On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:44:07 +1200 Andrew Errington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:13, you wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 07:49:00PM +1200, Don Gould wrote: > > > RTFM the web site... http://www.clug.net.nz/ isn't the right answer at > > > present. > > > > How about leaving off the totally redundant and stupid waste of 4 > > characters "www." and let the resource specifier "http" do the work for > > you? :-) Not that that has anything to do with the problem, of course. > > Actually, I'm curious. Can someone please explain why some sites won't > work *unless* you provide the redundant and stupid 'www.' portion? > > For example (in FireFox): > > http://jaycar.co.nz Does not work > > http://www.jaycar.co.nz Does work > > There are other sites like that, and this is just one example to illustrate > my point. > > Andrew DNS. Depends if jaycar.co.nz resolves or not. If it does, then you'll be sent there. It's that simple. Steve
