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February 20, 2004
I've Got Mine
I was doing an audit of the servers at work last week when I discovered that our backups no longer fit on one tape. Fortunately, we have DDS4 tape drives, but were using DDS3 tapes. So simply by using DDS4 tapes, we can fit 20GB on each tape instead of 12GB.
I went online to find a good price on DDS4 tapes. Last time I checked, they cost about $60 each, so I was pleased to see that they were now down around $30. I could get a box of five for $140, or a box of ten for...
$35.
Naturally, I immediately ordered five boxes of ten. They arrived today, total price $184 including $9 shipping.
The price has now been fixed, and a box of ten sells for $288. But I don't care, because
I've got mine.
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I didn't realise computers also get audited. Is it the same as when the tax office does it, or more like when that internal auditor comes around asking why you do your job completely differently to the rules (something to do with the real world we live in rather than planet theory).
And now you can setup a sideline in tapes when you're not planning for world domination.
Posted by: Simon at February 20, 2004 04:32 PM (OyeEA)
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More like the latter. The server is supposed to be doing X list of tasks each day/week/month... Are they all being completed correctly? On time? And so on.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 20, 2004 04:57 PM (kOqZ6)
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I wonder if someone lost their job over that typo...
Posted by: Susie at February 20, 2004 09:25 PM (DhrO/)
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This is a test. Test test.
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How can I even hope to pass it if you won't even give us the questions!!???
The tension's killing me!
Arrrrrrg!
**off in the corner chewing my nails to the quick**
Paul
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Dang. That beats my camera battery for $70 vs camera battery plus carrying case plus carrying case for extra memory cards for $69 anyday.
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February 19, 2004
Ippatu Diaries
In epsiode 5, we learn what to do if you and your roomate are trapped inside a barrel which is slowly filling with water.
In episode 6, we are taught how to deal with being swallowed by a 7-metre python.
In episode 7, we find out how to make a sturdy rope out of toilet paper. Also, that seasons are reversed in the Southern Hemisphere.
In episode 8, we learn how to use a steam cannon to escape from a raging bushfire.
This is one of the most educational shows I've ever seen!
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Just from the description, that sounds like one odd little series. Did they use it as filler between programs?
Posted by: Ted at February 20, 2004 08:51 PM (2sKfR)
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Oh, it's much odder than it sounds.
Yes, it was probably used as filler. Late-night filler.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 21, 2004 12:13 AM (jtW2s)
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Funnily enough, knowledge of how to cope with scenarios 6 and 8 have come in handy on more than one occasion. Beyond that, I cannot ellaborate.
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Pray For Me
Lately, I haven't been able to sleep at night. And my boss gets annoyed if I sleep during the day.
It could be the weather, which has been disagreeable of late. If could be that I'm a suffering from some fatal disease. Or it could be that I drink too much Coke.
Since I can't do much about the first, and don't want to think about the second, I have decided to forswear the Coca Cola Corporation and all its products. Since I don't drink coffee and rarely drink tea, the only caffeine I consume will be naturally occuring.*
We'll see how that goes. If you note a marked change in the quantity, quality, or style of my postings, well, this is why.
* i.e. chocolate.
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Heh.
My acting coach thing is praying for my sleep.
I'll let you know how it goes.
Posted by: Meg at February 20, 2004 03:24 AM (1sxTw)
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I've had a similar problem--perhaps its beal-related? (or maybe it's all those naps I keep taking...)
Posted by: Susie at February 20, 2004 03:38 AM (0+cMc)
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Don't forsake the Coca-Cola Co.'s products. They'll track you down. They have ways. Why not switch to their non-caffinated products like Sprite, or even better why not pay $2 a time for Mount Franklin drinking water. That way you don't betray CCC and you can still pay for something you can otherwise get out of the tap!
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Ippatu Update
Okay, summary of episode one*
Our heroine, Kunyan, must escape from a sauna after dislocating both shoulders and both hips. She only has a limited amount of time to do so before she loses consciousness due to dehydration.
Oh, and in escaping she also manages to dislocate her jaw.
This is accompanied by medical information on joints and dislocation and diagrams showing the distance from the seat to the door of the sauna measured in Kunyan-lengths.
Kids, try this at home!
Episode two:
Kunyan and her flatmate have purchased a live King Crab for dinner. Unfortunately, it has escaped and is now firmly attached to Kunyan's face. They try to remove the crab using centrifugal force:F (centrifugal force) = mv2 / r
(m = Kunyan + crab, r = radius, v = velocity)
That's direct from the video, by the way. Success!
Well, each episode is only four minutes, so they have a limited opportunity to torture poor Kunyan.
One more:
Trapped in an awkward Yoga position, Kunyan accidentally spills a bottle of liquor and it catches fire from a lit cigarette. Given that Kunyan is unable to stand up, how can she put out the flames?
Solution: Taking her flatmate's box of Valentine's Day condoms, Kunyan walks on her hands into the kitchen, climbs into the sink, and makes an arsenal of water balloons. (The video shows the recommended method for this.) The fire is put out, the apartment is saved!
As Kunyan says:
Arigato... condoms.
* After BitTorrent stopped playing sillybuggers and I was able to download the files.
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Ippatu Kikimusume
There's something about this unusual little anime series. But just what, I don't know.
If I try to open the directory, Windows Explorer crashes.
If I persevere and try to view the video, Winamp crashes.
Ahh. Things are back to normal, it would seem.
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Clone Wars
And in yet another example of life imitating satire, Intel today announced their new chip, an AMD clone. Yes, the good old hill of yams, that Intel have been stridently denying lo these many months, is here.
And it's AMD-compatible.
Details for geeks:
AMD Gloats
Intel Mumbles
Microsoft Goes Where the Money Is
The Inquirer Acts All Surprised
Andew Orlowski Sticks to the Technology and Gets the Story More Right Than Wrong, For a Change
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February 18, 2004
Grow
And while I'm busy stealing content* from Ghost of a flea, take a look at GROW. Then drop by Dave Does the Blog for in-depth investigative reporting.
(Via
Ghost of a flea.)
* Only (as long as I give attribution) be sure to always call it please, research.
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The Very Lost Tribe Of Israel
Australia is an old-new continent. The Europeans issued a false birth certificate for it when the British seafarer Captain James Cook reached it. However, Australia already had the most ancient race of men on the face of the earth - the Aborigine people... They continue to live their primitive lives to this very day.
But when you become acquainted with their traditions among their tribes, you find that they have customs such as circumcision, marriage ceremonies, respect for tribal elders, and burial of the dead - all customs that show that they were connected to ancient Islamic culture before the Europeans set foot in Australia.
You know, it sounds to me more like they are, well,
Jewish.
They don't look Jewish.
Grandma, shush!
(
Tim Blair <
Allah <
Jihad Watch <
MEMRI. Don't break the chain!)
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That's going to make the synagogue a lot more interesting this Rosh HaShannah (New Year).
Posted by: Simon at February 18, 2004 04:27 PM (UKqGy)
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Australians are Jewish? Oy vey!
Posted by: EvilPundit at February 18, 2004 09:45 PM (rZdkp)
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I just learned today that I am Jewish. I was a little surprised, to tell the truth.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 19, 2004 01:42 AM (jtW2s)
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Funny, I thought you look Jewish--particularly around the wings....
Posted by: Susie at February 19, 2004 01:57 AM (0+cMc)
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Yeah, it's the wings that give it away every time.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 19, 2004 02:35 AM (jtW2s)
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Pixy Fantastic
(Thanks to
Ghost of a flea)
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February 17, 2004
Sorry, I've Made Other Plans
"I'm afraid we have some bad news. Please, you might want to stay seated."
Mark your calendar or Palm V. You can expect to die on:
July 9, 2040
at the age of 74 years old.
On that date you will most likely die from:
Cancer (38%)
Heart Attack (14%)
Third Degree Burns (7%)
Alcoholism (6%)
Horrible Accident (5%)
Homicide (5%)
Interesting stats from the
DeathTest:
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Disclaimer: We, despite being proficient with the human anatomy, are
not doctors. Keep that in mind before calling your lawyer as you're
clutching your left arm moaning "Damn you, Spark, Damn YOU!" on July 9,
2040, as you slip silently into the night.
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Damn you and your divinative temptations... and damn my own irrational superstitions. Now I'm all curious and weirded-out.
Posted by: Mitch H. at February 17, 2004 05:42 AM (tVSJJ)
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Erk
I've never had an allergic reaction to food before. But I'm pretty sure that's what this is. I've taken one of my little pink pills and it seems to be dying down now.
Crosses Lean Cuisine Purely Fish off list of quick, convenient and non-allergenic meals.
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Might have been scombroid poisoning, where histamine-like chemicals are created when fish spoils. Treatment is like allergies: antihistamines and Zantac until it goes away. (Or emergency room if it's really bad.)
Posted by: Daniel Newby at February 17, 2004 07:16 PM (TUAWm)
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Hmm. It does sound like a mild case of scombroid poisoning. The timing and symptoms match - though fortunately I didn't suffer any of the nastier stuff. And it felt a lot like a histamine reaction. Which is why I took the antihistamines, which seemed to do the trick.
Thanks for the info.
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February 16, 2004
The Real Beal
The Universe conspires to uninspire:
- None of my computers crashed today.
- Or indeed played up in an amusing manner.
- Nor did any office equipment explode.
- The weather was not extraordinarily hot.
- Or cold.
- Or wet.
- Nor did I get struck by lightning.
- Work was neither particularly stressful.
- Nor unusually successful.
- Lunch was kind of bland.
- Though that chicken sandwich was pretty nasty.
- Fast & Fresh has really gone down hill lately, you notice that?
- Less variety.
- Higher prices.
- And their chicken sandwiches taste, I don't know, off.
- Maybe I should go somewhere else.
- Wonder if M.Y.O. is still open on Pitt St.
- Because that was pretty good.
- I watched no anime today.
- Though I did read part of Mary Gentle's Rats and Gargoyles.
- Which, curiously enough, is about rats and gargoyles.
- In case you were expecting some clever allegory.
- The plot is fiendishly complicated.
- But I will endeavour to review it.
- Once it is finished.
- Which it isn't yet.
- So I can't do that today.
- I did get out of the crimson room.
- But not without help, so it doesn't really count.
- And I still have yet to complete level four of Throw Rocks At Boys.
- So, sadly, I have nothing to blog about.
- Dave Barry is moving.
- His new blog will have comments!
- That should prove interesting.
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February 15, 2004
Flying Exploding Pigs
Always good to see my tax dollars at work:
Professor Schpinkee's Greenhouse Calculator.
(Thanks to
The Fall of Jericho. Click
here if Blogspot's permalinks are, well, Blogspotted.)
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That's actually too annoying to be amusing (except for the part where my pig blew up--that was pretty cool).
Posted by: Susie at February 15, 2004 06:03 PM (0+cMc)
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Yep. It's the "How ecologically politcally correct are you" quiz... Plus exploding pigs.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 15, 2004 06:14 PM (jtW2s)
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Hey, I got my pig to -300tons. All you have to do is slide the slider on the last page all the way to the left.
Posted by: Anonymous Coward at February 16, 2004 07:56 PM (8+XGc)
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According to this I produce to 190.2 tonnes of CO2 and I deserved to have died at age 1.2 apparently.
I have some questions though, for example why does who pays for my petrol have anything to do with the CO2 produced by burning it? Will I somehow get better fuel economy if I don't use the company fuel account? Does privately bought fuel burn cleaner? I thought I was getting it from the same fuel stations as when I was a student? If anything I'm probably producing less, given that I've replaced my old kingswood wagon with a company provided Calais that they service regularly.
Ditto air travel, does the reason I'm flying change how much fuel the plane uses?
The fact I spend my income seems to also cause a blowout, would the environment be better of if I kept it in twenties under the bed? Sounds like a fire hazard to me.
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February 14, 2004
Fri... Saturday Five
1. Are you superstitious?
No.
2. What extremes have you heard of someone going to in the name of superstition?
A relative of one of my co-workers sold his house because it was haunted.
3. Believer or not, what's your favorite superstition?
The one that says that if you don't link to Ambient Irony regularly, your hair, teeth and toenails will fall out.
That and the morbid fear of the number 37,473,382,481.06.
4. Do you believe in luck? If yes, do you have a lucky number/article of clothing/ritual?
No. Therefore, also no.
5. Do you believe in astrology? Why or why not?
No. Because it is complete and utter tripe.
There, that was easy. Now what's for breakfast?
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Hey, I am a firm believer in astrology. The alignments of the planets and stars do have a firm profound effect on my life. Yours too, whether you know it or not.
Remember back before the invasion in Iraq, we were all guessing when the invasion would come, and it was a good bet that it would be during the dark of the moon? That's applied astrology. The position of the moon does have an effect on our lives, for very solid known reasons. Turns out we launched at sunrise, but...
I work in the Space industry. One day I hope to be a navigator for interplanetary space missions. These missions are extremely sensitively dependent on the relative positions of the planets. For instance, now is not a fortuitous time to launch a spacecraft to Mars. But I forsee that September 2005 is an excellent time.
All that stuff we are getting back from Mars now is dependent on applied astrology, or in other words astrodynamics.
Posted by: Anonymous Coward at February 15, 2004 07:23 AM (jkvhY)
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Bah! The stars are just little shiny dots on a fixed background! As such, they obviously have no influence on human affairs!
Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 15, 2004 12:02 PM (jtW2s)
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But I like tripe, in menudo or pepper pot, or even burritos.
The stars provide merely a frame of reference; in fact astrological calculations do not relate to their current positions. To the extent that anything off the Earth influences us, it is the sun, moon and planets, and their relative positions. I have seen enough correlation between chart and personality as to not be convinced it is random.
Posted by: triticale at February 16, 2004 05:20 PM (9ulhY)
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Sorry triticale, but not only is any such influence completely impossible, but astrological predictions have been shown to fall comfortably within the bounds of chance.
I note that you say "not be convinced it is random", so I assume you're agnostic and not a believer. Try visiting the JREF forums at randi.org, where they'll be happy to point you to numerous studies debunking astrology.
Since you like your menudo, I'll call astrology "worthless garbage" from now on instead of "tripe".
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Blogopoly
Brought to you by Aaron's Rantblog.
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February 13, 2004
Valentine's Day Special
This one is for Susie, Cherry, Jennifer, Mookie, LeeAnn, Roxette, Stevie, Heather, Helen, Linda, Annika and Sarah:
Throw Rocks At Boys
Until they hand over the flowers and chocolates, anyway.
(Thanks to
The International Squirrel Conspiracy.)
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Tee hee hee! That was fun! I quit after the first ten boys, though--don't want to get addicted!
Posted by: Susie at February 13, 2004 06:26 PM (0+cMc)
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Awww...at first I thought Pixy Misa loved us, now I understand that he is just inviting us to violence.
My kind of man, really.
Happy Valentine's Day!
Posted by: Helen at February 13, 2004 06:33 PM (1GFEL)
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I made it to level 4, then I ran out of time.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 13, 2004 06:35 PM (kOqZ6)
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I've been practicing for this my whole life.
Posted by: LeeAnn at February 14, 2004 12:49 AM (HxCeX)
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Happy Valentine's Day, Pixy!
Posted by: Jennifer at February 14, 2004 12:51 AM (4DdKZ)
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Aw, Pixy, for us?
You knew exactly what we needed.
hands over chocolate and anime
Happy Valentine's, Pixy!
Posted by: Linda at February 14, 2004 11:51 AM (mmKG+)
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How cute Pixy, i love it! Happy valentines day to you sweetie!
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Beal's Revenge
Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
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Posted by: Susie at February 13, 2004 06:15 PM (0+cMc)
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My shortcuts came back. My mind is still blank though.
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A shortcut is a terrible thing to waste
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February 12, 2004
Too Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Okay.
I can now report that lightning comes in three types:
Type 1: Flash! <Pause>
Rumble rumble rumble. Good old comfortable watching-the-show lightning.
Type 2: FLASH!
CERACKACKACK!! The "heh, that was pretty close" lightning.
Type 3:
BLAM!
Type 3 lightning is particularly effective at 4:30 in the morning when everybody is fast asleep. There's no point in doing it again, though, because nobody's going to get back to sleep for a
long time.
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You've been Bestiary-ed.
Posted by: The Commissar at February 12, 2004 04:57 PM (suNvn)
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And then you have to change the sheets too...
Posted by: Ted at February 13, 2004 12:46 AM (blNMI)
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Just remember, If your still alive enough to hear the thunder, the lightening wasn't too close!
Posted by: Stephen Macklin at February 13, 2004 01:28 AM (UquFN)
Posted by: Lee at February 13, 2004 06:39 AM (BpPRO)
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I hope all your computers are ok. It sounds like you are just getting them to work. It would be a shame for lightning like that to kill them.
Posted by: Anonymous Coward at February 13, 2004 05:27 PM (8+XGc)
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My computers didn't even bobble when the lightning hit.
My Windows box rebooted overnight, but that's the first time in a month, so I'll forgive it.
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I've had Type 3 lightning before. One time it happened just as I turned the bathroom light on. I thought I'd blown the house up by accident.
Posted by: David Gillies at February 20, 2004 04:59 AM (uUz90)
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Galaxy Railways
This train is travelling westward toward the planet Destiny.
We will be making a transfer at the Hope & Despair station.
We'll be making use of a timeknot.
Due to this circumstance, please do not open your windows.
Because opening your window on a train travelling through deep space while it is using a timeknot is a
bad idea.
Please don't use the the toilet while the train is standing at the station either.
Update: Well, that's nice. They kill half the family in the first episode, and then in the second episode they go back in time and kill them again.
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February 11, 2004
Valentine's Day, Geek Style
Daniel, MuNu's pet grad student, posts regarding some interesting valentine's day gift ideas for the geek-girl in your life.
But the HTTPanties only come in "200 OK" and "403 Forbidden". Could we not make use of some of the other HTTP error codes?
Let's see:
Hmm...
100 Continue (Works for me.)
101 Switching Protocols (Um...)
204 No Content (Maybe on a guys boxers, if he's had, you know, snip-snip.)
300 Multiple Choices (See 101 Switching Protocols)
303 See Other (Other?)
304 Not Modified (On a ladies' t-shirt)
305 Use Proxy (Safety first)
307 Temporary Redirect ("If the 307 status code is received in response to a request other than GET or HEAD, the user agent MUST NOT automatically redirect the request unless it can be confirmed by the user, since this might change the conditions under which the request was issued.")
400 Bad Request (Try flowers or chocolates, maybe dinner and a movie.)
401 Unauthorized
402 Payment Required (!)
404 Not Found (!!)
405 Method Not Allowed (See 101, 300)
406 Not Acceptable (See 400)
409 Conflict ("The request could not be completed due to a conflict with the current state of the resource.")
410 Gone (Gone where?)
411 Length Required (Ouch. That's gotta hurt.)
412 Precondition Failed ("Nibbling the earlobe, uhh, kneading the buttocks, and so on and so forth. So, we have all these possibilities before we stampede towards the clitoris.")
413 Request Entity Too Large (No comment.)
415 Unsupported Media Type ("The server is refusing to service the request because the entity of the request is in a format not supported by the requested resource for the requested method.")
416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable (?)
417 Expectation Failed ("Oh, you men are all alike. Seven or eight quick ones, and you're off with the boys.")
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Posted by: Susie at February 11, 2004 05:27 PM (0+cMc)
Posted by: Meg at February 11, 2004 06:07 PM (1sxTw)
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How about a kiss, boy?
Wonderful list!
Posted by: Ted at February 11, 2004 09:50 PM (2sKfR)
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If you've got a member of the opposite gender posting a 416 "Requested Range Not Satisfiable", then you'd better keep her/him, and for heaven's sake make sure you use the code 305!
Also, what if the code 300: Multiple Choices referred to a cluster, rather than a protocol switch?
What? Why are you looking at me like that?
Posted by: Linda at February 12, 2004 12:00 PM (mmKG+)
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I predict I am going to get this one in e-mail in the next few months. Unattributed.
Posted by: Kathy K at February 12, 2004 12:58 PM (RFaoZ)
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I'll never open a socket to a web server the same way again
Posted by: mike at February 13, 2004 06:08 AM (E2WVC)
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You're missing the best one - the generic "500 - Internal Server Error."
Oh, those connotations "server" can take on.
hln
Posted by: hln at February 13, 2004 12:59 PM (yJyUC)
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You forgot 503 - Service Unavailable
telnet ambientirony.mu.nu 80
HEAD / HTTP/1.1
Host: ambientirony.mu.nu
Connection: keep-alive
HTTP/1.1 503 Service Unavailable
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 18:03:58 GMT
Server: Misa/1.3.29
Retry-After: 1 week
Vary: negotiate, wheedle, plead
Accept: dinner, choccies, flowers
Connection closed by foreign host
Please don't kill me.
Posted by: David Gillies at February 20, 2004 05:12 AM (uUz90)
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