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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.
by 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 agoI worked around it by adding the following to my host file: "74.207.245.100 _why.usesthis.com"
- Jeremysr 17y agoI 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 agoYou 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