[OT] GitHub down?

[Nick Sabalausky]

"H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh at quickfur.ath.cx> wrote in message 
news:mailman.652.1336841743.24740.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 01:34:36AM -0400, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh at quickfur.ath.cx> wrote in message
>> news:mailman.622.1336775821.24740.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
>> > On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 05:48:40PM -0400, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> >> Is it just me, or does GitHub (in its entirety) seem to be down
>> >> today?
>> > [...]
>> >
>> > Works for me. Are you behind a firewall?
>> >
>>
>> My router has one built-in, but I haven't blocked any sites with it,
>> certainly not github. Haven't even changed any settings on it lately.
>>
>> Although I'd have no idea what kind of crazy fucking shit my ISP might
>> be pulling (Timer Warner - yea, they're not exactly known for basic
>> competence.)
>
> It might be a stale DNS entry perhaps? Try the IP address directly:
>
> 207.97.227.239
>

(note the http vs https below)

This: http://207.97.227.239
Works, but just redirects me to http://help.github.com

And this: https://207.97.227.239
Does not work.

Interestingly, this: https://help.github.com/
Just simply fails to connect. Which is NOT the same problem I've been (and 
still am) getting with https://github.com  which is: It connects and the 
request is sent, but then nothing gets sent back and the connection stays 
open indefinitely. And yea, tried on multiple browsers, and with JS on (not 
that JS would matter if there's no http responce).

Yesterday, I checked status.github.com (which worked) and didn't see any 
reports, so I did what it said an emailed their support. Still waiting for a 
responce.

I think GitHub just hates me. I've always been having (other) problems with 
github, so I'm pretty vocal about github sucking and bitbucket being better 
(though still not ideal). Maybe GitHub's just retaliating ;)

>
>> The HTTP request goes out to them and then...the connection just sits
>> there indefinitely...doing...nothing. Nothing gets sent back, the
>> connection doesn't close.
>
> Maybe github.com got blacklisted for basic competence? :-P
>

Heh :)  (Very, very, very, very, very BASIC competence, IMO)

>
>> Everything else seems to work fine...Jusus christ...those stupid
>> goddamn motherfuckers turned they're goddam "send him *our* page for
>> every unmatched DNS request" bullshit back on, after I've already shut
>> the fucking thing off twice in the last few years.
> [...]
>
> Ah the infamous DNS ad pages. Are you sure you aren't accidentally
> blocking github.com by blocking those pages? :-) I used to be
> overzealous in blocking IPs... used to have entire /8 blocks in my
> iptables drop list, collateral damage be damned. Until one day I put one
> too many /8 entries in there and things started breaking horribly. :-P
>

I'm not actually blocking them on my end, I'm just using my ISP's opt-out 
(*NOTHING* should EVER be "opt-out", only "opt-in". "Opt-out" is nothing 
more than rationalization for acting grossly unethical. "Out-outs" should 
involve a manditory jail sentence (in a "federal rape-me-in-the-ass 
prison"). And of course, making such things "no choice" instead of "opt-in" 
should involve a larger sentence. And I geniunely mean that.).

>
> -- 
> "The number you have dialed is imaginary. Please rotate your phone 90
> degrees and try again."

Love that one :)