All-time funniest 404 pages

Summary: Running into a Web 404 page is a lot like reaching into a bag of pop-corn and pulling out un-popped seeds: Upsetting and mildly annoying.

By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | June 15, 2012 -- 09:36 GMT (02:36 PDT)

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Then, of course, there's the famous—or is it infamous?--Nosh, a mobile app. for tracking down restaurants. And, ahem, sending out elite ex-special forces operatives to track down missing Web pages. http://www.nosh.com/404 Oh, but guys, the page you gunned down? It's not a code 500, it's a code 410: the requested resource is no longer available at the server and no forwarding address is known. This condition is expected to be considered permanent.

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...and with this horrible pain in all the diodes down my left side...

HAL vs Marvin?

staffantj
15 June, 2012 13:33

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actually . . .

"Did you ever wonder what HAL, the computer from the movie 2001 might be doing in our world? "

Actually, I was thinking the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on that one.

CobraA1
15 June, 2012 15:09

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- Aww what?
  
  Aww what? -1? y?
  
  CobraA1
  16 June, 2012 21:38
  
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  - Score one!
    
    I hate those stupid numbers. What have they actually achieved?
    
    Oh and yes, it's clearly not HAL but Marvin.
    
    jeremychappell
    17 June, 2012 14:24
    
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Interestingly enough . . .

Interestingly enough, despite being slanted at a "broken" angle, the navigation bar on Blizzard's 404 page is still functional!

CobraA1
15 June, 2012 15:12

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Weapons of Mass Destruction

Ahem.

How could this list possibly have missed the clasic Weapons of Mass Destruction 404 error message:

http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Stoutner
15 June, 2012 15:32

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- Actually
  
  when I tried the Weapons page it gave me a plain old 404 page! Glad to see it's still around, it's certainly a top funny 404.
  
  Steven
  
  sjvn@...
  15 June, 2012 18:22
  
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  - are you sure?
    
    the reaosn it's the best is it looks just like a classic, until you read tyhe fine print..
    
    try again?
    http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
    or
    http://www.subways.net/iraq/404.html
    
    dilgreen@...
    18 June, 2012 08:43
    
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GitHub 404

GitHub's 404 is pretty funny!

atgheb
15 June, 2012 19:52

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- Best part is it integrates mobile's accelerometer.
  
  Nice touch.
  
  Bruizer
  16 June, 2012 11:42
  
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Nice collection

404 page errors were never so interesting. Won't mind a 404 error if I get to see such interesting page. :)

- Sara
http://www.hiredotnetprogrammers.com/

SaraParker23
18 June, 2012 02:47

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404s

My 404 has had some interesting feedback over the years:
http://thundernerd.com/no_such_page.html

kenift
18 June, 2012 08:22

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- Re: 404s
  
  By interesting I mean that some people believed it...
  
  kenift
  18 June, 2012 14:02
  
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404 Gallery

Totally loved the gallery. Thanks for making a rainy Monday brighter.

bonnie@...
18 June, 2012 08:26

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Fun stuff

A lot of these galleries I can easily do without, but this was a great one. I especially enjoyed the awkward 404. Thanks for the fun!!

boomchuck1
18 June, 2012 09:49

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This is not Ms. Page!

This is Gretchen Moll who portrayed the legendary Ms. Page in the movie "The Notorious Bettie Page" and this is one of the slicks used to promote the pic. Still, it is nice to ponder.

gridcontrol
18 June, 2012 11:46

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Check out this French 404 page...

Even if you don't read French (page says "You are lost"), you can see quickly exactly why you are, and what being lost really, truly means: http://membres.multimania.fr/americaoffline/erreur404.htm

kgj@...
18 June, 2012 15:15

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