Luboš Motl's reference frame down?

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The discussion centers on the accessibility issues of Luboš Motl's blog, "The Reference Frame," which some users reported as being down. However, others confirmed that the site was operational, indicating that the problem may be localized to individual users. A potential cause for the access issues is the recent adoption of a new format for displaying formulas, which may require users to install additional applications to properly view the content. Additionally, there are concerns about possible hacking incidents related to the blog.

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"Luboš Motl's reference frame" down?!

Lately, I have tried on several occasions to access Lubos' web log.. the operation timed out every time. Anybody knows what's up? "Not Even Wrong" makes no mention of anything wrong (Peter Woit would normally, I guess, be the first one to voice out any problem...). Or is it something to do with blogspot? "Preposterous Universe" is seemingly similarly "down"...
 
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nitin said:
Lately, I have tried on several occasions so access Lubos' web log.. the operation timed out every time. Anybody knows what's up? "Not Even Wrong" makes no mention of anything wrong (Peter Woit would normally, I guess, be the first one to voice out any problem...). Or is it something to do with blogspot? "Preposterous Universe" is seemingly similarly "down"...

today I got Lubos blog no problem

all week I get Lubos no problem

the problem is with you

the reason you are having trouble may be that Lubos (maybe about a week ago, or 10 days?) adopted a new format to display formulas----something about "MIME TYPE"
and your computer could be choking on the formulas
you might have to install a little application in your computer to read Lubos formulas

my computer almost chokes, then it decides to ignore the new format messages and not bother with displaying the formulas. Then it burps and it goes ahead and displays the text

Lubos site is not down

a clueful person here will probably tell you how to remedy the trouble
 
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It looks as if it's been hacked.

Do a Google on "Lubos Motl" and one of the return results is: "The Reference Frame: Hacked: Hadley CRU FOI2009 Files"
 

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