, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-test/187636 "2003-07-11T03:12:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-test/187636/1 "2003-07-11T03:12:04Z")

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[Does this link work?](http://www.geocities.com/cxzzxc2/curvejob.asf)

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### Author: ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-test/187636/2 "2003-07-11T03:13:27Z")

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I guess not.

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### Author: ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-test/187636/3 "2003-07-11T03:17:17Z")

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The link works. The site it goes to doesn’t. That yours? If so, you need help getting it up and running?

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### Author: ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-test/187636/4 "2003-07-11T03:32:37Z")

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I got it to work.

If you take the link and just paste it into a browser, it opens up Windows Media Player and plays the clip.

It’s a Geocities thing, from what I’ve been told.

(I’ve seen the clip before, though.)

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### Author: ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-test/187636/5 "2003-07-11T03:35:31Z")

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Geocities will not allow a direct link like that. Cut and paste will work, like theman said.

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### Author: ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-test/187636/6 "2003-07-11T17:20:33Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \*  
> \*\*The link works. The site it goes to doesn’t. That yours? If so, you need help getting it up and running? \*\*

Yep, that’s mine. Havn’t touched in in a while. I was just trying to see if I could link to it. But I guess Geocrapities doesn’t allow that. I sure if I paid though… 🙂  
Oh well, thanks.