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It's down, does anyone have a mirror? It's been down for a couple of weeks now.

by jdp 17y ago

jedbrown 17y ago
Remove the underscore: $ ping _why.usesthis.com ping: unknown host _why.usesthis.com $ ping why.usesthis.com PING why.usesthis.com (74.207.245.100) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from waferbaby.com (74.207.245.100): icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=178 ms 64 bytes from waferbaby.com (74.207.245.100): icmp_seq=2 ttl=53 time=178 ms
- darshan 17y ago
  That doesn't help much, as the web server just serves the root document in that case.
colbyolson 17y ago
It's up for me.
- jackowayed 17y ago
  Yeah, down for me too, but http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/_why.usesthis.com http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/_why.usesthis.com says it's up. Weird
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GHFigs 17y ago
I seem to recall there being some browser/OS combination that could not handle underscores at the beginning of addresses. What are you using, and can you access it with another browser?
- decklin 17y ago
  On Linux, neither Chrome nor Firefox are working for me, yet: $ host _why.usesthis.com _why.usesthis.com has address 74.207.245.100 odd. [Edit: Looking at darshan's post below, I understand why: host (part of the BIND distribution) uses its own resolver; everything else goes through the system facility (i.e. glibc). I still don't know how to fix it, though.]
- pwmanagerdied 17y ago
  It's not working for me in either Chrome nor Firefox.
- jackowayed 17y ago
  Not the problem: $ curl http://_why.usesthis.com/ curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host '_why.usesthis.com'
- darshan 17y ago
  It's definitely the underscore: http://usesthis.com/ http://usesthis.com/ is accessible, as are all the other interviews, but http://_why.usesthis.com/ http://_why.usesthis.com/ isn't. And it doesn't seem to be the browser's fault: $ ping richard.stallman.usesthis.com PING richard.stallman.usesthis.com (74.207.245.100) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from waferbaby.com (74.207.245.100): icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=63.6 ms $ ping _why.usesthis.com ping: unknown host _why.usesthis.com So I can't resolve the domain name for some reason. This happens on both my home Gentoo box and my Slicehost Gentoo server.
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  - varjag 17y ago
    It's a DNS resolution issue. Underscores in domain names are invalid, but some DNS host software still resolves them, while others stick to the spec.
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gvb 17y ago
The underscore makes it an invalid hostname. :-( It is accessible in google cache, except _why's answers are images, which are not cached. Aaargh! So close. http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:QtwetYZV3HgJ:_why.usesthis.com/+http://_why.usesthis.com/&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:QtwetYZV3HgJ:_why.usest... http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc952 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc952: "A "name" (Net, Host, Gateway, or Domain name) is a text string up to 24 characters drawn from the alphabet (A-Z), digits (0-9), minus sign (-), and period (.)." See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostname#Restrictions_on_valid_host_names http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostname#Restrictions_on_valid_...
- kleevr 17y ago
  I worked around it by adding the following to my host file: "74.207.245.100 _why.usesthis.com"
- Jeremysr 17y ago
  I talked to the guy who did the interview a month ago and told him about the problem and advised him to change it to why.usesthis.com and his last words were "you know, i think i might do that. :)" So.
  - oneearedrabbit 17y ago
    You still can use the workaround: http://usesthis.com/interviews/_why http://usesthis.com/interviews/_why Thanks to the code: get '/interviews/:slug/?' do |slug| @interview = Interview.first(:slug => slug) raise not_found unless @interview haml :'interviews/show' end
johkra 17y ago
A way to access the content no matter the underscore problem: Who are you and what do you do? http://usesthis.com/images/interviews/_why.1.jpg http://usesthis.com/images/interviews/_why.1.jpg What hardware are you using? http://usesthis.com/images/interviews/_why.2.jpg http://usesthis.com/images/interviews/_why.2.jpg And what software? http://usesthis.com/images/interviews/_why.3.jpg http://usesthis.com/images/interviews/_why.3.jpg What would be your dream setup? http://usesthis.com/images/interviews/_why.4.jpg http://usesthis.com/images/interviews/_why.4.jpg
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ivan_i 17y ago
add this line to your /etc/hosts 74.207.245.100 _why.usesthis.com and it will work
- joeycfan 17y ago
  Dude, that advice worked, and it was cool. Thank you. Also - Why's interview was quite mad, like Why. Why, we miss you.
njn 17y ago
just remove the underscore: http://why.usesthis.com/ http://why.usesthis.com/
ComputerGuru 17y ago
You can use Google's DNS servers or OpenDNS and it'll resolve.

It's down, does anyone have a mirror? It's been down for a couple of weeks now.

by jdp 17y ago

It's down, does anyone have a mirror? It's been down for a couple of weeks now.

Remove the underscore: $ ping _why.usesthis.com ping: unknown host _why.usesthis.com $ ping why.usesthis.com PING why.usesthis.com (74.207.245.100) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from waferbaby.com (74.207.245.100): icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=178 ms 64 bytes from waferbaby.com (74.207.245.100): icmp_seq=2 ttl=53 time=178 ms

darshan 17y ago
That doesn't help much, as the web server just serves the root document in that case.

colbyolson 17y ago

It's up for me.

jackowayed 17y ago
Yeah, down for me too, but http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/_why.usesthis.com http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/_why.usesthis.com says it's up. Weird
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GHFigs 17y ago

I seem to recall there being some browser/OS combination that could not handle underscores at the beginning of addresses. What are you using, and can you access it with another browser?

decklin 17y ago
On Linux, neither Chrome nor Firefox are working for me, yet: $ host _why.usesthis.com _why.usesthis.com has address 74.207.245.100 odd. [Edit: Looking at darshan's post below, I understand why: host (part of the BIND distribution) uses its own resolver; everything else goes through the system facility (i.e. glibc). I still don't know how to fix it, though.]
pwmanagerdied 17y ago
It's not working for me in either Chrome nor Firefox.
jackowayed 17y ago
Not the problem: $ curl http://_why.usesthis.com/ curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host '_why.usesthis.com'
darshan 17y ago
It's definitely the underscore: http://usesthis.com/ http://usesthis.com/ is accessible, as are all the other interviews, but http://_why.usesthis.com/ http://_why.usesthis.com/ isn't. And it doesn't seem to be the browser's fault: $ ping richard.stallman.usesthis.com PING richard.stallman.usesthis.com (74.207.245.100) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from waferbaby.com (74.207.245.100): icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=63.6 ms $ ping _why.usesthis.com ping: unknown host _why.usesthis.com So I can't resolve the domain name for some reason. This happens on both my home Gentoo box and my Slicehost Gentoo server.
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- varjag 17y ago
  It's a DNS resolution issue. Underscores in domain names are invalid, but some DNS host software still resolves them, while others stick to the spec.
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gvb 17y ago

The underscore makes it an invalid hostname. :-( It is accessible in google cache, except _why's answers are images, which are not cached. Aaargh! So close. http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:QtwetYZV3HgJ:_why.usesthis.com/+http://_why.usesthis.com/&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:QtwetYZV3HgJ:_why.usest... http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc952 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc952: "A "name" (Net, Host, Gateway, or Domain name) is a text string up to 24 characters drawn from the alphabet (A-Z), digits (0-9), minus sign (-), and period (.)." See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostname#Restrictions_on_valid_host_names http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostname#Restrictions_on_valid_...

kleevr 17y ago
I worked around it by adding the following to my host file: "74.207.245.100 _why.usesthis.com"
Jeremysr 17y ago
I talked to the guy who did the interview a month ago and told him about the problem and advised him to change it to why.usesthis.com and his last words were "you know, i think i might do that. :)" So.
- oneearedrabbit 17y ago
  You still can use the workaround: http://usesthis.com/interviews/_why http://usesthis.com/interviews/_why Thanks to the code: get '/interviews/:slug/?' do |slug| @interview = Interview.first(:slug => slug) raise not_found unless @interview haml :'interviews/show' end

johkra 17y ago

A way to access the content no matter the underscore problem: Who are you and what do you do? http://usesthis.com/images/interviews/_why.1.jpg http://usesthis.com/images/interviews/_why.1.jpg What hardware are you using? http://usesthis.com/images/interviews/_why.2.jpg http://usesthis.com/images/interviews/_why.2.jpg And what software? http://usesthis.com/images/interviews/_why.3.jpg http://usesthis.com/images/interviews/_why.3.jpg What would be your dream setup? http://usesthis.com/images/interviews/_why.4.jpg http://usesthis.com/images/interviews/_why.4.jpg

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ivan_i 17y ago

add this line to your /etc/hosts 74.207.245.100 _why.usesthis.com and it will work

joeycfan 17y ago
Dude, that advice worked, and it was cool. Thank you. Also - Why's interview was quite mad, like Why. Why, we miss you.

njn 17y ago

just remove the underscore: http://why.usesthis.com/ http://why.usesthis.com/

ComputerGuru 17y ago

You can use Google's DNS servers or OpenDNS and it'll resolve.