[meteorite-list] MPOD 500-error Update

From: valparint at aol.com <valparint_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:23:11 -0700
Message-ID: <15FB39B3A6D14BE6B2AD0DB5C4B96B74_at_Seuthopolis>

Hello List.
 
One of the causes of "500" errors when accessing the MPOD was IPv6 addresses. What's that, you ask?
 
An IP address uniquely defines an Internet node, which is any piece of Data Communication Equipment (server, router, hub, etc.) or any piece of Data Terminal Equipment (computer, printer, web cam, etc.) The original design of the Internet Protocol (IP) called for a 32-bit IP address, which allows for a bit over 4 billion addresses. That seemed like a lot back then but that is not the case now. So, the world is moving toward IPv6 addresses, which is a 128-bit quantity. That allows for 3.4?10^38 addresses, or 340 trillion trillion trillion using the 1 trillion = 1,000,000,000,000 definition. That should be sufficient for a while.
 
For certain technical reasons, not forseen by the idiot-programmer, the MPOD failed when it encountered an IPv6 address. That has been fixed.
 
Anne, when you switched to ComCast you suddenly started coming through with an IPv6 address.
 
Either URL - www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp or www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp - ought to work now. However,
 
   YOU MAY NEED TO DO A REFRESH ON THE PAGE
 
One last thing. I apologize to Andreas Koppelt in particular and the list in general for using the term "bummer" in my previous post. Using slang on an international list is a poor practice that I try to avoid but I failed in this instance. "Bummer" is 1960s hippie slang for something bad. For example, "Bummer, man! We're out of dope." It is not hard to see how the word could be interpreted as "one who is a bum", or some other unpleasant thing.
 
Cheers
 
Paul Swartz
IMCA 5204
MPOD Idiot-Programmer
 
p.s. Please, if anyone has problems connecting to the MPOD, let me know. More information is very helpful in finding software bugs.
Received on Wed 27 Nov 2013 04:23:11 PM PST