From: "aktxyz@..." <aktxyz@...>
Date: 2007-03-19T05:30:05+09:00
Subject: open-uri can read slashdot rss, but not digg rss ?

Here's an irb session, this used to work, maybe something new about
digg's rss feed ?

irb(main):001:0> require 'open-uri'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> open('http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/
slashdot').readlines.length
=> 263
irb(main):003:0> open('http://www.digg.com/rss/
containertechnology.xml').readlines.length
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:54:in `rbuf_fill': execution expired
(Timeout::Error)
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:56:in `timeout'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:76:in `timeout'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:132:in `rbuf_fill'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:116:in `readuntil'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:126:in `readline'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1988:in `read_status_line'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1977:in `read_new'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1046:in `request'
         ... 8 levels...
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:86:in `open'
        from (irb):3:in `irb_binding'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/workspace.rb:52:in `irb_binding'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/workspace.rb:52


happens every time !