March 2001
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
4h 56m
English
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13.3. 500—Server Error
The primal ed editor for Unix has one and only one response to any kind of error condition: it prints '?'.[1] Although user interface design has generally matured from this minimalist approach since then, it took a giant leap backwards with the introduction of Web servers whose only response to virtually any error is something close to
[1] ed was written by Ken Thompson. It was suggested that his car sported a single indicator on the dashboard: a giant '?' which would light up when anything was wrong, and the experienced driver would usually know what it meant.
Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
It usually goes on to suggest that you ...