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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

#11686 — dict.org down?

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.

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

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#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:

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

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#11691

In comp.os.linux.misc, Mladen Gogala  <gogala.mladen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dictionary server for gnome-dictionary is down for the last few days.

I have observed the same thing. But from command line 'dict' client on
NetBSD.

> 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.

I've been running a local one at $WORK on Ubuntu. It was a very simple
apt-get install, uses a modest amount of disk space by modern
standards[*], and does not use any appreciable amount of other
resources.

It's not like the dictionaries get updates often. There's no
administrative burden after install. You (and many more people) should 
run local servers.

[*] $ du -sh /usr/share/dictd
    45M     /usr/share/dictd
    I did not install any of the intra-language translation dictionaries.

Elijah
------
the dict server runs on port 2628, so root not needed

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#11692

On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:38:35 +0000, Eli the Bearded wrote:

> In comp.os.linux.misc, Mladen Gogala  <gogala.mladen@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dictionary server for gnome-dictionary is down for the last few days.
> 
> I have observed the same thing. But from command line 'dict' client on
> NetBSD.
> 
>> 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.
> 
> I've been running a local one at $WORK on Ubuntu. It was a very simple
> apt-get install, uses a modest amount of disk space by modern
> standards[*], and does not use any appreciable amount of other
> resources.
> 
> It's not like the dictionaries get updates often. There's no
> administrative burden after install. You (and many more people) should 
> run local servers.
> 
> [*] $ du -sh /usr/share/dictd
>     45M     /usr/share/dictd
>     I did not install any of the intra-language translation 
dictionaries.
> 
> Elijah
> ------
> the dict server runs on port 2628, so root not needed

Thanks! I was able to find another server at dict.tu-chemnitz.de so, dictd 
is not needed for now.



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

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