Is Nciku Down?

tvan
 December 07, 2009, 03:20 PM posted in General Discussion

Does anybody know why the Nciku dictionary is no longer available?  I haven't been able to use it all weekend.  At first I figured that it would be fixed on Monday, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

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changye
 December 07, 2009, 03:38 PM

Hi tvan

Nciku is available now EVEN IN the PRC.

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calkins
 December 07, 2009, 03:44 PM

I'm not able to access the site in Taiwan.  I was on it about 24 hours ago though. 

I can get to the login page, but then it takes me to a blank page.  I tried emptying my cache, as well as using other browsers...nada.  Strange.

Changye, maybe the Great Firewall is doing reverse blocking now...only people in China can access Chinese online dictionaries ;-)

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andrew_c
 December 07, 2009, 03:46 PM

can't get on either (in Virginia),  www.nciku.cn  works though    They mention nothing about this on twitter either...

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kimiik
 December 07, 2009, 03:47 PM

In fact, the home page is down but I can access the site from another page.

eg: http://www.nciku.com/search/all/examples/%E9%85%B7

;o)

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RJ
 December 07, 2009, 03:51 PM

tvan,

it may be working in the PRC but I cant open it either. There must be a problem in the US.

use http://www.nciku.cn/  - as Changye pointed out, this one is working.

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changye
 December 07, 2009, 04:03 PM

Hi rjberki

This is also working here in the PRC.

http://www.nciku.com/

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changye
 December 07, 2009, 04:08 PM

Hi calkins

Hehe, Actually I'm very happy to hear that some guys outside the PRC have trouble accessing a website I can access here in the PRC. It's always the other way around.

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RJ
 December 07, 2009, 04:12 PM

hehe, a great response but it seems tvan didnt stick around for an answer.

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changye
 December 07, 2009, 04:24 PM

Tvan is now busy playing with his hunting dogs.

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tvan
 December 07, 2009, 05:39 PM

All right, all right, thanks guys!  Only the ".cn" site works now here in California.  Must be some top secret Area 51 firewall to protect us Americans, because the standard site still doesn't work.