Is the web down?

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7 total messages Started by Curtains Wed, 18 Apr 2001 14:33

#117

Author: Curtains
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 14:33

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It won't actually give me any pages, it just stands and looks then
forgets what it came in for and goes away to fix the potting shed roof
or something similar.

--
Dhrow get me really excited. Except female Dhrow - they scare the cr*p
out of me! - nb

Re: Is the web down?

#118

Author: Dunc
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 16:46

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Curtains wrote:
> 
> It won't actually give me any pages, it just stands and looks then
> forgets what it came in for and goes away to fix the potting shed roof
> or something similar.
> 
Aw, oh well you can obviously post ok anyhow.

The web is fine for me but that has no bearing on how it is in Durham
so I don't know why I bothered to mention it I'll just stop gibbering
now and go back to my burrow.

Dunc
-- 

http://www.durge.org/~dunc

Re: Is the web down?

#119

Author: C I Morris
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 18:40

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Curtains <J.C.Curtis@durham.ac.uk> writes:
] It won't actually give me any pages, it just stands and looks then
] forgets what it came in for and goes away to fix the potting shed roof
] or something similar.

Well, it's a little-known inference that the web access in Durham is
powered by a hamster in a wheel.

-- 
Chris
"Don't minute the facial expression"
 - Tom Calver

Re: Is the web down?

#120

Author: Curtains
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 08:52

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C I Morris wrote:

> Curtains <J.C.Curtis@durham.ac.uk> writes:
> ] It won't actually give me any pages, it just stands and looks then
> ] forgets what it came in for and goes away to fix the potting shed roof
> ] or something similar.
>
> Well, it's a little-known inference that the web access in Durham is
> powered by a hamster in a wheel.

<smirks>
--
I ate his lettuce with fava beans and a big Amerole.

Re: Is the web down?

#121

Author: Andy
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 11:35

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C I Morris wrote:

>
> Well, it's a little-known inference that the web access in Durham is
> powered by a hamster in a wheel.
>

A dead hampster.  In a square wheel.  And the wheel isn't connected to
anything.

--
 Andy

Re: Is the web down?

#122

Author: C I Morris
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 19:39

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Curtains <J.C.Curtis@durham.ac.uk> writes:
] C I Morris wrote:
] > Curtains <J.C.Curtis@durham.ac.uk> writes:
] > ] It won't actually give me any pages, it just stands and looks then
] > ] forgets what it came in for and goes away to fix the potting shed roof
] > ] or something similar.
] >
] > Well, it's a little-known inference that the web access in Durham is
] > powered by a hamster in a wheel.
] 
] <smirks>

I'm serious.  Open a DOS window and
C:\>ping wwwcache.dur.ac.uk
Or in Unix
1%ping -s wwwcache.dur.ac.uk

-- 
Chris
"Paul's been up and down like a yo-yo"
 - Jenny Radcliffe

Re: Is the web down?

#124

Author: Jenny Radcliffe
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 07:59

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C I Morris <C.I.Morris@durham.ac.uk> wrote
> Curtains <J.C.Curtis@durham.ac.uk> writes:
> ] C I Morris wrote:
> ] > Curtains <J.C.Curtis@durham.ac.uk> writes:
> ] > ] It won't actually give me any pages, it just stands and looks > ]
> ] then forgets what it came in for and goes away to fix the
> ] > ] potting shed roof or something similar.
> ] > Well, it's a little-known inference that the web access in Durham > ]
> is powered by a hamster in a wheel.
> ] <smirks>
> I'm serious.  Open a DOS window and
> C:\>ping wwwcache.dur.ac.uk
> Or in Unix
> 1%ping -s wwwcache.dur.ac.uk

<does>
<giggles>


--
"I only burst into song when I'm with Dunc" - Trev Roberts, Sept 2000

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