balug?

Mon Feb 7 11:42:14 PST 2005

Quoting Michael T. Halligan (michael at halligan.org):

> Does anybody know what happened to the balug webserver & mailing list? 
> It seems to have fallen off the edge of the Internet.

Everyone, sing along:  "Yes, we have no nameservice.  We have no
nameservice, today."

rick at alfredo:~$ whois balug.org | more

Domain ID:D494587-LROR
Domain Name:BALUG.ORG
Created On:23-Sep-1997 04:00:00 UTC
Last Updated On:22-Oct-2004 19:56:08 UTC
Expiration Date:22-Sep-2005 04:00:00 UTC

[...]

Name Server:NS2.TDL.COM
Name Server:NS.BADGERRACING.COM

rick at alfredo:~$ dig www.balug.org @ns2.tdl.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> www.balug.org @ns2.tdl.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 16400
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.balug.org.                 IN      A

;; Query time: 77 msec
;; SERVER: 206.180.224.8#53(ns2.tdl.com)
;; WHEN: Mon Feb  7 11:37:21 2005
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 31

rick at alfredo:~$ dig www.balug.org @ns.badgerracing.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> www.balug.org @ns.badgerracing.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 34915
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.balug.org.                 IN      A

;; Query time: 52 msec
;; SERVER: 206.180.232.132#53(ns.badgerracing.com)
;; WHEN: Mon Feb  7 11:37:41 2005
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 31

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make cups of tea, floss the cat, fluff the geraniums, open the kitchen window 
and scream out it with operatic force, volume, and decorum, and then return to 
the vexed glowing letters calmer of mind and soul?" -- The Cube, forum3000.org