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Re: dict.org down?

From Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: dict.org down?
Date 2014-07-30 00:31 +0000
Organization solani.org
Message-ID <pan.2014.07.30.00.31.14@gmail.com> (permalink)
References <pan.2014.07.30.00.19.01@gmail.com>

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On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:19:01 +0000, Mladen Gogala wrote:

> Dictionary server for gnome-dictionary is down for the last few days.
> 
> [root@medo mgogala]# nslookup dict.org Server:		
192.168.1.1 Address:
> 192.168.1.1#53
> 
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name:	dict.org Address: 216.18.20.172
> 
> [root@medo mgogala]# telnet  216.18.20.172 2628 Trying 216.18.20.172...
> ^C The only available server I was able to locate was in Germany:
> dict.uni-leipzig.de and it gives me all kinds of translations except
> English-to-English, which is what I want. Does anybody know of a
> publicly available dictionary server in the US? I don't want to run one
> myself.

It's not firewall issue, 

lynx http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/dict.org:2628

gives the following result:

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-- 
Mladen Gogala
The Oracle Whisperer
http://mgogala.byethost5.com

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dict.org down? Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen@gmail.com> - 2014-07-30 00:19 +0000
  Re: dict.org down? Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen@gmail.com> - 2014-07-30 00:31 +0000
  Re: dict.org down? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2014-07-30 19:38 +0000
    Re: dict.org down? Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen@gmail.com> - 2014-07-30 20:25 +0000

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