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Re: Can someone please explain how "dànké." morphs to "xn--dnk-9ka1c." when you plug it into IE or Firefox?

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M3 wrote:
> I suspect this might relate to a simple class of one-dimensional
> cellular automata
> with two possible values for each cell (0 or 1), and rules depending
> on them...
> but I don't quite understand how they work.
> 
> Of particular interest was how in IE browser the search term "dànké."
> placed into the address bar morphs to URL "http://xn--dnk-9ka1c./"
> only momentarily but then generates a google search for the term
> "dànké." via the below URL.
> 
> http://www.google.com/search?q=d%C3%A0nk%C3%A9.&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Address&ie=&oe=
> 
> What processes govern these morphs? Can someone give me a step by step
> breakdown?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name

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Can someone please explain how "dànké." morphs to "xn--dnk-9ka1c." when you plug it into IE or Firefox? M3 <marty.musatov@gmail.com> - 2012-08-31 03:28 -0700
  Re: Can someone please explain how "dànké." morphs to "xn--dnk-9ka1c." when you plug it into IE or Firefox? Uwe Klein <uwe@klein-habertwedt.de> - 2012-08-31 14:07 +0200
  Re: Can someone please explain how "dànké." morphs to "xn--dnk-9ka1c." when you plug it into IE or Firefox? "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> - 2012-08-31 14:38 -0400
  Re: Can someone please explain how "dànké." morphs to "xn--dnk-9ka1c." when you plug it into IE or Firefox? E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists <Null@BlackList.Anitech-Systems.invalid> - 2012-08-31 13:56 -0700

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