gistfile1.html

<h1>Test1</h1>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<textarea style="width: 500px; height: 500px;">
</textarea>
<a href="#">Test1</a>

<script>
  $("a").click(function(e){
    var test = "?name=";
    for(var i=0; i<8155; i++){
      test += "a"
    }
    window.location.href = "/~joe/test.php" + test;
  });
</script>