PNG's essays are at

http://www2.gol.com/users/png/index.html

-Arnie

-- Arnie Rimmer (Arnie_Rimmer@usa.net), December 22, 1998

Answers

He's popular, I got a "page exceeded traffic limit" warning.

-- Robert A. Cook, P.E. (Kennesaw GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), December 22, 1998.

And don't you just love the Japanese flavor of the translation of a 404 error: "Access Forbidden". All you gaijin trying to read about our so-called troubles, kinmotsu-des (it's forbidden)...

-- Mac (sneak@lurk.com), December 22, 1998.

http://www2.gol.com/users/PNG

404 - That file does not exist.

It seems that the file you are looking for does not exist. Perhaps it has been removed.

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), December 22, 1998.

Diane - A 404 is essentially a "can't access" error, but the file being removed is just one (albeit a very common) reason. File access rights/permissions is another possibility, along with (as PNG's site explains) traffic being too heavy.

That's why I enjoyed seeing the Japanese version of a 404. Makes it sound like we're "forbidden" to look at the file. Visions of Toshiru Mifune putting his hand on the hilt of his sword and glowering...

-- Mac (sneak@lurk.com), December 22, 1998.

Mac & Arnie,

Question is, does PNG know about it? Yes, I enjoyed the web-site Samurai too.

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), December 22, 1998.

Gary North posted links to a couple of PNG's essay's, so PNG's page is probably overloaded now...

-- pshannon (pshannon@inch.com), December 22, 1998.

Hmmmm, very interesting. The link worked fine immediately after I posted it. It very well may be traffic-related since it was posted on Gary North's site this morning. Here's the ISP info:

Global OnLine Japan (GOL-DOM)
   Imperial Building 5-3-2 Nishi-Shinjuku
   Shinjuku
   Tokyo 160-0023,
   JP



   Domain Name: GOL.COM



   Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
      DNS Administrator  (DA26-ORG)  dnsadmin@GOL.COM
      +81-3-5334-1700
      Fax- +81-3-5334-1701
   Billing Contact:
      DNS Administrator  (DA26-ORG)  dnsadmin@GOL.COM
      +81-3-5334-1700
      Fax- +81-3-5334-1701

The server is located in Japan, PNG may be creating trouble for his ISP. Or it may just be a normal 'can't get there from here situation that we see every day. Here's the traceroute to the server:

TraceRoute www2.gol.com (203.216.71.81)
network unreachable from 158.205.226.66: time=357 ms
 1    166    166 208.16.32.202   mcnet202.mcleodusa.net
 2    137    -29 208.16.32.252
 3    137      0 207.244.128.253 atm1-0-2-bbrtr1.mcleodusa.net
 4    134     -3 144.228.157.45  sl-gw12-chi-3-0.sprintlink.net
 5    132     -2 144.232.0.185   sl-bb11-chi-1-2.sprintlink.net
 6    139      7 144.232.0.174   sl-bb5-chi-4-0-0.sprintlink.net
 7    199     60 144.228.10.61   sl-bb2-sea-2-0-0.sprintlink.net
 8    350    151 144.232.6.25    sl-bb10-sea-1-1.sprintlink.net
 9    175   -175 144.232.6.58    sl-gw5-sea-0-0-0.sprintlink.net
10    300    125 144.228.97.14   sl-idca-1-0-0.sprintlink.net
11    550    250 158.205.224.45  Hssi11-0-301.yok1.idc.ad.jp
12    398   -152 158.205.224.98  Hssi12-0.tok2.idc.ad.jp
13    324    -74 158.205.224.129 FastEthernet10-1.tok1.idc.ad.jp
14    319     -5 158.205.226.66  timed out
15    324      5 158.205.226.66  timed out
16    534    210 158.205.226.66  network unreachable not reached

Assume the most reasonable conclusion first (i.e. simple net trouble) unless we hear otherwise from PNG.

-- Arnie Rimmer (Arnie_Rimmer@usa.net), December 22, 1998.

Arnie I was able to access it this morning when you first posted it. Thanks!

-- Just me (noone@nowhere.now), December 22, 1998.

Tried again at 1530 Pacific Time - no problem this time. All the East Coast Northites must have been clogging up the works this morning. 8-}]

Thoroughly enjoyed PNG's takes on "Trouble" and "Dolphins vs. Tuna". The apparent link to a "Y2K" article wasn't active yet.

-- Mac (sneak@lurk.com), December 22, 1998.

Gomen nasai (I'm sorry) My provider shut me down less than 4 hours after uploading. Must have exceeded 1,000 hits/hour limit. Either that or too much "trouble." Today is a Japanese holiday so my provider will be closed. Anyone know a free server with no limit?

Onegai shimasu (figurative speech: please do me a favor) PNG

-- PNG (png@gol.com), December 22, 1998.