Inside the Newsroom

Archive for March 28th, 2008

Why didn’t the web site work for me? This is why.

Albert Sun, Web Editor-in-Chief

Over the past week or so, many of you, especially readers on campus have probably noticed that articles on dailypennsylvanian.com have just plain not worked.

You’ve likely been seeing some version of this error.

Service Unavailable - DNS failure

The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later.

Reference #11.c48f748.1206020220.6a1305f

Well, I’ve been seeing it too, and now I’m here to explain it to you. The explanation is long and complicated, but trust me, it’s a rip-roaring story involving shadowy corporations, quarreling lovers and at least one Scandinavian country.

(more…)