root nameservers broken again?

bleh... is it me, or are the root nameservers hosed again?

e.g....

;; QUESTIONS:
;; 1.1.251.206.in-addr.arpa, type = ANY, class = IN

;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
IN-ADDR.ARPA. 86400 SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. hostmaster.INTERNIC.NET. (
                        1997071600 ; serial
                        10800 ; refresh (3 hours)
                        900 ; retry (15 mins)
                        604800 ; expire (7 days)
                        86400 ) ; minimum (1 day)

;; Total query time: 90 msec
;; FROM: coredump to SERVER: a.root-servers.net 198.41.0.4

looks like this for [a-d].root.servers.net... e,f,g look ok (as far as
I can tell)...

  -Taner