4:04pm and 404s

[David Prahl]

Sounds like a supervisor probably read our site and freaked out. :lol:

BTW, you posted at 4:04 pm, Eastern time. The irony. ;)

--janak

I'm ashamed that I get it. :oops:

:mrgreen:

[Jeff Rutledge]

BTW, you posted at 4:04 pm, Eastern time. The irony. ;)

--janak

OK, so where's the "I'm scratching my head" emoticon?

[Kati Compton]

As Strong Bad would say, 404'd! (http://www.homestarrunner.com/404.html)

It's the error code for pages that don't exist.

I am both proud and ashamed I get the joke. Janak gets "Geek of the Week" award for even noticing the time and making the association.

[David Prahl]

Agreed!

Here's some more Homestar 404 goodness:
http://www.homestarrunner.com/systemisdown.html

[Janak Parekh]

I am both proud and ashamed I get the joke. Janak gets "Geek of the Week" award for even noticing the time and making the association.
Hey, I do Internet-based programming -- what do you expect? ;) I'll even give you the technical discussion: the HTTP protocol (http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html) specifies the return of a "status" code with any HTTP request. A non-error status typically begins with a 2 (i.e., 2xx), and an error status typically begins with a 4 (i.e., 4xx). 404 is specifically used (http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.4.5) for a file that's "not found". There are other 4xx codes, like 403 Forbidden.

--janak

[Kati Compton]

A non-error status typically begins with a 2 (i.e., 2xx), and an error status typically begins with a 4 (i.e., 4xx). 404 is specifically used (http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.4.5) for a file that's "not found". There are other 4xx codes, like 403 Forbidden.
How many bits are used for the code? Are there any values besides 2 and 4? Is it one-hot encoding for the initial digit?

[ctmagnus]

...

Is it one-hot encoding for the initial digit?

It would take a haughty hottie to know what one-hot encoding is.

;) ;) ;) ;)

[Kati Compton]

It would take a haughty hottie to know what one-hot encoding is.

;) ;) ;) ;)

Just call me Dr. Kati. :lol:

[Janak Parekh]

This thread was split from here (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=25836&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0).

How many bits are used for the code?
Most Internet protocols typically use 7-bit ASCII encoding, so 21 bits. ;) However, most PCs will store it in a 8-bit character buffer...

Are there any values besides 2 and 4?
Yep. Lots (http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec6.html#sec6.1.1).

Is it one-hot encoding for the initial digit?
It's ASCII, wise girl. :P (Wise woman? Doesn't sound as biting...)

--janak