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The 404

That quote from alt.times.lore

Alas, you have made an error,

So I say, "404."

Double-check your URL,

As we all have heard before.

You ask for an invalid filename,

And I respond, "404"

Perhaps you made a typo --

Your fingers may be sore --

But until you type it right,

You'll only get 404.

Maybe you followed a bad link,

Surfing a foreign shore;

You'll just have to tell that author

About this 404.

I'm just a lowly server

(Who likes to speak in metaphor),

So for a request that I don't know,

I must return 404.

Be glad I'm not an old mainframe

That might just dump its core

Because then you'd get a ten-meg file

Instead of this 404.

I really would like to help you,

But I don't know what you're looking for,

And since I don't know what you want,

I give you 404.

Remember Poe, insane with longing

For his tragically lost Lenore.

Instead, you quest for files.

Quoth the Raven,

"404!"