Posted by Stewart Gordon on 03/14/06 16:11

Alan Cole wrote:
>>> windandwaves wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why do we go to Microsoft when we enter
>>>> http://http://whateveryouwanthere
<snip>
> That is weird... I get taken to microsoft too if I type in
> http://http:// and it has nothing to do with microsoft software as that
> is in Firefix running on a Mac... Most bizarre.

Under SeaMonkey on a Mac, I get

While trying to retrieve the URL:
http://http.lboro.ac.uk//whateveryouwanthere

The following error was encountered:

Unable to determine IP address from host name for http.lboro.ac.uk

Stewart.

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