Re: Period at the end of a link or not?

[J Wermont <jwermont -at- sonic -dot- net>]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 05:05:36PM -0500, Peter Neilson wrote:
 > J Wermont wrote:
 > >
 > >Wouldn't adding a period at the end of a link change the link, and make
 > >it invalid? That is, isn't
 > >
 > >   http://www.xxx.com/blah 
 > >
 > >different from
 > >
 > >   http://www.xxx.com/blah.
 > >
 > >? When the browser tries to load the latter, it would get a 404 error,
 > >I would think.
 > 
 > Joyce, both of those take me to www.xxx.com, a place none of want to be 
 > caught looking. Indeed, I used a Linux system, not my Winders, when I 
 > tested them, just to make sure nothing bad happened to my machine; also, 
 > no family members can view what's on my Linux systems unless I let 'em, 
 > unlike the Winders machines. www.qiuweyreyr.com (or www.qiuweyreyr.com.) 
 > is a better fake URL.

For the record, I am not familiar with that site. :) I was just using XXX
as an example. I forgot that "XXX" has meanings other than "variable name". :)

You didn't really need to click on it to understand my point, though, did
you??

And is there really a page called "blah" on the site?

Joyce
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