title: EOFError: end of file reached issue with Net::HTTP
body: <p>I am using ruby-1.8.7-p302/Rails 2.3.11. I am trying to use FQL (Facebook API) to get stats for a link. Here's my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>def stats(fb_post_url)
    url = BASE_URI + "?query=#{URI.encode("select like_count from link_stat where url=\"#{fb_post_url}\"")}"
    parsed_url = URI.parse(url)
    http = Net::HTTP.new(parsed_url.host, parsed_url.port)
    request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(parsed_url.request_uri)
  
    response = http.request(request)
    response.inspect
  end
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And here's the error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>EOFError: end of file reached
  from /home/rahul/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p302/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:135:in `sysread'
  from /home/rahul/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p302/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:135:in `rbuf_fill'
  from /home/rahul/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p302/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:67:in `timeout'
  from /home/rahul/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p302/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:101:in `timeout'
  from /home/rahul/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p302/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:134:in `rbuf_fill'
  from /home/rahul/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p302/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:116:in `readuntil'
  from /home/rahul/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p302/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:126:in `readline'
  from /home/rahul/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p302/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:2028:in `read_status_line'
  from /home/rahul/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p302/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:2017:in `read_new'
  from /home/rahul/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p302/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1051:in `request'
  from /home/rahul/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p302/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1037:in `request'
  from /home/rahul/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p302/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:543:in `start'
  from /home/rahul/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p302/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1035:in `request'
  from /home/rahul/Work/Radr/lib/fb_stats.rb:13:in `stats'
  from (irb):10
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This seems to be happening only in case of the Facebook API. Also, I saw it suggested in some post this could be a bug in Net::HTTP.</p>