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30 Creative 404 Error Pages
An anonymous reader writes "It's frustrating when you explore the web and encounter the famous message: 404 Error – Page Not Found. What could make it a little better is a customized 404 message. Here are some really good ones that should inspire other web designers."
Error establishing a database connection
Yeah, that's a classic.
Well, that's one of them... where are the other 29?
I was helping our HR to sort few applications to an open position in our company once.
Otherwise promising CV had cover letter containing a link to his work examples online.
Too bad, the link was truncated by our HR software and split into two rows, of course the software created link to the first half of the url only.
The applicant was quickly ruled out as a candidate since the 404 page from the incomplete link had goatse on it.
I did check the actual link by fixing it manually but our HR had already shredded the files by then.
There are no atheists when recovering from tape backup.
You didn't wait long enough. After about 30 seconds, the "error" page dissolves into a mass of whizzing space ships, burning bridges and spouting great white whales.
To get the intended effect, you have to read it like Kirk:
Error......Establishing
A........
Database
Connect....
TION!
Table-ized A.I.