I wanted to send a link to a friend that is on mises.org, but the link to the PDF is broken. It is Murray Rothbard's "The Case Against the Fed" at http://mises.org/books/fed.pdf
Does anyone know how to contact the site administrators that can fix this?
This is a great resource, so it's too bad to have it unavailable.
The e-book format seems to work, but most people won't go to the trouble of downloading an e-book reader if using a PC.
Works for me.
You also have the audiobook alternative.
in firefox (windows PC) or on my Android browser I get "The resource cannot be displayed because the file extension is not being accepted by your browser."
In Internet Explorer I get: HTTP 406 Not Acceptable
This error (HTTP 406 Not Acceptable) means that Internet Explorer was able to receive information from the website you visited, but the information was not in a format that Internet Explorer can display.
What's even more strange, is if I try to access this or any other book from this page: http://mises.org/Literature/Author/299/Murray-N-Rothbard
All of the links have an enexpected prefix that messes up the link like this: http://library.mises.orghttp//mises.org/books/fed.pdf
I even tried this on another computer and both IE and firefox and I am getting the same result.
Can anyone else confirm this on their end? It seems like a serious problem if I'm not the only one having it.
You could see if it works on the browser google chrome? This is the only way the forums work properly for me, so perhaps it is the only way the books will work properly for you. (For me the books work on Internet Explorer too though).
Reederoo: in firefox (windows PC) or on my Android browser I get "The resource cannot be displayed because the file extension is not being accepted by your browser." In Internet Explorer I get: HTTP 406 Not Acceptable This error (HTTP 406 Not Acceptable) means that Internet Explorer was able to receive information from the website you visited, but the information was not in a format that Internet Explorer can display.
This sounds like you don't have a proper PDF reader installed...or at least not initialized by the browser(s). First check and make sure you actually are able to view PDFs on the computer you're using. Right-click this link and choose "save link as" or "save target as". Then locate the file on your computer and try to open it.
What's even more strange, is if I try to access this or any other book from this page: http://mises.org/Literature/Author/299/Murray-N-Rothbard All of the links have an enexpected prefix that messes up the link like this: http://library.mises.orghttp//mises.org/books/fed.pdf I even tried this on another computer and both IE and firefox and I am getting the same result.
Yes, you're right about this one. That's definitely a coding error. Should be a quick and easy fix. I left a message on the dev boards.
The URL's are fixed.
I have no problem opening other pdf's, and even other pdf's on mises.org. I can open and read this one just fine for example: http://mises.org/books/Rothbard_What_Has_Government_Done.pdf
The problem is unique to http://mises.org/books/fed.pdf at least as far as the ones I have tried to open so far.
I just tried opening a bunch of other pdf's on the Rothbard author page and no problem with any of them except the case against the fed.
I have already tried downloading before opening, and when I do as you suggested by right-clicking and "save link as" I get a file that is only 98 bytes in size. This is the same whether using the original link or the one that you posted in your reply. The actual size of the file according to this page: http://mises.org/document/3430/The-Case-Against-the-Fed is 10,118 KB, so 98 bytes is not the whole file.
Any other ideas?
The problem's definitely on your end. No one else seems to be having that problem. There is obviously some setting on your system that doesn't like that link. Maybe your router cached the wrong IP. Or maybe there's something special about that particular PDF file that doesn't agree with some browser setting.
Did you try other computers?
So far I have tried 3 computers, 2 smartphones, 3 OS's (Android, Vista, and Win 7), 3 browsers (IE 9, firefox 8, and Android default browser.
These were in 2 different buildings on 2 different routers/modems (one my home and another a local business) (one router is D-Link, the other is the default router supplied by verizon)
The only things in common are the city (Ridgecrest, CA) and the ISP (Verizon).
In all cases I get one of the error's mentioned in my earlier posts if opening directly, and if I try to save to disk before opening I either get an error or a 98 byte filesize (which of course fails to open).
In all cases I can open other .pdf's on mises.org with no problems.
I'll ask some other local people to try and see what they get.
Downloaded Google Chrome browser and tried, but same result:
The resource cannot be displayed because the file extension is not being accepted by your browser.
Other pdf's open fine in Chrome. Same result if right-click and save to disk in Chrome (98 byte file).
Also tried on smartphone using T-mobile data connection instead of Verizon Wi-Fi.
Same result - can open other mises.org/books/... pdf files, but not fed.pdf
OK, Here's confirmation that there are issues accessing that file from the Los Angeles, CA area in general, not just me:
http://internetsupervision.com/scripts/urlcheck/check.aspx?checkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmises.org%2Fbooks%2Ffed.pdf
This site checks URL's from various locations around the world and returns the same error that IE gives me (Error 406 Not Acceptable) (but only from LA, and sometimes Beijing, China)
This site doesn't appear to give correct results for pdf's in general, because other pdf's result in an "unavailable" result, I believe indicating that it was retrieved and not found to be a valid html page.
The 406 error indicates that what was retrieved wasn't a valid file type at all.
If you enter another pdf from mises.org then you don't get any 406 error, just unavailable all around (indicating that it was retrieved, but not a valid web page (since it's a pdf)).
Like this: http://internetsupervision.com/scripts/urlcheck/check.aspx?checkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmises.org%2Fbooks%2Fhistofthought2.pdf
Any idea what is going on? is the file blacklisted by some ISP? I wonder if posting it with a different file name would fix the problem, although that would break any links to the original file.
I am now able to access the file just fine, and the LA area server at internetsupervision.com is also not returning the 406 error anymore.
Just wondering; did someone fix something at mises.org, or did it just fix itself?
Thanks for your help with this.
Mises.org uses http://cloudflare.com/ as a CDN and security proxy. In a very few cases, it will block legitimate users. For example, your IP may have previously belong to a spammer or infected PC. The block will go away over time. This may be what happened.
I don't think that could have been the issue in this case, because I always had access to everything else on mises.org, including all other pdf files except fed.pdf. If it was a security block I wouldn't have been able to get the the site at all.
Also, at least 2 different physical locations in my city, and the server at http://internetsupervision.com located in the Los Angeles, CA area was returning the same 406 error when directed to access the same file, and all problems went away from all those locations at the same time. Seems unlikely that just their server's IP address and mine and the other locations in my city were blocked for the same period of time, and all just for accessing that one file. I'm guessing that the problem affected a large part of the LA area and my entire city.
Oh, well. Glad it's working now.