Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Experiments in Web Surfing.

Hi there. The internet is an interesting thing. What I think is really funny is when a seemingly innocent internet address ends up being completely different from what you expected. So, I thought we could try a little experiment. I'm going to type in come different internet addresses that on face seem like they should be straightforward as to what you will encounter. I will then type what actually is at that internet site. The classic example of course is www.whitehouse.com which ends up being a porn site.

1) www.bush.com result: site not found
2) www.kerry.com result: a pro Kerry website but I don't think it is a Kerry-sponsored site.
3) www.sesamestreet.com result: I was half expecting some kind of porn site but it actually directs you to www.sesameworkshop.org which is a Sesame Street affiliated website. Thank goodness!
4) www.sesamestreet.net result: However change that .com to a .net and you end up at some site advertising internet access. Very strange.
5) www.gongya.com result: some Korean website so needless to say I have no idea of what it's about.

Okay that was thoroughly boring. I think I should just stick to the poetry. Have a nice day!

1 comment:

DAWN said...

Actually I found it kind of interesting. Thanks for the entertainment. ~DAWN