Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Mladen Gogala Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: dict.org down? Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:31:14 +0000 (UTC) Organization: solani.org Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: solani.org 1406680274 16530 eJwNyskBwCAMA7CVcjh2GYcGsv8Ird6qpLMFFlFTg3CbvYS4O9dcO2lvduB/sL5KyWndijgP+AEK8RAx (30 Jul 2014 00:31:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.solani.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:31:14 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) X-User-ID: eJwFwQERADEIAzBL7YDyk8PB8C/hkzBRna6Qx8Zy9CKZQULoywM+2x1N3ccyzac6wAg53j8GihCN Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ee78lOV5ZnPr6/e2Y9F8G4WK/m8= X-NNTP-Posting-Host: eJwVy8cBwDAIBLCVaEcZJ8aw/whJ/hLU2TvM4YbFsvAI5qghOaputrfUPLGVfK4QkebHi/U/LwWRD8A= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:11687 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: It's not just you! http://dict.org:2628 looks down from here. Check another site? Is downtime destroying your website & business? Time for a dependable web host - Special Offer! .Biz Short URL at isup.me -- Mladen Gogala The Oracle Whisperer http://mgogala.byethost5.com