Help computer guys and--What is "Astrakhan"?

[firkin]

This is mainly a check to see if I can post. We'll get on to Astrakhan later.

Suddenly, I'm having trouble reading the forums. Unfortunately, I can't do much since these are locked-down boxes at the library.

Anyway when I try to go to any forums page I get a message that reads like a DNS lookup failure. But, if watched closely, what happens is all or part of the page loads, sometimes visibly, then is replaced by the error message.

If I use the back arrow, and the stop button, and time it well I can prevent the error message from appearing, and go ahead and read the page, or click a link. Of course, if the link is another forum page, I have to go through the gymnastics again. WTF??

Anybody have a clue? Yes, this a "Bill-box" with "Explorer".

If I'm lucky, I might be able to goad one of the staff here into fixing it, but I'll need to have some info first, as they clearly have very little.

Anyway, read here to see what "Astrakhan" is (besides a geographical area of Russia).

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/11/fashion/thursdaystyles/11ASTRA.html

How long before somebody gets in a big snit over this?

The parts about "not looking like fur" and giving rabbit pelts perms are pretty funny.

Goofy industry--tho' I always thought those cold-weather Russian hats were "cool".

let's see if this worked.

Edit: IT worked, but I didn't--

added link to post.

 

[munk]

It worked.


munk

 

[Bamboo]

Astrakhan is Ad Astra's Mongolian half brother.


I met him in a coffee shop one time, real serious and pretty gruff dude. Nice goatee though.


~ b

 

[texalp]

astrakahn is the wool from which Persian rugs are woven. I used to sell them and tha "fat tailled" Sheep was where tha wool came from. Al

 

[Ad Astra]

Astrakhan is Ad Astra's Mongolian half brother.


I met him in a coffee shop one time, real serious and pretty gruff dude. Nice goatee though.


~ b

Bamboo, Astrakhan says hi, and he apologizes for breaking that table you handcrafted. Well, actually, I guess he threw it through a window; I wasn't there. Heard you guys had some fun that day. He loses his temper real easy, and the guy serving coffee really should have paid better attention when he ordered the low-fat double latte frappacino.

Good thing he didn't have Bura's Movie Model with him. He's real fond of that one. I don't ask why, but he was shipwrecked somewhere near the Turks & Caicos for a long time.


Ad Astra

 

[Bill Marsh]

Astrakhan is a Mongolian astrologer usually spelled "Astra Kahn." This is a combination of "Astra" meaning "star" in Latin and Kahn meaning "leader" in Mongolian.

"Astra" also means "Missile" in Hindu. Perhaps the kamis could make a throwing knife called "Astra-Blasta?"