Anyone know what’s going on with randi.org? Yesterday it didn’t seem to have a name server entry, and access by the raw IP (63.118.175.191) was not possible. But today, I can reach the main page and this week’s commentary (but not the forums) using the IP. Name Server X-ref still seems to be bad.
Sounds like he changed hosting servers. If this is the case, it’ll take a few days for the new DNS information to propagate, after which the old URLs should work properly.
Normally, yes. But it’s entirely possible, asuming they are in the process of changing servers, that they simply haven’t gotten around to setting up the subdomains on the new server yet. Transferring a site to a new server doesn’t automatically set up the subs, too. Those have to be set up through the websites admin control panel provided by the webhost.
The JREF forums have had chronic server problems for a long time now; we are never surprised when we get a “Cannot Find Server”, we just sigh and go find something else to do.
And it’s common to be able to get to the Home Page but not to the forums. Like the Straight Dope.
Which would be a symptom of changing ISPs. “randi.org” won’t change, but the IP will.
Right now, I can reach all randi sites by IP or DNS translation, including the forums. There is some buzz on the forums about problems, but I haven’t found any mention of changing ISPs yet. I’ll circulate and see what I can find.
As I understand it, Randi’s computer skills are not at a level where his presence or absence is going to make any difference to how well his servers run.