/dns 38.116.139.254
the only clue as to why is the following:
18:40:43: /~ tabris / |[irc@tabriel irc]$ host 38.116.139.254
18:40:43: /~ tabris / |254.139.116.38.in-addr.arpa is an alias for 38.116.139.254.photobucket.com.
18:41:52: /~ tabris / basically, it's supposed to be a PTR record, but it's not...
18:41:53: /~ tabris / it's a CNAME
18:42:00: /~ tabris / which some apps don't know how to handle
apps like mIRC perhaps? 6.16 here, XP Pro. Crashed even my vanilla mIRC; also crashed a friend's 6.16.