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Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
A very cute site I spotted while surfing PerlMonks.org:
Geek humor at its finest - savvy and subtle.
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Breen Mullins [breen.mullins at gmail.com]
* Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> [2008-05-03 10:33 -0400]:
>A very cute site I spotted while surfing PerlMonks.org: > >http://evancarroll.com/ > >Geek humor at its finest - savvy and subtle.
You've killed them, Ben. All I get is the Apache default page.
-- Breen Mullins Menlo Park, California
Martin J Hooper [martinjh at blueyonder.co.uk]
Breen Mullins wrote:
> * Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> [2008-05-03 10:33 -0400]: > >> A very cute site I spotted while surfing PerlMonks.org: >> >> http://evancarroll.com/ >> >> Geek humor at its finest - savvy and subtle. > > You've killed them, Ben. All I get is the Apache default page. > >
I get nothing at all - Not even a Apache default page - Using Firefox Latest!
Thomas Bonham [thomasbonham at bonhamlinux.org]
> Breen Mullins wrote: >> * Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> [2008-05-03 10:33 -0400]: >> >>> A very cute site I spotted while surfing PerlMonks.org: >>> >>> http://evancarroll.com/ >>> >>> Geek humor at its finest - savvy and subtle. >> >> You've killed them, Ben. All I get is the Apache default page. >> >> > > I get nothing at all - Not even a Apache default page - Using > Firefox Latest!
I'm using safari 3 and nothing comes up for me.
Thomas
Rick Moen [rick at linuxmafia.com]
Quoting Thomas Bonham ([email protected]):
> > Breen Mullins wrote: > >> * Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> [2008-05-03 10:33 -0400]: > >> > >>> A very cute site I spotted while surfing PerlMonks.org: > >>> > >>> http://evancarroll.com/ > >>> > >>> Geek humor at its finest - savvy and subtle. > >> > >> You've killed them, Ben. All I get is the Apache default page. > >> > >> > > > > I get nothing at all - Not even a Apache default page - Using > > Firefox Latest! > > I'm using safari 3 and nothing comes up for me.
Well, using lynx from my server's shell prompt, I reach a Web site of the utmost taste, quality, and distinction, so I guess you all must need better browsers.
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Thomas [thomas at edulinux.homeunix.org]
On Sat, 3 May 2008 12:19:29 -0700 Rick Moen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Quoting Thomas Bonham ([email protected]): > > > Breen Mullins wrote: > > >> * Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> [2008-05-03 10:33 -0400]: > > >> > > >>> A very cute site I spotted while surfing PerlMonks.org: > > >>> > > >>> http://evancarroll.com/ > > >>> > > >>> Geek humor at its finest - savvy and subtle. > > >> > > >> You've killed them, Ben. All I get is the Apache default page. > > >> > > >> > > > > > > I get nothing at all - Not even a Apache default page - Using > > > Firefox Latest! > > > > I'm using safari 3 and nothing comes up for me. > > Well, using lynx from my server's shell prompt, I reach a Web site of > the utmost taste, quality, and distinction, so I guess you all must > need better browsers.
Pffft. Is it? Note:
http://edulinux.homeunix.org/elinks/ ;)
-- Thomas Adam
-- "It was the cruelest game I've ever played and it's played inside my head." -- "Hush The Warmth", Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 12:19:29PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Thomas Bonham ([email protected]): > > > Breen Mullins wrote: > > >> * Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> [2008-05-03 10:33 -0400]: > > >> > > >>> A very cute site I spotted while surfing PerlMonks.org: > > >>> > > >>> http://evancarroll.com/ > > >>> > > >>> Geek humor at its finest - savvy and subtle. > > >> > > >> You've killed them, Ben. All I get is the Apache default page. > > >> > > >> > > > > > > I get nothing at all - Not even a Apache default page - Using > > > Firefox Latest! > > > > I'm using safari 3 and nothing comes up for me. > > Well, using lynx from my server's shell prompt, I reach a Web site of > the utmost taste, quality, and distinction, so I guess you all must need > better browsers.
See? I had the same experience - it was the most brilliant, witty, enlightening, and above all, modest representation of the finest web content ever - and there are actually people out there who fail to recognize this! [sniff] For shame.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Neil Youngman [ny at youngman.org.uk]
On Saturday 03 May 2008 16:52, Martin J Hooper wrote:
> Breen Mullins wrote: > > * Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> [2008-05-03 10:33 -0400]: > >> A very cute site I spotted while surfing PerlMonks.org: > >> > >> http://evancarroll.com/ > >> > >> Geek humor at its finest - savvy and subtle. > > > > You've killed them, Ben. All I get is the Apache default page. > > I get nothing at all - Not even a Apache default page - Using > Firefox Latest!
and the joke is
neil ~ 18:18:39 501 $ dig evancarroll.com ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> evancarroll.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 23525 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;evancarroll.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: evancarroll.com. 10000 IN A 127.0.0.1 ;; Query time: 2 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1) ;; WHEN: Sat May 3 18:18:48 2008 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 49 neil ~ 18:18:48 502 $
Neil
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 06:19:54PM +0100, Neil Youngman wrote:
> On Saturday 03 May 2008 16:52, Martin J Hooper wrote: > > Breen Mullins wrote: > > > * Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> [2008-05-03 10:33 -0400]: > > >> A very cute site I spotted while surfing PerlMonks.org: > > >> > > >> http://evancarroll.com/ > > >> > > >> Geek humor at its finest - savvy and subtle. > > > > > > You've killed them, Ben. All I get is the Apache default page. > > > > I get nothing at all - Not even a Apache default page - Using > > Firefox Latest! > > and the joke is > > neil ~ 18:18:39 501 $ dig evancarroll.com > > ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> evancarroll.com > ;; global options: printcmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 23525 > ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;evancarroll.com. IN A > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > evancarroll.com. 10000 IN A 127.0.0.1
[grin] I don't know that many people got that one, Neil. Isn't it just the cutest? I originally thought that he had a redirector script of some sort, but then I noticed that it was much too fast for that.
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Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 07:45:53AM -0700, Breen Mullins wrote:
> * Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> [2008-05-03 10:33 -0400]: > > >A very cute site I spotted while surfing PerlMonks.org: > > > >http://evancarroll.com/ > > > >Geek humor at its finest - savvy and subtle. > > You've killed them, Ben. All I get is the Apache default page.
Breen, you shouldn't run unconfigured web services like that. 
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *