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Old 05-14-2002, 10:46 AM   #1
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Best 404 error page I've seen

People have been coming up with clever 404 error pages for their web servers for a while, including Haiku and whatnot, but here's one that uses Javascript to spit dialogue out at you, one sentence at a time.

In the style of Marvin, the depressed robot from Hitchhiker's, try this page, and imagine you were honestly looking for something useful on that site:

http://www.avsforum.com/asdf
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Old 05-14-2002, 11:00 AM   #2
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404 Research Lab

Those who like this sort of thing, and I do ... will luv this site.

UT, that's a classic!
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Old 05-14-2002, 12:56 PM   #3
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Re: Best 404 error page I've seen

Quote:
Originally posted by Undertoad

http://www.avsforum.com/asdf
That one gave everybody here about 20 minutes of ROFL. Thanks. -)
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Old 05-29-2002, 09:18 PM   #4
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ive seen some funny ones in my time...but thats hysterical...thanks...




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Old 05-29-2002, 11:23 PM   #5
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I've seen this before, on another site, about a year ago...
Can't remember where though.
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Old 05-29-2002, 11:57 PM   #6
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Probably http://www.snopes2.com/hey.html
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Old 06-01-2002, 05:25 PM   #7
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