OT, but cute: raccoon family

On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:20:10 +0200, Sjouke Burry wrote:

Suspicious of a numeric address, I first tried to ping 67.54.246.139 ,it
was recognized, but no response. so 67.54.246.139 must be down.
Now re-trying one day later, still no reponse.

The machine has a variable IP address and no name. It's a Windblue
account (satellite) and the up/down links are unreliable - DNS even more
so. Note that the server runs on port 9000 - that has to be included to
get a response. I run it on a non-standard port to cut down on the
spiders: they don't seem to look there for web servers.

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T.E.D. ) MST (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla).

On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:35:25 +0000, bastXXXette wrote:

Ted Davis wrote:

On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:31:47 -0700, Jofirey wrote:

Can't get there from that link.

Also trying to remember, baby raccoons are called kittens aren't
they?

I can't post complete links in original messages (Individual.net blocks
them), only in replies: the comlete link is
http://67.54.246.139:9000/tdavis/misc.pictures/wildlife/coon_family.jpg

Jo,

When someone posts an incomplete link (such as "www.somplace.com") I hit
the "reply" button and then edit the text to put an "http://" in front of
it. Then it becomes a live link.

And then, if I feel like it (as in this situation with Ted's raccoon
pictures), I'm all set to post a reply. (If I don't need to post a reply,
I can just delete the reply message.)

One thing that kills a lot of attempts is that browsers tend to insert
"www" even when it doesn't belong.

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T.E.D. ) MST (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla).

On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:20:30 -0700, Jofirey wrote:


"Ted Davis" wrote in message
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On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:31:47 -0700, Jofirey wrote:

Can't get there from that link.

Also trying to remember, baby raccoons are called kittens aren't they?

I can't post complete links in original messages (Individual.net blocks
them), only in replies: the comlete link is
http://67.54.246.139:9000/tdavis/misc.pictures/wildlife/coon_family.jpg

Kits, or pups.

Oh, they are so cute! And almost round. Their mama is taking good care
of them.

Yes, it's unusual to see such a large family this late in the year.

The last time I saw the skunk family, there were four kits. I heard it's
been a good year for small wildlife.

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T.E.D. ) MST (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla).

Ted Davis wrote:

On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:35:25 +0000, bastXXXette wrote:

Jo,

When someone posts an incomplete link (such as "www.somplace.com") I hit
the "reply" button and then edit the text to put an "http://" in front of
it. Then it becomes a live link.

And then, if I feel like it (as in this situation with Ted's raccoon
pictures), I'm all set to post a reply. (If I don't need to post a reply,
I can just delete the reply message.)

One thing that kills a lot of attempts is that browsers tend to insert
"www" even when it doesn't belong.

In your case, I just stuck http:// in front of the IP address (and everything
that followed it). Worked fine.

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Joyce ^..^

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