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The underscore makes it an invalid hostname. :-(

It is accessible in google cache, except _why's answers are images, which are not cached. Aaargh! So close. http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:QtwetYZV3HgJ:_why.usest...

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc952: "A "name" (Net, Host, Gateway, or Domain name) is a text string up to 24 characters drawn from the alphabet (A-Z), digits (0-9), minus sign (-), and period (.)."

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostname#Restrictions_on_valid_...

I talked to the guy who did the interview a month ago and told him about the problem and advised him to change it to why.usesthis.com and his last words were "you know, i think i might do that. :)" So.

You still can use the workaround: http://usesthis.com/interviews/_why

Thanks to the code:

  get '/interviews/:slug/?' do |slug|
    @interview = Interview.first(:slug => slug)
    raise not_found unless @interview

    haml :'interviews/show'
  end

I worked around it by adding the following to my host file: "74.207.245.100 _why.usesthis.com"

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