The Lulu Problem Solved

[jeff_duntemann]

A couple of days ago, I finally figured out what was preventing me from completing an order on lulu.com-a site for publishing ebooks and print-on-demand books that I consider extremely promising. I mentioned this problem in my July 8, 2006 entry, and I was pretty much stymied until the same

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[etfb]

So shouldn't the admins at lulu.com and the other site be fixing their servers so they work? It sounds like it's their problem, not everyone else's. A bit like the problem we have in Oz of yuppies moving into stupidly expensive appartments right next to a fifty-year-old amusement park and then lobbying the local council (successfully, if you can believe it!) to have the park's hours curtailed because the happy screams are wafting in the windows and disturbing their dinner parties.

Would that it were so easy

[chris_gerrib]

Go read my post. The really short answer is "it ain't Lulu's fault." Somebody on a device between Jeff and Lulu has configured a router to block a certain type of packet.

They did this because the type of packet is a security problem. In fact, I'm typing this in my router class, and the Head Guru just said "oh, we turn that type of packet off by default."

[chris_gerrib]

"mighty deep geek stuff?!" Damn, I tried to make that as plain English as possible.

Thanks for the link, and I'm glad you got it fixed.