12th May 2000
Anybody who looks at my personal checkbook knows that I'm not a 'numbers' guy. Because of this, I tend to use credit cards when I'm faced with a '402.' Hopefully, I don't smack into a '401' when I call upon Visa. What's the 411 on these numbers? They're HTTP error codes; the most familiar of which isn't to be found. Ever see a '404' when you're surfing the Web? That officially means: Not Found. '401' is an unauthorized request; '402' is a payment required notice; '403' is strictly forbidden; '408' is a request time-out; '500' is an internal server error; '501' is a non-implemented server-side facility; '503' is a temporarily Lockergnomed (overloaded) server. Yes, there are several other codes, but these are the most often seen. For more information (411) on the Web, swing by W3.ORG.