# File lib/rankmirror/reachable.rb, line 10
                def reachable?
                        begin
                                r = Curl::Easy.new(@uri)
                                r.timeout_ms = @timeout
                                r.perform
                                if r.response_code == 404
                                        false
                                else
                                        true
                                end
                        rescue
                                return false
                        end
                end