I went to Autosearch settings, and changed the setting to "Do not search from the address bar". Now I can type in "flafflemuffins" and it'll try to go to http://flafflemuffins/
I'm still staying with Opera, but this could come in handy for testing URLs on a local LAN with IE.
The problem with the instant runoff system is that it requires a bit of voter intelligence. Those little old ladies that couldn't deal with the butterfly ballot - imagine explaining it to them. "So write down a 1 beside your favourite candidate, and a 2 beside your second favourite". "But I don't have a second favourite, I just like that nice Mr Gore". The first past the post system has the virtue of simplicity, at least.
In New Zealand there's.gen.nz for "Individuals and other organisations not covered elsewhere". See http://www.domainz.net.nz for more information. One thing that's always annoyed me is companies registering way too many domain names. Movie studios are particularly bad - for instance, www.meninblack.com. What's wrong with meninblack.sonypictures.com?
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Changing IE's default search behaviour
I went to Autosearch settings, and changed the setting to "Do not search from the address bar". Now I can type in "flafflemuffins" and it'll try to go to http://flafflemuffins/
I'm still staying with Opera, but this could come in handy for testing URLs on a local LAN with IE.
URL entered: www.nochancethisisreal.comN SAS&q=www.nochancethisisreal.com
Result: Redirected to ninemsn.com.au search engine. Specifically, http://search.ninemsn.com.au/dnserror.aspx?FORM=D
URL entered: http://www.nochancethisisreal.com
Result: Cannot find server or DNS error.
Draw your own conclusions.
The problem with the instant runoff system is that it requires a bit of voter intelligence. Those little old ladies that couldn't deal with the butterfly ballot - imagine explaining it to them. "So write down a 1 beside your favourite candidate, and a 2 beside your second favourite". "But I don't have a second favourite, I just like that nice Mr Gore". The first past the post system has the virtue of simplicity, at least.
In New Zealand there's .gen.nz for "Individuals and other organisations not covered elsewhere". See http://www.domainz.net.nz for more information. One thing that's always annoyed me is companies registering way too many domain names. Movie studios are particularly bad - for instance, www.meninblack.com. What's wrong with meninblack.sonypictures.com?