This morning I did an interesting and funny discovery when searching for Google on Yahoo.com.

Yahoo is telling people to "please stay with us - pretty please - we can do better - don't go!". When searching for Google or MSN this comes up. Have a look for yourself below. Not very Christmassy of Yahoo.

The "You could go to Google or..." message only come up when using Yahoo US and both Google and MSN are targeted.



Merry Christmas everyone!!

It's ok folks you have not read the title wrong, I have not posted in a euphoric state, we can make http error codes fun!

A while ago I was introduced to this by Lisa Ditlefsen and Chewie, I have named checked Lisa specifically for the reason of my family having someone to blame at the sad, sorry state that I have become, one of which is often described as a geek.

I invite you now to break the conversation codes below and also to create your own conversations in the comments section.

Enjoy!

Person A:  I had a row with my girlfriend the other day; she said my actions were 406

Person B:  Oh, bit of 409 at home I see. What happened?

Person A:  Well it was my birthday and she said she had a surprise waiting for me;                             unfortunately the surprise I was thinking of was 501

Person B:  So you made a 400?

Person A:  Yep, it was a 405 apparently and it was 403

Person B:  Not even on birthdays?

Person A:   No,  that was not 202
 
Person B:  So your 417 then, shame

Person A:  Yeah not the best birthday, I 408, said I was going out and was 410.
                 Hopefully I will come back and find out she has 301


Here is the full list of http error codes to help you in your quest:

• Full list of HTTP Error Codes

100     Continue
101     Switching Protocols
200     OK
201     Created
202     Acceptable
203     Non-Authoritative Information
204     No Content
205     Reset Content
206     Partial Content
300     Multiple Choices
301     Moved Permanently
302     Moved Temporarily
303     See Other
304     Not Modified
305     Use Proxy
306     Unused
307     Temporary Redirect
400     Bad Request
401     Unauthorised
402     Payment Required
403     Forbidden
404     Not Found
405     Method Not Allowed
406     Not Acceptable
407     Proxy Authentication Required
408     Request Time-Out
409     Conflict
410     Gone
411     Length Required
412     Precondition Failed
413     Request Entity Too Large
414     Request-URL Too Large
415     Unsupported Media Type
416     Requested Range Not Satisfiable
417     Expectation Failed
500     Server Error
501     Not Implemented
502     Bad Gateway
503     Service Unavailable
504     Gateway Time-Out
505     HTTP Version not supported

Just thought I would share some amusing 404 error messages with you, a bit geeky I know, but chances are if you are on this blog you will appreciate a little bit of geekilicious fun.