Post a line from Google and see if anyone knows where it's from without using movies or tv shows

[oberliner]

Sorry - couldn't resist

[htuttle]

1. "About 739,000,000 results (0.57 seconds)"

[Xipe Totec]

2. lmgtfy

http://lmgtfy.com/

[lapfog_1]

3. 404 page not found.

probably in a deleted scene from Hackers or The Net or something.

[oberliner]

4. Dimension 404

An anthology series that explores the wonders and terrors of our digital age, from outrageous horror comedy to mind-bending action adventure.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5798078/

[lapfog_1]

5. you know what is really odd about "404 page not found" error?

That it is likely that 403 other errors that were thought to be more common than "page not found".

[oberliner]

6. Good point!

And by the way - I love Hitchhiker's Guide!

[marylandblue]

7. What does that imply when you get Windows error 4d3h2c11?

[lapfog_1]

8. error 1085 subcode 11281

possibly?

[marylandblue]

9. So then, I should have bought a Mac?

[lapfog_1]

10. As chief Architect for a major storage company

it has been my mission to "de-mystify" error reporting by the software. That includes removing all "just the error code" messages to customers.

Computers should not be a priesthood where one must consult with the high priests to figure out what their computer is trying to tell them.

Is it harder to write out an English explanation... sure... but giving out an error code only because you can't be bothered to explain that the software has arrived someplace that can't recover from some situation or other and that the user might need to either get hardware fixed or not try the operation they tried or entered incorrect data or whatever is just lazy imho.

But yes, buy a Mac. I have a couple of those... a lot of Linux machines, one FreeBSD... and my laptop is running Windows.