This is odd…
So I’m reading a message board, right? Someone posts a link, and formats it improperly,
e.g. http://”www.straightdope.com/classics/a971212.html” in stead of “http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a971212.html”.
This cannot, logically, be found. However, instead of giving me a popup error, it redirects to the Wikipedia article on HTTP. I wonder if this redirect was triggered by the message board (the SDMB), my browser (Firefox 1.0.7), or my ISP (MichOnline).
As a side note, when I type Chucksphere URLs, and forget to include the “.html” or applicable filename, it redirects to the Chuckese main page. Interesting.