[Wikipedia-l] Re: New server online?

[Brion VIBBER]

Toby Bartels wrote:
> When I go to www.wikipedia.com using IE,
> I get a snapshot that was apparently taken shortly after 10:48.
[..]
> But when I go to www.wikipedia.com using Netscape,
> I get a new server, with all kinds of recent changes since 17:33:
[..]
> Well, I just deleted all of my temporary Internet files for IE.
> Now it's working!  But I still wonder what was going on.

To hazard a guess, IE was preserving the IP address for the former 
www.wikipedia.com (130.94.122.195) in some sort of cache. The new 
www.wikipedia.com (130.94.122.197) has the new live server.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)