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Living Room / Re: I have a very hard announcement to make

« Last post by Renegade on October 14, 2010, 07:21 AM »

... (I haven't written a program in over 10 years though I am still full of intentions)...

-Carol Haynes (October 14, 2010, 03:47 AM)

If your intentions are good, then you're on the road to Hell. Which is good because I could use the company~!





Just couldn't resist that~!

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Living Room / Re: I have a very hard announcement to make

« Last post by Renegade on October 12, 2010, 11:43 PM »

I'm really sorry to hear that.

You've contributed so much, and I know that I for one have appreciated having you as company.

It's always hard to walk away from something like this. Failure to reach goals can be crushing.

In 2003 I had a catastrophic failure that sent me into financial and personal ruin. I lost everything I had, including my relationship at the time, and went brutally into debt to top it off. I had no place to live. I was half way around the planet from family. I had just enough borrowed money to quickly get a roof over my head.

For me it was abrupt and sudden, and not a gradual realization. So I can kind of understand how you feel.

What kept me going was simply putting it all behind me and pushing forward, determined to start over again and get back on my feet.

I hustled and managed to create a position at a company for myself. Which was fortunate, as I was desperate. But over time I managed to get back on my feet. It took a long time though as I was in debt. I had 2 "celebrations": 1) when my debt levels dropped down to my cash-in-hand level, and 2) when my debt was actually paid off.

The whole time I had that catastrophe casting a shadow over me, and the only thing I could do was to set it aside, put it in a box, and not think about it.

I don't know if my little story will be meaningful for you. I don't know if it will help in any way.

I hope that you can stand tall and carry on to get accomplished what you need to. I wish you all the best going forward.

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Living Room / Re: if proxy connection works - who is blocking me: my ISP or the server?

« Last post by Renegade on October 12, 2010, 08:18 AM »

That last hop is across their internal network (whois on IP shows it's a single contiguous block owned by E-Commerce Hosting). This thing has borked routing table written all over it.

-Stoic Joker (October 12, 2010, 07:38 AM)

So, in layman's speak, is that, "the hosting company is dropping the ball, so get a new one"?

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Living Room / Re: Firefox Stability Issues

« Last post by Renegade on October 12, 2010, 04:26 AM »

FF has been behaving very well for the last week. No crashes. Dunno. 

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Living Room / Re: if proxy connection works - who is blocking me: my ISP or the server?

« Last post by Renegade on October 11, 2010, 11:27 PM »

My wife just got the same 403 there, and I'm getting the normal Facebook. She hit CTRL + F5 and it's back to normal. Facebook is just bizarre.

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Living Room / Re: Firefox Stability Issues

« Last post by Renegade on October 11, 2010, 10:50 PM »

I have heard something about Mozilla using an SQL database that fills up over time and causes issues like this. Don’t know if that is real or bs though.

-J-Mac (October 11, 2010, 10:20 PM)

CCleaner can optionally compact the SQL databases of Firefox if you let it.  Don't know if that will help you.
 (see attachment in previous post)

-4wd (October 11, 2010, 10:41 PM)

That can't be the problem as this machine is pretty new. Like 2 months old or so.

Thanks for the recommendation though. I'll keep it in my renegade mind.

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Living Room / Re: if proxy connection works - who is blocking me: my ISP or the server?

« Last post by Renegade on October 11, 2010, 10:26 PM »

Sigh...





I just don't know HOW this stuff gets so screwed up!

If anyone has any clues, please speak up.

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Living Room / Re: Google testing cars that drive themselves...

« Last post by Renegade on October 11, 2010, 07:11 PM »

Hmmm... We've been hearing about this for a long time. I'm not so sure it will pan out like people think though.

Rain, sleet, snow, ice, wind, and other environmental conditions will be massive barriers.

But it is certainly very interesting, and I really hope that this stuff pans out well. It would save me a lot of stress and curse words while I drive.


BTW - I just noticed the sig in your left-side profile. Very cute! Here's a C# port: while(!horse.dead){horse.beat();}

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Living Room / Re: The Internet by 2020?

« Last post by Renegade on October 11, 2010, 06:10 PM »

I'm curious if there will still be many traditional desktop computers in use in ten years.

...This 24" monitor is starting to feel squeezed.
...Maybe a 42" would be better.
...I'll need to get a job.
...Suddenly this 24-incher feels just right.

-zridling (October 11, 2010, 01:11 PM)

Good question.

What could be a better form factor? You still need a large monitor to get real work done. More complex work requires more monitors even.

I have a hard time imagining something that could replace the desktop that quickly.

Now, if things could be miniaturized nicely, then "displayper" would be the limiting size. Right now I think size and weight is the limiting factor. A 24" tablet? Hmmm...

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Living Room / Re: How much soda (pop) do you drink?

« Last post by Renegade on October 11, 2010, 04:34 PM »

I remember years ago an aquaintance going on a mars-bars only diet (I think it was a fad for a while) - I cant remember how long it lasted - she lost weight but one day she collapsed and gave up mars bars after that :-)

my mother tried such a scheme on my sister and i when we were young.  so fed up with us eating candy was she, that she proclaimed we would eat nothing but candy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, until we were sick of candy and ready to give it up.

my memory of the experiment was that she lasted for a couple of days and then had to give up the experiment due to a catastrophic failure in predicted outcome

-mouser (October 11, 2010, 09:08 AM)

HAHAHAHAHA~! "Miscalculation" stories are always awesome, but that one is about as sweet as it gets~!

@Renegade:

Look here for the rich people version of the terere/mate cup (guampa) and straw (bombilla) (scroll to the bottom).

-Shades (October 11, 2010, 09:40 AM)

Wow. Those are some swanky looking cups~! You weren't kidding about "rich"!

Thanks for posting the pics.

My logic was just about counting calories. For example a can of coke is only about 140 calories which is the same as maybe two biscuits, but for me at least the coke is much more filling. That said I know I was taking in too much sugar, plus I probably got hooked on the stuff Nonetheless it's surprising just how little calories there is in coke, certainly less than much other, non-diet, sodas and juice drinks.

-Eóin (October 11, 2010, 10:51 AM)

You should watch the video I posted above. The guy goes through, in detail, exactly how and why a calories isn't just a calorie, and why calories from junk food (sugar and specifically fructose) are so bad. It's very enlightening, and very scary, especially after having been told the exact opposite for so many decades. (This information was buried available in 1972.)

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Living Room / Re: The Internet by 2020?

« Last post by Renegade on October 10, 2010, 05:45 PM »

Sometimes those kinds of things are depressing. I can think of lots of ways to make money aiming forward like that, but they simply take too much to get started. Sigh...

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Living Room / Re: crisis of credit visualized by Jonathan Jarvis

« Last post by Renegade on October 10, 2010, 05:09 PM »

Excellent video!

Absolutely worth watching. Informative and very entertaining at the same time.

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Living Room / Re: How much soda (pop) do you drink?

« Last post by Renegade on October 10, 2010, 03:55 PM »

Since I am dating my girlfriend I just drink water and eat healthier smaller portions, dropping 20 kilos after 8 months.

Everybody in the South Americas is acquainted with Tereré (cold) or Maté (hot). Both are a mix of (medicinal) herbs for taste and water (cold in summer, hot in winter).

The herbs go into a special cup, which is in turn filled up with water. A special kind of metal/silver straw with filter is then used to drink the water. Very healthy. Maybe NYC should lobby to get this stuff to the United States.

-Shades (October 10, 2010, 12:08 PM)

20 kg? WOW~!

That's amazing!

I remember meeting a friend that I'd not seen for a few years in 2002 or so. He had been quite overweight, but not grotesquely so. When I saw him in 2002 he was rail thin. I thought he had gotten sick. He answered that the only thing that changed was that he'd turned on to green tea and was drinking about 20 cups a day.

Your medicinal herb story really isn't very surprising for me. But it certainly reaffirms a few things for me.

But the straw is a surprise. Does it really have an affect? Would a normal one not be as effective? Could you post a picture of one?

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Living Room / Re: How much soda (pop) do you drink?

« Last post by Renegade on October 10, 2010, 08:59 AM »

I used to drink an insane amount of diet soda (around 3 liters a day) but currently drink an average of less than a glass per month.

I have a hatred of liquid sugar, so I never drink the stuff with the HFC added...only diet. Regular sodas make me feel like I am growing hair on my teeth. (yuck!)

From what I understand, New York originally wanted a whole lot more than a ban on sodas for this...they wanted to ban anything containing any type of sugar or HFC (and sugar itself), including breakfast cereals, cookies, instant oatmeal, candy, snack cakes, pancake syrup, cake & muffin mixes, jellies & jams, etc...with plans on broadening it to included things with added fats and salt, in the future. If they had their way, there wouldn't be anything left for people to buy and food stamps would be a complete joke.

And while a ban from buying this stuff with food stamps will stop people from using food stamps to buy it, it won't stop people from buying it. Instead they will have to use their cash allowance they receive from the government to do it, money that would have been used to buy clothes for their kids, toilet paper, laundry detergent, etc.

They can't really stop buying it since the majority of the small juice box drinks approved for children to take to school in their lunch boxes are on the ban list. The remaining ones are insanely expensive. Each family needs to purchase 20 juice boxes per school aged child, per month, unless the school has cooking facilities and a free lunch program they are eligible for (some small schools in rural areas don't). Sold in packs of 3, that is about $10.50 per child, per month. If they use their food stamps to get the approved juices, it's about twice that. Considering the program only allows a max of about $75 per family member, per month, that's a pretty big chunk to force poor people to pay.

And the free lunch program isn't better than sending your kid to school with a peanut butter & jelly sandwich, a piece of fruit, and a HFC loaded juice drink (fortified with vitamin C), since the federal govt allows schools to do stupid stuff like call packets of relish and ketchup nutritious vegetables and substitute a few corn chips in place of bread.

-app103 (October 10, 2010, 07:57 AM)

I think if they did ban a lot more, the producers would respond with alternatives. e.g. The "jam" I buy has no added sugar. It's just pure fruit spread. There are a *few* things out there that you can get without sugar.

For juice boxes, that problem is easily solved. It's called a thermos. My mom sent me to school with one. Orange juice. Apple juice.

I didn't know that "relish" was a vegetable. That's some pretty impressive lobbying.

My wife and I buy mostly fresh food and very little packaged or canned food. A lot of the time it's actually cheaper to eat like that. I notice a very real difference as well. When we eat fresh food, our energy levels are higher and we're more productive. When we eat crap, we get tired.

I had a McDonald's sausage egg mcmuffin a few weeks back. It nearly knocked me out.

Dunno. I just find that fresh food doesn't give me "food coma". The other night I made tacos. All fresh ingredients. I love the stuff. Pigged out massively. But I didn't get food coma. I was overstuffed, but not passed out.

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Living Room / Re: How much soda (pop) do you drink?

« Last post by Renegade on October 10, 2010, 08:46 AM »

That's a big gap between None Never and 1-2 Drinks per week 

... I'm in between, maybe once per month or two?

-Perry Mowbray (October 10, 2010, 08:12 AM)

Good point. I updated it with a 6th option for very rarely.

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Living Room / How much soda (pop) do you drink?

« Last post by Renegade on October 10, 2010, 03:20 AM »

Looks like New York is pushing to ban the use of food stamps for soda pop. Article #2

The issue is so hot/bad that Pepsi is giving away 10 million cans of a new less-toxic drink. Article #2
 
The issue largely revolves around high fructose corn syrup.

This video actually gives you REAL science to back up claims, and not just some namby-pamby soft claims and BS like you usually get. (Very refreshing!)

I recommend watching that video very highly. I cannot stress enough just how insightful it is, and how good the information is. Most often you get some wishy-washy BS with no hard science and no real information. This guy is hard core and doesn't dumb things down. He has actual information and explains it intelligently. That being said, put your thinking cap on as it will challenge you unless you are well educated in biochemistry.



I hang out in some other forums and the topic came up here. (I can most certainly say that the quality of posting here is infinitely higher. DC is a much better place for discussion by light years. Thoughtfulness in posts, courtesy, etc.)

Anyways, I rarely drink soda and try very hard to eliminate most sugar from my diet with the exception of sugar in fresh food like oranges, melons, carrots, etc.

My "soda" is actually drinking vinegar (I mentioned it a long time ago here) in sparkling mineral water. (I just ran out and need to buy more, but it's kind of hard to find and there's only 1 Korean store here that I've found that has it.)

Anyways, just wondering about people here. How much do you drink?

Also, I wanted to use the poll to suck people in and find out what people think about banning the use of food stamps for soda. Good? Bad? Ugly? Non-issue? Not far enough?

Fire away!

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Living Room / Re: Email Security

« Last post by Renegade on October 09, 2010, 06:49 PM »

There's a problem though... Remembering all the passwords and accounts. You can rely on your browser, but you're linked to 1 computer. You can use something like the ALTools toolbar and ALPass Online, but then you're linked to Windows and Internet Explorer.

You can try to come up with a system that lets you generate a password that uses the domain name as the deterministic seed, but then you run into sites that put low limits on password lengths. e.g. Shift fingers right 1 and up 1 on the keyboard then type the domain name ignoring numbers.

It's a difficult problem to conclusively solve.

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Living Room / Re: if proxy connection works - who is blocking me: my ISP or the server?

« Last post by Renegade on October 09, 2010, 06:37 PM »

Renegade was very helpful doing lots of tracerts. Hopefully he'll be so kind to do them again in a few days.

-nudone (October 09, 2010, 12:36 PM)

You don't need me to do it. All you need is a looking glass. There are lots of them out there. I was using the Level 3 Looking Glass.

Here's a list of them.

Just find a trace route in one of them and enter the address along with something like "All North America" or a specific city. It takes a while though. Expect it to take 45 minutes or more. Just leave your browser open.

Looking glasses are essential for a lot of things, and it's good to keep them in mind as they are such valuable tools. If you're not familiar with them, try some out and bookmark a few.

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Living Room / Re: if proxy connection works - who is blocking me: my ISP or the server?

« Last post by Renegade on October 08, 2010, 07:15 AM »

Renegade, are we saying this really isn't anything specific to me then - it's quite a wide problem?

-nudone (October 08, 2010, 07:09 AM)

I'm not sure. Here are pings that resolve:

Spoiler

Level 3 Site:
        
Ping To:
        
Packet Size:
        
Packet Count:
        
IPv6:
    
ALL European sitesAmsterdam, NetherlandsAMSIX NAP AmsterdamBucharest, RomaniaBerlin, GermanyBrussels, BelgiumDublin, IrelandDusseldorf, GermanyFrankfurt, GermanyGeneva, SwitzerlandHamburg, GermanyLondon, EnglandLondon, England (2)Madrid, SpainManchester, UKMilan, ItalyMunich, GermanyParis, FrancePrague, Czech RepublicSofia, BulgariaStockholm, SwedenVienna, AustriaWarsaw, PolandZurich, SwitzerlandALL North American sitesAtlanta, GABaltimore, MDBoston, MABaton Rouge, LABurlington, VTBuffalo, NYColumbia, SCChicago, ILCharlottesville, VACincinnati, OHColumbus, OHCleveland, OHCharlotte, NCDallas, TXDenver, CODetroit, MIFIX-West NAP San JoseFort Lauderdale, FLFort Myers, FLGarden City, NYHarrisburg, PAHouston, TXJackson, MSJacksonville, FLKansas City, MOLos Angeles, CALexington, KYLittle Rock, ARLouisville, KYLas Vegas, NVMiami, FLMinneapolis, MNMobile, ALMontrealNorfolk, VANashville, TNNewark, NJNew York, NYOakland, CAOrlando, FLPhiladelphia, PAPhoenix, AZPittsburgh, PARaleigh, NCRichmond, VASacramento, CAState College, PAScranton, PASan Diego, CASeattle, WASan Francisco, CASan Jose, CASalt Lake City, UTSaint Louis, MOStamford, CTSyracuse, NYTampa, FLTorontoTri-Cities, TNTustin, CAWichita, KSWashington, DCWeehawken, NJ
        
        
        
        

Show Level 3 (ALL North American sites) Ping to www.head-in-the-clouds.com (98.131.45.219)

Ping from Atlanta, GA -

icmp_seq=0 time=16 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=16 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=16 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 16/16/16/16/0/0 ms

Ping from Baltimore, MD -

icmp_seq=0 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=36 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=36 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 32/34.667/36/36/1.333/1.886 ms

Ping from Boston, MA -

icmp_seq=0 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=28 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=32 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 28/30.667/32/32/1.886/2.667 ms

Ping from Baton Rouge, LA -

icmp_seq=0 time=36 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=36 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=40 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 36/37.333/36/40/2.309/3.266 ms

Ping from Burlington, VT -

icmp_seq=0 time=56 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=52 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=52 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 52/53.333/52/56/2.667/3.771 ms

Ping from Buffalo, NY -

icmp_seq=0 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=28 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 28/30.667/32/32/2.981/4.216 ms

Ping from Columbia, SC -

icmp_seq=0 time=24 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=28 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=28 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 24/26.667/28/28/3.266/4.619 ms

Ping from Chicago, IL -

icmp_seq=0 time=12 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=8 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=12 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 8/10.667/12/12/3.528/4.989 ms

Ping from Charlottesville, VA -

icmp_seq=0 time=52 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=52 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=52 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 52/52/52/52/3.528/4.989 ms

Ping from Cincinnati, OH -

icmp_seq=0 time=200 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=76 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=48 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 48/108/48/200/8.589/66.239 ms

Ping from Columbus, OH -

icmp_seq=0 time=28 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=28 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=24 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 24/26.667/28/28/8.692/66.265 ms

Ping from Cleveland, OH -

icmp_seq=0 time=20 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=20 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=16 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 16/18.667/20/20/8.794/66.292 ms

Ping from Charlotte, NC -

icmp_seq=0 time=20 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=20 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=40 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 20/26.667/20/40/9.286/66.959 ms

Ping from Dallas, TX -

icmp_seq=0 time=36 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=36 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=40 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 36/37.333/36/40/9.381/66.986 ms

Ping from Denver, CO -

icmp_seq=0 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=32 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 32/32/32/32/9.381/66.986 ms

Ping from Detroit, MI -

icmp_seq=0 time=16 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=16 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=16 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 16/16/16/16/9.381/66.986 ms

Ping from FIX-West NAP San Jose -

icmp_seq=0 time=56 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=60 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=60 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 56/58.667/60/60/9.475/67.012 ms

Ping from Fort Lauderdale, FL -

icmp_seq=0 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=28 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 28/30.667/32/32/9.568/67.039 ms

Ping from Fort Myers, FL -

icmp_seq=0 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=36 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=32 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 32/33.333/32/36/9.661/67.065 ms

Ping from Garden City, NY -

icmp_seq=0 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=32 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 32/32/32/32/9.661/67.065 ms

Ping from Harrisburg, PA -

icmp_seq=0 time=28 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=28 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=24 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 24/26.667/28/28/9.752/67.092 ms

Ping from Houston, TX -

icmp_seq=0 time=200 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=44 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=32 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 32/92/32/200/12.927/101.771 ms

Ping from Jackson, MS -

icmp_seq=0 time=40 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=40 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=40 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 40/40/40/40/12.927/101.771 ms

Ping from Jacksonville, FL -

icmp_seq=0 time=28 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=32 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 28/30.667/32/32/12.996/101.788 ms

Ping from Kansas City, MO -

icmp_seq=0 time=96 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=44 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=44 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 44/61.333/44/96/13.856/104.699 ms

Ping from Los Angeles, CA -

icmp_seq=0 time=68 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=68 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=68 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 68/68/68/68/13.856/104.699 ms

Ping from Lexington, KY -

icmp_seq=0 time=36 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=36 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=36 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 36/36/36/36/13.856/104.699 ms

Ping from Little Rock, AR -

icmp_seq=0 time=40 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=40 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=40 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 40/40/40/40/13.856/104.699 ms

Ping from Louisville, KY -

icmp_seq=0 time=208 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=204 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=204 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 204/205.333/204/208/13.92/104.715 ms

Ping from Las Vegas, NV -

icmp_seq=0 time=52 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=52 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=52 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 52/52/52/52/13.92/104.715 ms

Ping from Miami, FL -

icmp_seq=0 time=28 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=28 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=28 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 28/28/28/28/13.92/104.715 ms

Ping from Minneapolis, MN -

icmp_seq=0 time=16 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=20 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=20 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 16/18.667/20/20/13.984/104.732 ms

Ping from Mobile, AL -

icmp_seq=0 time=28 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=28 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=28 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 28/28/28/28/13.984/104.732 ms

Ping from Montreal -

icmp_seq=0 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=32 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 32/32/32/32/13.984/104.732 ms

Ping from Norfolk, VA -

icmp_seq=0 time=44 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=40 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=40 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 40/41.333/40/44/14.048/104.749 ms

Ping from Nashville, TN -

icmp_seq=0 time=24 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=20 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=20 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 20/21.333/20/24/14.111/104.766 ms

Ping from Newark, NJ -

icmp_seq=0 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=32 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 32/32/32/32/14.111/104.766 ms

Ping from New York, NY -

icmp_seq=0 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=28 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=32 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 28/30.667/32/32/14.174/104.783 ms

Ping from Oakland, CA -

icmp_seq=0 time=56 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=60 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=60 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 56/58.667/60/60/14.236/104.8 ms

Ping from Orlando, FL -

icmp_seq=0 time=28 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=24 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=24 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 24/25.333/24/28/14.298/104.817 ms

Ping from Philadelphia, PA -

icmp_seq=0 time=36 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=36 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 32/34.667/36/36/14.36/104.834 ms

Ping from Phoenix, AZ -

icmp_seq=0 time=60 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=60 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=60 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 60/60/60/60/14.36/104.834 ms

Ping from Pittsburgh, PA -

icmp_seq=0 time=20 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=24 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=20 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 20/21.333/20/24/14.422/104.851 ms

Ping from Raleigh, NC -

icmp_seq=0 time=36 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=36 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=36 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 36/36/36/36/14.422/104.851 ms

Ping from Richmond, VA -

icmp_seq=0 time=28 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=28 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=28 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 28/28/28/28/14.422/104.851 ms

Ping from Sacramento, CA -

icmp_seq=0 time=64 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=60 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=64 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 60/62.667/64/64/14.484/104.868 ms

Ping from State College, PA -

icmp_seq=0 time=24 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=24 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=24 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 24/24/24/24/14.484/104.868 ms

Ping from Scranton, PA -

icmp_seq=0 time=36 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=40 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=36 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 36/37.333/36/40/14.545/104.885 ms

Ping from San Diego, CA -

icmp_seq=0 time=68 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=68 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=68 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 68/68/68/68/14.545/104.885 ms

Ping from Seattle, WA -

icmp_seq=0 time=60 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=60 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=60 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 60/60/60/60/14.545/104.885 ms

Ping from San Francisco, CA -

icmp_seq=0 time=64 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=60 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=60 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 60/61.333/60/64/14.606/104.902 ms

Ping from San Jose, CA -

icmp_seq=0 time=60 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=56 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=60 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 56/58.667/60/60/14.667/104.919 ms

Ping from Salt Lake City, UT -

icmp_seq=0 time=140 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=44 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=204 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 44/129.333/204/204/16.492/123.821 ms

Ping from Saint Louis, MO -

icmp_seq=0 time=12 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=16 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=16 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 12/14.667/16/16/16.546/123.835 ms

Ping from Stamford, CT -

icmp_seq=0 time=40 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=40 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=40 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 40/40/40/40/16.546/123.835 ms

Ping from Syracuse, NY -

icmp_seq=0 time=40 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=40 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=44 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 40/41.333/40/44/16.6/123.849 ms

Ping from Tampa, FL -

icmp_seq=0 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=36 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=36 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 32/34.667/36/36/16.653/123.864 ms

Ping from Toronto -

icmp_seq=0 time=28 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=24 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=24 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 24/25.333/24/28/16.707/123.878 ms

Ping from Tri-Cities, TN -

icmp_seq=0 time=28 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=24 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=28 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 24/26.667/28/28/16.76/123.892 ms

Ping from Tustin, CA -

icmp_seq=0 time=68 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=68 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=72 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 68/69.333/68/72/16.813/123.907 ms

Ping from Wichita, KS -

icmp_seq=0 time=44 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=40 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=44 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 40/42.667/44/44/16.865/123.921 ms

Ping from Washington, DC -

icmp_seq=0 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=28 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=32 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 28/30.667/32/32/16.918/123.935 ms

Ping from Weehawken, NJ -

icmp_seq=0 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=1 time=32 ms
icmp_seq=2 time=28 ms

---- www.head-in-the-clouds.com statistics ----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
rtt min/avg/median/max/mdev/stddev = 28/30.667/32/32/16.971/123.95 ms

A DNS problem on the server's end? Results from it actually being cached at the ISP level? (unlikely)

I've seen lots of weirdness in the last while on my end here. I've been wondering about it being DNS issues, but they're just messed up. Dunno...

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Living Room / Re: if proxy connection works - who is blocking me: my ISP or the server?

« Last post by Renegade on October 08, 2010, 07:08 AM »

Here are some partial trace routes from all over North America (alphabetical, not done)


Level 3 Site:
      
Traceroute To:
      
IPv6:
      
ALL European sitesAmsterdam, NetherlandsAMSIX NAP AmsterdamBucharest, RomaniaBerlin, GermanyBrussels, BelgiumDublin, IrelandDusseldorf, GermanyFrankfurt, GermanyGeneva, SwitzerlandHamburg, GermanyLondon, EnglandLondon, England (2)Madrid, SpainManchester, UKMilan, ItalyMunich, GermanyParis, FrancePrague, Czech RepublicSofia, BulgariaStockholm, SwedenVienna, AustriaWarsaw, PolandZurich, SwitzerlandALL North American sitesAtlanta, GABaltimore, MDBoston, MABaton Rouge, LABurlington, VTBuffalo, NYColumbia, SCChicago, ILCharlottesville, VACincinnati, OHColumbus, OHCleveland, OHCharlotte, NCDallas, TXDenver, CODetroit, MIFIX-West NAP San JoseFort Lauderdale, FLFort Myers, FLGarden City, NYHarrisburg, PAHouston, TXJackson, MSJacksonville, FLKansas City, MOLos Angeles, CALexington, KYLittle Rock, ARLouisville, KYLas Vegas, NVMiami, FLMinneapolis, MNMobile, ALMontrealNorfolk, VANashville, TNNewark, NJNew York, NYOakland, CAOrlando, FLPhiladelphia, PAPhoenix, AZPittsburgh, PARaleigh, NCRichmond, VASacramento, CAState College, PAScranton, PASan Diego, CASeattle, WASan Francisco, CASan Jose, CASalt Lake City, UTSaint Louis, MOStamford, CTSyracuse, NYTampa, FLTorontoTri-Cities, TNTustin, CAWichita, KSWashington, DCWeehawken, NJ
      
      
   

Show Level 3 (ALL North American sites) Traceroute to www.head-in-the-clouds.com (98.131.45.219)

Traceroute from Atlanta, GA -

  1 ae-72-52.ebr2.Atlanta2.Level3.net (4.68.103.61) 8 msec
    ae-62-51.ebr2.Atlanta2.Level3.net (4.68.103.29) 0 msec
    ae-72-52.ebr2.Atlanta2.Level3.net (4.68.103.61) 4 msec
  2 ae-1-7.bar2.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (4.69.136.217) 12 msec 12 msec 16 msec
  3 ae-0-11.bar1.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (4.69.136.209) 12 msec 12 msec 80 msec
  4 BLUEMILE-IN.bar1.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (4.59.40.2) 16 msec 24 msec 16 msec
  5 76.10.192.226 [AS11013 {USMO-ASN}] 16 msec 16 msec 16 msec
  6 76.10.207.14.customer.bluemilenetworks.com (76.10.207.14) [AS11013 {USMO-ASN}] 16 msec 16 msec 16 msec
  7 OH-MLS1-609.Te-9-2.opentransfer.com (98.130.213.18) [AS32392 {Ecommerce}] 16 msec 16 msec 16 msec
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Traceroute from Baltimore, MD -

  1 ge-6-15-14.car1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net (4.69.135.117) 4 msec 0 msec 0 msec
  2 ae-7-7.ebr2.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.133.162) 8 msec 8 msec 4 msec
  3 ae-92-92.csw4.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.134.158) 8 msec
    ae-82-82.csw3.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.134.154) 16 msec 20 msec
  4 ae-91-91.ebr1.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.134.141) 4 msec 8 msec 8 msec
  5 ae-2-2.ebr3.Atlanta2.Level3.net (4.69.132.85) 28 msec 20 msec 20 msec
  6 ae-72-70.ebr2.Atlanta2.Level3.net (4.69.138.19) 28 msec 20 msec 36 msec
  7 ae-1-7.bar2.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (4.69.136.217) 32 msec 36 msec 32 msec
  8 ae-0-11.bar1.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (4.69.136.209) 88 msec 36 msec 32 msec
  9 BLUEMILE-IN.bar1.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (4.59.40.2) 36 msec 36 msec 36 msec
 10 76.10.192.226 [AS11013 {USMO-ASN}] 36 msec 36 msec 36 msec
 11 76.10.207.14.customer.bluemilenetworks.com (76.10.207.14) [AS11013 {USMO-ASN}] 36 msec 36 msec 36 msec
 12 OH-MLS1-609.Te-9-2.opentransfer.com (98.130.213.18) [AS32392 {Ecommerce}] 36 msec 36 msec 36 msec
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Traceroute from Boston, MA -

  1 ae-2-7.bar1.Boston1.Level3.net (4.69.132.242) 0 msec 0 msec 0 msec
  2 ae-5-5.ebr1.Chicago1.Level3.net (4.69.140.94) 32 msec 24 msec 20 msec
  3 ae-1-100.ebr2.Chicago1.Level3.net (4.69.132.42) 32 msec 24 msec 24 msec
  4 ae-1-10.bar1.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (4.69.136.213) 28 msec 148 msec 28 msec
  5 BLUEMILE-IN.bar1.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (4.59.40.2) 32 msec 28 msec 32 msec
  6 76.10.192.226 [AS11013 {USMO-ASN}] 28 msec 28 msec 32 msec
  7 76.10.207.14.customer.bluemilenetworks.com (76.10.207.14) [AS11013 {USMO-ASN}] 32 msec 28 msec 32 msec
  8 OH-MLS1-609.Te-9-2.opentransfer.com (98.130.213.18) [AS32392 {Ecommerce}] 28 msec 32 msec 28 msec
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Traceroute from Baton Rouge, LA -

  1 ge-6-17-16.car1.Houston1.Level3.net (4.69.135.197) 12 msec 8 msec 8 msec
  2 ae-2-5.bar1.Houston1.Level3.net (4.69.132.230) 4 msec 36 msec 8 msec
  3 ae-0-11.bar2.Houston1.Level3.net (4.69.137.134) 8 msec 8 msec 4 msec
  4 ae-7-7.ebr1.Atlanta2.Level3.net (4.69.137.142) 28 msec 20 msec 36 msec
  5 ae-62-60.ebr2.Atlanta2.Level3.net (4.69.138.3) 28 msec 24 msec 32 msec
  6 ae-1-7.bar2.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (4.69.136.217) 36 msec 76 msec 32 msec
  7 ae-0-11.bar1.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (4.69.136.209) 36 msec 32 msec 36 msec
  8 BLUEMILE-IN.bar1.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (4.59.40.2) 36 msec 36 msec 36 msec
  9 76.10.192.226 [AS11013 {USMO-ASN}] 36 msec 36 msec 36 msec
 10 76.10.207.14.customer.bluemilenetworks.com (76.10.207.14) [AS11013 {USMO-ASN}] 36 msec 36 msec 40 msec
 11 OH-MLS1-609.Te-9-2.opentransfer.com (98.130.213.18) [AS32392 {Ecommerce}] 36 msec 36 msec 36 msec
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Traceroute from Burlington, VT -

  1 ge-6-22-12.car1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net (4.69.135.61) 28 msec 136 msec 92 msec
  2 ae-7-7.ebr2.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.133.162) 24 msec 20 msec 24 msec
  3 ae-62-62.csw1.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.134.146) 32 msec
    ae-72-72.csw2.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.134.150) 24 msec
    ae-82-82.csw3.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.134.154) 32 msec
  4 ae-91-91.ebr1.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.134.141) 24 msec
    ae-71-71.ebr1.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.134.133) 24 msec
    ae-91-91.ebr1.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.134.141) 20 msec
  5 ae-2-2.ebr3.Atlanta2.Level3.net (4.69.132.85) 36 msec 44 msec 36 msec
  6 ae-72-70.ebr2.Atlanta2.Level3.net (4.69.138.19) 44 msec
    ae-62-60.ebr2.Atlanta2.Level3.net (4.69.138.3) 48 msec
    ae-72-70.ebr2.Atlanta2.Level3.net (4.69.138.19) 44 msec
  7 ae-1-7.bar2.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (4.69.136.217) 52 msec 48 msec 48 msec
  8 ae-0-11.bar1.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (4.69.136.209) 48 msec 48 msec 48 msec
  9 BLUEMILE-IN.bar1.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (4.59.40.2) 52 msec 52 msec 52 msec
 10 76.10.192.226 [AS11013 {USMO-ASN}] 52 msec 52 msec 52 msec
 11 76.10.207.14.customer.bluemilenetworks.com (76.10.207.14) [AS11013 {USMO-ASN}] 52 msec 52 msec 52 msec
 12 OH-MLS1-609.Te-9-2.opentransfer.com (98.130.213.18) [AS32392 {Ecommerce}] 52 msec 52 msec 52 msec
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Traceroute from Buffalo, NY -

  1 ge-6-18-22.car2.Pittsburgh3.Level3.net (4.69.136.5) 68 msec 8 msec 212 msec
  2 ae-3-3.ebr1.Chicago1.Level3.net (4.69.135.250) 32 msec 20 msec 36 msec
  3 ae-1-100.ebr2.Chicago1.Level3.net (4.69.132.42) 20 msec 20 msec 32 msec
  4 ae-1-10.bar1.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (4.69.136.213) 44 msec 32 msec 180 msec
  5 BLUEMILE-IN.bar1.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (4.59.40.2) 32 msec 32 msec 28 msec
  6 76.10.192.226 [AS11013 {USMO-ASN}] 32 msec 32 msec 32 msec
  7 76.10.207.14.customer.bluemilenetworks.com (76.10.207.14) [AS11013 {USMO-ASN}] 28 msec 32 msec 32 msec
  8 OH-MLS1-609.Te-9-2.opentransfer.com (98.130.213.18) [AS32392 {Ecommerce}] 32 msec 32 msec 32 msec
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Traceroute from Columbia, SC -

  1 ge-7-16.car2.Atlanta1.Level3.net (4.68.107.229) 4 msec *  12 msec
  2 ae-72-52.ebr2.Atlanta2.Level3.net (4.68.103.61) 220 msec
    ae-62-51.ebr2.Atlanta2.Level3.net (4.68.103.29) 220 msec
    ae-72-52.ebr2.Atlanta2.Level3.net (4.68.103.61) 204 msec
  3 ae-1-7.bar2.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (4.69.136.217) 200 msec 200 msec 208 msec
  4 ae-0-11.bar1.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (4.69.136.209) 204 msec 200 msec 200 msec
  5 BLUEMILE-IN.bar1.Cincinnati1.Level3.net (4.59.40.2) 60 msec 76 msec 204 msec
  6 76.10.192.226 [AS11013 {USMO-ASN}] 76 msec 200 msec 32 msec
  7 76.10.207.14.customer.bluemilenetworks.com (76.10.207.14) [AS11013 {USMO-ASN}] 200 msec 32 msec 28 msec
  8 OH-MLS1-609.Te-9-2.opentransfer.com (98.130.213.18) [AS32392 {Ecommerce}] 28 msec 24 msec 28 msec
  9  *  *  *
 10  *  *  *
 11  *  *  *
 12  *  *  *
 13  *  *  *
 14  *  *  *

9421

Living Room / Re: if proxy connection works - who is blocking me: my ISP or the server?

« Last post by Renegade on October 08, 2010, 06:50 AM »

Did you flush after changing the HOSTS entry? That is extremely bizarre.

9422

Living Room / Re: if proxy connection works - who is blocking me: my ISP or the server?

« Last post by Renegade on October 08, 2010, 06:41 AM »

DNS screw up - I keep coming across this with random sites and ISPs.

...

I had a customer recently who couldn't access bmibaby.com for about 3 months - she called yesterday to say suddenly it works again. Of course the ISP denies all knowledge of a problem ...

-Carol Haynes (October 08, 2010, 06:38 AM)

+1 -- I find that ISP DNS services are VERY often poor. I posted before about getting some pretty hosed results for Facebook. I've seen a lot of others as well.

As above -- A HOSTS entry can confirm/eliminate that problem. I never tried it for Facebook because large sites use CDNs and DDNS anyways.

9423

Living Room / Re: if proxy connection works - who is blocking me: my ISP or the server?

« Last post by Renegade on October 08, 2010, 06:38 AM »

Oh -- Another thought...

Try adding in a HOSTS entry for the site. That should help eliminate or confirm DNS problems.

9424

Living Room / Re: if proxy connection works - who is blocking me: my ISP or the server?

« Last post by Renegade on October 08, 2010, 06:37 AM »

Try using some looking glasses. They'll help trouble shoot for you. Here's the Level3 Looking Glass. You can search for more, but that should be good enough.

9425

Living Room / Re: if proxy connection works - who is blocking me: my ISP or the server?

« Last post by Renegade on October 08, 2010, 06:31 AM »

That's very odd. You're 1 hop away there.

Tracing route to www.head-in-the-clouds.com [98.131.45.219]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms    <1 ms     1 ms  192-168-1-1.tpgi.com.au [192.168.1.1]
  2     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  10.0.0.138
  3    29 ms    13 ms    12 ms  10.20.21.105
  4    12 ms    11 ms    12 ms  nme-nxg-wal-csw1-vlan-1.tpgi.com.au [220.245.179
.193]
  5    13 ms    12 ms    12 ms  nme-nxg-wal-crt1-ge-2-0-0.tpgi.com.au [202.7.162
.1]
  6    23 ms    23 ms    23 ms  syd-nxg-men-crt1-ge-3-0-0.tpgi.com.au [202.7.171
.141]
  7   177 ms   174 ms   173 ms  if-5-0-0.core4.SQN-SanJose.as6453.net [216.6.30.
49]
  8   173 ms     *        *     Vlan1280.icore1.SQN-SanJose.as6453.net [216.6.30
.26]
  9   173 ms   192 ms   173 ms  ix-2-0.icore1.SQN-SanJose.as6453.net [209.58.116
.14]
 10   183 ms   180 ms   180 ms  vlan79.csw2.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.68.18.126]
 11   176 ms   175 ms   179 ms  ae-72-72.ebr2.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.134.213]

 12   225 ms   218 ms   218 ms  ae-3-3.ebr1.Denver1.Level3.net [4.69.132.58]
 13   218 ms   217 ms   218 ms  ae-1-100.ebr2.Denver1.Level3.net [4.69.132.38]
 14   226 ms   223 ms   224 ms  ae-3-3.ebr1.Chicago2.Level3.net [4.69.132.62]
 15   223 ms   232 ms   233 ms  ae-6-6.ebr1.Chicago1.Level3.net [4.69.140.189]
 16   234 ms   234 ms   234 ms  ae-1-100.ebr2.Chicago1.Level3.net [4.69.132.42]

 17   229 ms   277 ms   230 ms  ae-1-10.bar1.Cincinnati1.Level3.net [4.69.136.21
3]
 18   231 ms   240 ms   233 ms  BLUEMILE-IN.bar1.Cincinnati1.Level3.net [4.59.40
.2]
 19   231 ms   233 ms   232 ms  76.10.192.226
 20   233 ms   232 ms   232 ms  76.10.207.14.customer.bluemilenetworks.com [76.1
0.207.14]
 21   232 ms   233 ms   232 ms  OH-MLS1-609.Te-9-2.opentransfer.com [98.130.213.
18]
 22   231 ms   232 ms   232 ms  rev.opentransfer.com.219.45.131.98.in-addr.arpa
[98.131.45.219]

Trace complete.