[David Prahl]

Originally Posted by Janak Parekh

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. ops:

:mrgreen:

[David Prahl]

Originally Posted by Janak Parekh

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. ops:

:mrgreen:

[Jeff Rutledge]

Originally Posted by Janak Parekh

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!

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]

Originally Posted by Kati Compton

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 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 for a file that's "not found". There are other 4xx codes, like 403 Forbidden.

--janak

[Kati Compton]

Originally Posted by Janak Parekh

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 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]

Originally Posted by Kati Compton

Is it one-hot encoding for the initial digit?

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

[Kati Compton]

Originally Posted by ctmagnus

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.

Originally Posted by Kati Compton

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.

Is it one-hot encoding for the initial digit?

It's ASCII, wise girl. :P (Wise woman? Doesn't sound as biting...)

--janak