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Does the route to Netflix servers pass through Comcast for everyone?

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I’m in St. Louis and use Charter for my internet. Just for kicks, I ran “tracert netflix.com” at a Windows command prompt and it seems that from here to Illinois, its all charter hops, but through IL, NY, and VA, the hops are various comcast.net domains.

I do realize that netflix.com likely isnt the domain of the servers actually doing the streaming, but this is still very interesting to me.

1     2 ms     2 ms     4 ms  DD-WRT [192.168.0.1]
2    12 ms    15 ms    13 ms  10.163.128.1
3    22 ms    19 ms    43 ms  96-34-52-84.static.unas.mo.charter.com [96.34.52
.84]
4    11 ms    14 ms    12 ms  bbr01olvemo-tge-0-1-0-2.olve.mo.charter.com [96.
34.2.86]
5    20 ms    19 ms    17 ms  bbr02chcgil-tge-0-1-0-4.chcg.il.charter.com [96.
34.0.65]
6    22 ms    27 ms    22 ms  prr01chcgil-tge-2-1.chcg.il.charter.com [96.34.3
.11]
7    78 ms    81 ms    72 ms  be-10-805-pe01.350ecermak.il.ibone.comcast.net [
75.149.231.205]
8    19 ms    19 ms    21 ms  pos-1-8-0-0-cr01.chicago.il.ibone.comcast.net [6
8.86.87.129]
9    88 ms    76 ms    64 ms  pos-2-12-0-0-cr01.newyork.ny.ibone.comcast.net [
68.86.87.21]
10    52 ms    56 ms    56 ms  pos-0-12-0-0-cr01.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [
68.86.85.29]
11    69 ms    54 ms    52 ms  pos-0-2-0-0-pe01.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [6
8.86.86.70]
12    51 ms    54 ms    58 ms  66.208.228.10
13    54 ms    67 ms    51 ms  xe-1-1-0.jnrt-edge01.iad1.netflix.com [69.53.244
.253]
14   116 ms   106 ms   107 ms  xe-0-0-0-100.jnrt-edge01.sv1.netflix.com [69.53.
230.213]
15   125 ms   109 ms   120 ms  te1-7.csrt-agg01.dc2.prod.netflix.com [69.53.230
.230]
16   103 ms   102 ms   112 ms  www.dc2.netflix.com [208.75.79.17]

1997-2003 Grand Prix Climate Control Diagnostics

This is a quick reference for how to use the diagnostic mode built into the dual zone digital climate control system which came installed in some 1997 through 2003 Pontiac Grand Prix Models.

Every time I want to look this up I always have trouble remembering the terms I need to search for to retrieve it, so I have stolen mirrored this from This Forum Post.

To enter diagnostics mode:
Press and hold both the Driver and Passenger knobs in simultaneously until the display changes to read "-00". To change position, turn the Driver knob to the desired number and turn the Passenger knob one click to view the data for that position.
Position Description US Observed on mine Canada
-00 Error codes (List of Trouble Codes Below!)
-01 (servo position) 103-107 43-162
-02 (servo position) 128 120-202
-03 (servo position) 150 162-194
-04 CJ2 Fan Speed Low=15, 29, 44, 58, 71, 86, 110=High, CJ2 Unit will adjust to other increments as needed
-05 (servo position) 93 88-191
-06 (servo position) -152 00-252
-07 (servo position) 00 0, 34-255
-08 (servo position) -155 00-255
-09 (servo position) 00 0, 23-255
-10 ? 04 04
-11 CJ2 Vent Mode 1=Def, 2=Bilevel, 3=Auto, 4=Lower, 5=Def+Lower
-12 Engine Coolant Temp -60 degrees 80=104, 95=131, 100=140 Peak@135°F
-13 Actual Vehicle Speed in MPH
-14 (servo position) 00 21=0
-15 ? 39 44
-16 Radiator low fan turn on temp -106 207
-17 Radiator low fan turn off temp 196 199
-18 ? 50 51
-19 (servo position) 162-169 40-172
-20 Affected by cabin temp sensor 89 50-172
-21 (servo position) 00 ?
-22 Sunload Sensor -117 LIGHT=126, 218=DARK
To return to normal operation, press the MODE button next to the Passenger temperature knob.
This is a list of the Trouble Codes displayed by the CJ2 Unit.
A two digit code indicates a current fault while a three digit code indicates a historic fault.
Trouble Code Description
00 No System Fault
01 or 101 Inside Air Temperature Sensor Short
02 or 102 Inside Air Temperature Sensor Open
03 or 103 Ambient Outside Temperature Sensor Short
04 or 104 Ambient Outside Temperature Sensor Open
05 or 105 LH Electric Actuator Open or Short
06 or 106 RH Electric Actuator Open or Short
07 or 107 UART Serial Data Line Fault
08 or 108 Solar Sensor Open
To clear codes from the CJ2 Unit, press the A/C Mode button.

SquareSpace.com First Impressions

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Last night I signed up for the 2 week trial of SquareSpace.com after hearing the advertisement on Leo Laporte’s TWiT network.  He’s said he will not advertise products he doesn’t actually approve of, so I figured I’d give it a shot.

It only took a few minutes to get it up and online.  I just picked a template, filled in some basic info, set up my cname from www.peq.me, wrote a quick about and welcome page.  Amazingly, this seems to be going exactly as advertised.

One of the things that drew me into trying this is that there is an iPhone app for updating.  The app seems very nice.  It opened quickly and seems to have a very usable interface- just as polished looking as the web editor does. I tested adding pictures by uploading some screenshots of the app.  

 

 

I’ve got nothing negative to say here.  If you’re looking for an extremely simple way to quickly get a website up and running, this is my new recommendation.  If you see this page still alive more than two weeks from 5.4.2010, then I’ve become a paying member.