Persistent TR server errors

TR is working fine from where I is!

Still won't let me change my bloody email address though, and hasn't for the past year and a half!

Nice to see you around again!

GG

Does anyone at TR read the posts to this forum?

I got a couple a week ago.

Proxy Error
The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request GET /5218-6230-0.html.

Reason: Error reading from remote server

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Bad Gateway
The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Seems to be working OK now. Mind you Updates are not working properly.

The demands of business left me with less than enough time for necessary activities, let alone time for discretionary ones. As it's linked to college football, it happens every year; the only thing that varies is the begin & end points.

And, while I do have plenty of other things that have piled up & need attention, I decided that I deserve at least some small vacation. So, other than get the lawn mowed before the Township Code Enforcement hauls me into court again, and a few other small unavoidables, I'm treating myself to some recreation here.

As for aliases, I like to think that one would be hard pressed to find one more enigmatical than "deepsand."

I have been getting it just hitting rply in a discussion.
and I started a proxy errors discussion several days ago about it, like early thurday morning.

oh (sniff! :_| ) I'll miss you (sob! :_| ) so very very much (waaaah! :_| ) you know I always (sniff! :_| ) do.......

couldn't resist... ;)

But good luck with the finals. Revise as much and as often as you can. I found mnemonics helped, while others used mind mapping...

Let us know how you get on with them, whenever they are....

GG
]:)

But I had seen the occasional post.... So I assumed(I know, never assume) that everything was OK.

Good luck on the finals... And the W word... Yea, it does suck eggs don't it?

Dan

https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=241470

Received a similar error message referring to the "GET" command, although I think the unavailable filename was different. Pages other than the Workspace loaded OK though.

on our presence, while under-estimating the loss they feel owing to our absence; it seems that the only sure measure of the former can be had after the fact by observing the latter.

In part this owes to the fact we do, more oft than not, fail at adequately apprising others of the pleasures they provide us. But that which is perhaps the greater portion is owing to our not truly knowing the value of something until it's lost; hence the adage that "you don't miss your water 'till the well runs dry."

And, if one remains absent for some time and then returns, how to know who has remained so as to be able to have noticed our absence? Should we assume that all present upon our return had not themselves departed and returned during our absence, are therefore knowing of the duration of our absence, and thus those whose observance of our return should be most expected? The answer is, of course, no, for to do so would be to unfairly judge.

Better to allow that all may have departed immediately after us, and have returned momentarily before we did; and then, be delighted if but one should welcome us back.

May the Future Be Kind.

Depending on each year's schedule, I get stretched pretty thin sometime between May & July, at which point I pretty much vanish from sight here.

At the moment, I've 1021 unread "Alerts" from TR, many of them from [i]last[/i] year! That's why I bitch about "Updates" not functioning properly, "All Discussion" not really being "All," etc.. Without being able to quickly use TR's on-site functions to keep current re. who's saying what, where and to whom, I'm virtually blind.

I'm confused as to your problem re. your e-mail address and your Profile. Is it the case that you are trying to change the one currently on file for "gadgetgirl" to one that you'd previously used here for another account, one for which you've forgotten the password?

As for "[i]deceased[/i] cocker spaniel??," Charlie survived for at least 9 months with severe kidney failure, showing no visible signs of pain or infirmity until 2 days before his death. The vet attributed that to his great love for and desire to remain with me. Since then, a pastor of a Spiritualist church claims to have observed his spirit sitting so very patiently by me as I ate, as was his usual behavior whilst living. Things that make you go "hm-mm."

Target Name: www.techrepublic.com
IP: 216.239.122.102
Date/Time: 23-Oct-07 01:51:10

1 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms 2 ms 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms dslrouter [192.168.1.1]
2 16 ms 15 ms 16 ms 16 ms 17 ms 15 ms 17 ms 14 ms 25 ms 17 ms [10.7.96.1]
3 18 ms 14 ms 14 ms 16 ms 30 ms 18 ms 17 ms 20 ms 46 ms 16 ms at-1-1-1-1716.CORE-RTR1.PHIL.verizon-gni.net [130.81.10.9]
4 31 ms 16 ms 16 ms 15 ms 15 ms 35 ms 42 ms 16 ms 27 ms * so-7-1-0-0.BB-RTR1.PHIL.verizon-gni.net [130.81.20.136]
5 16 ms 18 ms 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms 19 ms 26 ms 14 ms 15 ms * 0.so-6-0-0.XL1.PHL6.ALTER.NET [152.63.3.77]
6 20 ms 22 ms 21 ms 18 ms 20 ms 20 ms 20 ms 22 ms 25 ms * 0.so-0-0-0.XL3.IAD8.ALTER.NET [152.63.36.25]
7 20 ms 17 ms 20 ms 19 ms 21 ms 20 ms 33 ms * 20 ms * 0.ge-6-1-0.BR2.IAD8.ALTER.NET [152.63.41.153]
8 23 ms 22 ms 20 ms 21 ms 22 ms 22 ms 22 ms 22 ms 20 ms * telia-gw.n54ny.ip.att.net [192.205.32.49]
9 58 ms 60 ms 67 ms 57 ms 58 ms 58 ms 59 ms 58 ms 58 ms * tbr1.wswdc.ip.att.net [12.123.8.106]
10 71 ms 61 ms 60 ms 59 ms 62 ms 61 ms 60 ms 59 ms 100 ms * tbr1.sl9mo.ip.att.net [12.122.10.30]
11 62 ms 60 ms 59 ms 59 ms 76 ms 66 ms 82 ms 60 ms 82 ms * tbr2.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.10.90]
12 63 ms 59 ms 57 ms 59 ms 59 ms 58 ms 60 ms 56 ms 65 ms * br2.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.123.16.213]
13 65 ms 58 ms 59 ms 58 ms 60 ms 59 ms 59 ms 63 ms 59 ms * mdf1-gsr12-1-pos-6-0.dal1.attens.net [12.122.255.78]
14 479 ms 65 ms 59 ms 59 ms 59 ms 58 ms 74 ms 65 ms 643 ms * mdf1-bi8k-2-eth-2-2.dal1.attens.net [63.241.192.218]
15 60 ms 60 ms 57 ms 59 ms 58 ms 60 ms 60 ms 59 ms 172 ms * [63.241.249.246]
16 59 ms 59 ms 57 ms 59 ms 59 ms 60 ms 59 ms 61 ms 59 ms * c18-sha-redirect-lb.cnet.com [216.239.122.102]

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Continuous traceroutes, at 15 sec. intervals, show a significant & highly volatile delay at hop 14.

trying to open a discussion I posted a comment in:

Proxy Error

The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request GET /5208-12844-0.html.

Reason: Error reading from remote server

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

We'll be waiting, waiting, waiting, ...

since the last time I did..... ;\

Too bad they have chosen a MicroSoft "solution" for their server needs, huh? :D

Don't know about back home, where I first observed the problem, but here in State College, where I am for the moment, the problem has returned.

Time for a TraceRoute from here.

A 500 series error, 502 I think. One was resolved by the time I finished sending an email about it. I also get the super-slow load clicking links in TR email alerts (half the time), lose my login changing to a different page (also about half of the time), and occasionally very slow appearance of text while typing in this little box (it just happened briefly, just now). I thought it was just a browser problem or something.
Hey, y'all!

And almost two weeks later and TPTB have still not come to this discussion to acknowledge this as an issue they are looking into.

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmm.

PMs to TPTB.

Lately I've encountered some very short-term proxy malfunctions that were solved by a single refresh, but in longer outages I've found both browsers reporting the same errors.

When you're ready to have this done. I'm very curious about what's happening on your end.

First, I regret that there's been no response to this thread thus far. I apologize on behalf of the staff and won't offer any lame excuses!

Our engineers have been notified and are investigating the problem.

Thanks for the head's up.

By "page source", I meant view the source with your browser and then save it. However, that's not necessary now.

Sending URLs and time(s) when the error(s) occurred is sufficient.

Thanks,
Doug

11/07, 9:52 and 9:53 CST. Both times trying to access the "Hot Discussions" listing.

Hope this is helpful!

Proxy Error
The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request GET /5208-6230-0.html.

Reason: Error reading from remote server

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

11/07/07 9:59am cdt

Nearly every post I click on this morning renders that error, all the new posts and most of the old.

Do you guys have gremlins? ;)

Thanks to those who tried to help by sending reports to us with times and URLs. We now have a pretty good idea of what's wrong.

We are working to remedy the problem; however, I will say this does not have a quick fix. It won't take months; we'll be making incremental improvements over the coming days and weeks.

Thanks for all your help and understanding.

Best,
Doug

It happened to me again yesterday, but once only.

Now what will we do with the free time on our hands?

I beg your pardon?!

Are you bragging or complaining?!!

:p

GG

?:|

Telepathy fail you again?

jus' checking.

Thought the local tidal and storm surge may have got in the way..... ;)

....... "Your complaint has been noted and will be addressed by the help desk at the earliest opportunity....."

;\

GG

Don't do a lot with proxies and/or relays, so would find it VERY interesting to see where the problem was.

502s that are causing your problem. ;-)

Sandy, dearest, there is nothing wrong with my gateway that a damn good oiling wouldn't put right...

;\ ;\ ;\

]:)

GG

Sadly though, absent the availability of a qualified Local Service Provider, I'm afraid that you're left to your own devices; or, should one say, gadgets.

TR's HW is --- OLD??? :^0 :^0

Sorry, had to say it.
This does explain the 'not a quick fix' explanation from before.
Thanks

Any idea as to when we might see a resolution?

Are we almost there yet?

the url:

https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=246750

I had thought them banished, but just recently they reappeared, sometime on Monday I believe.

And, whereas all previous occurences that I observed resulted from trying to go to "My Workspace," the latest were confined to the "Submit Post" function.

With TR's office closed until 02 JAN, it could be a rough week.

but they appear to be worked out for the moment.

Yes, I promise to behave for awhile.

01 JAN 2008.

worry.

I guess they keep telling you this because they're own lack of :^0 :D ;)

BTW I keep getting these errors about ActiveX and Java-scripts within the advertise banners. I hate them special as my company forbits me [i](doesn't give me the possibility)[/i] to update the software versions, afraid as they are about virusses and other mallware

Rob

"Don't judge me by your standards".

It was due to a database lockup that we resolved late in the evening on 12/26.

Happy New Year,
Doug

said Skinner to his dog.

If you are, I'd love to have some response times for any slow-loading components on our website. You can just PM them to me.

Thanks,
Doug

Who is "Skinner"?

Who is Skinner? You are kidding, right?

In the event that wasn't sarcasm:
B.F.Skinner, behavioral psychologist following on the heels of Pavlov. A bit of his theory is used in dog training...

This time I know it's not me or mine. Clean install on NEW lappie, and this is the first time it's let me post since before Christmas Eve....

transferring data from techrepublic.com.com is most problematic for me. I have to leave it to load for at least 30 seconds, then reclick the link. After that, it still stalls, so needs a refresh. I finally get on after that!

It also seems to stall between transferring data from tr.com.com to waiting for tr.com.com.

(mid post - still have read cdn.eyewonder.com on the toolbar)

dw.com.com was the problem before you posted that the apps were hanging, but that seems to have cleared for the moment. i.com seems to fly through, although at the moment the mbox4.offermatica is taking about 10 seconds.

cdn.eyewonder.com only appears intermittently, as does news.zdnet.

None of these have caused time outs, but just sit there looking at me getting me more and more frustrated!

For info: it's only happening on TR, I'm using FF2 on my NEW Acer 4222 WLMi, 512 Mb, 80Gb, DUAL CORE 1.66 CPU with Empowering Technology.

(I'm chuffed - can you tell, perchance?!)

Thanks to Beth, pm's now get to my personal account, so if you need more info, feel free....

GG

Edit: sadly, it appears that the new lappie spells just as badly as the old one did ..... ;\

What little I know of B.F. Skinner is uninteresting. His name is not part of my 'working vocabulary,' really.

Thanks for the info, boxfiddler, re-reading Dumphrey's message with that info, 'B.F. Skinner' seems most likely who he meant, unless there's another, slightly more relevant Skinner, whose work I know even less. The former is likelier.

Now, Dumphrey, what's your point?

I gather from boxfiddler that your comment was intended to refer to conditioned responses, probably something like "get used to it." In any case, given the tendency of literal explanations to defeat the purpose of humor, there's no need to bother explaining unless part of boxfiddler's reply was inaccurate, which I doubt very much.