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  • malbenbut
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2005
    • 650

    PM site down

    Is the PM site down I havn't been able to access it for a few hours.
    MBB

  • #2
    Working fine for me.

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    • Mark McGrath
      Senior Member
      • Dec 2004
      • 652

      #3
      It does load eventually.The opinion from the guys is that a server is down.Apparently turning java script off helps.

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      • pwasbury
        Junior Member
        • Jan 2003
        • 18

        #4
        PM site down

        It worked for me also!

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        • Davek0974
          Senior Member
          • Aug 2007
          • 1463

          #5
          its so slow, i cant be bothered
          If it does'nt fit, hit it.
          https://ddmetalproducts.co.uk
          http://www.davekearley.co.uk

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          • NiftyNev
            Senior Member
            • May 2005
            • 533

            #6
            From the PM Site

            It looks like one of the servers is not responding. There is a logical cluster of a.practicalmachinist.com, b.practicalmachinist.com... that respond in round-robin, and the a machine is dead. Turning off javascript disables the round-robin from the client side and you're able to get right in.
            bash-3.2$ traceroute www.practicalmachnist.com
            traceroute: Warning: www.practicalmachnist.com has multiple addresses; using 66.45.254.244
            traceroute to www.practicalmachnist.com (66.45.254.244), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets (it timed out)
            Same test to 209.216.209.188 (b.practicalmachinist.com) worked fine.
            It's fine if you have NoScript.

            Nev
            Nev.

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            • lazlo
              Senior Member
              • Jun 2006
              • 15631

              #7
              Originally posted by NiftyNev
              From the PM Site

              It looks like one of the servers is not responding. There is a logical cluster of a.practicalmachinist.com, b.practicalmachinist.com... that respond in round-robin, and the a machine is dead. Turning off javascript disables the round-robin from the client side and you're able to get right in.

              It's fine if you have NoScript.
              Another Javascript Ad? I thought that's the reason American Machinist left?
              Last edited by lazlo; 08-29-2008, 09:49 AM.
              "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did."

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              • oldtiffie
                Member
                • Nov 1999
                • 3963

                #8
                Java

                Just pour yourself a java and relax.

                And will the last American Machinist turn out the lights?

                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(coffee)

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                • dp
                  Senior Member
                  • Mar 2005
                  • 12048

                  #9
                  There's a failed server that is called by javascript. It's surprising it's gone on this long which makes me wonder if it's a technical problem. The problem is symptomatic of round-robin dns solutions but that turns out not to be the case.

                  There's a couple userland solutions: Edit your local host table to give a.practicalmachinist.com the same IP as practicalmachinist.com (don't forget to undo it later), or disable javascript using browser options or NoScript (for FireFox).

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                  • lazlo
                    Senior Member
                    • Jun 2006
                    • 15631

                    #10
                    Dennis, I disabled Javascript in Firefox, and PM is still not loading.

                    Edit: actually, I disabled Javascript in IE7, and PM isn't loading either. I'm guessing they're working on the dead server...

                    Edit: now it finally came up in both Firefox and IE. They must be working on the servers...
                    Last edited by lazlo; 08-29-2008, 10:12 AM.
                    "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did."

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                    • dp
                      Senior Member
                      • Mar 2005
                      • 12048

                      #11
                      Yep - stone dead just now. Was on a few minutes ago and it was fine. Now only the front page is loading the "click here to continue" machine. Looks like somebody's working on it now.

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                      • lazlo
                        Senior Member
                        • Jun 2006
                        • 15631

                        #12
                        Originally posted by dp
                        Yep - stone dead just now. Was on a few minutes ago and it was fine. Now only the front page is loading the "click here to continue" machine.
                        Yep, same here -- now I'm just getting the CNC machine.
                        "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did."

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                        • oldtiffie
                          Member
                          • Nov 1999
                          • 3963

                          #13
                          Servers

                          They also serve .......................

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                          • deltaenterprizes
                            Senior Member
                            • May 2006
                            • 964

                            #14
                            It was slow as a snail yesterday,they were aware of a problem but could not locate it.I hope that the problem has been located and is now being repaired,I am having withdrawl symptoms!

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                            • Milacron of PM
                              Senior Member
                              • Apr 2001
                              • 1295

                              #15
                              FWIW, PM is now back to blazing fast on I.E. browser but curiously still slow on Firefox... unless javascript is disabled, in which case it's blazin fast too.

                              At least for me...one member reported FF is fast with javascript enabled for him.... so strange.

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