Eriisa: Hmmm. So, if you put your phone off the hook, and someone complains he cannot call you, you also reply with "well, that's not a problem with my phone, it's a problem with the communication between your pnone and mine"?

If you cannot connect to the brainking server, then it may be a problem with the network between you and the server. But I certainly wouldn't rule out the server itself. Specially if one can connect to port 80 of brainking.info (89.250.246.180) without problems, while connecting to port 80 of brainking.com (89.250.246.182) times out.

Blaming the network doesn't always excuse oneself. Certainly, Fencer isn't responsible for the internet at large. But he does control where he places his servers. And the last part of the network *is* under his control.

If you'r going to plan a large event, and people have problems reaching it due to travel, you cannot be blamed for accidents on the highways holding up people. But if you plan your event in a busy city with narrow roads and no parking places, your choice of location could be better, and you aren't blameless.

Note that I'm not complaining about the slowness and other connection problems of brainking (it is slow, and there are connection problems - but it doesn't bother me too much). But I do complain about the ignorance of "oh, it's a connection problem, so it cannot be the server". Well, duh, there are three parts involved in a connection: both endpoints, and the network in between. In a connection problem, any part can be at fault.