Why can't I ping http://www.newyorker.com/? I can bring it up in my browser, but can not ping it. tom at tom-Inspiron-1520 ~ $ ping -c5 http://www.newyorker.com/ ping: unknown host http://www.newyorker.com/ tom at tom-Inspiron-1520 ~ $ ping -c5 www.newyorker.com/ ping: unknown host www.newyorker.com/ Tom