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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Explanation==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Explanation==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">There </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">no image for xkcd </del>comic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">numbered 404</del>. [[Randall]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">did</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">however, not skip a day!</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{Quote|[...] I have always been of the opinion that http://xkcd.com/404/ </ins>is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an actual </ins>comic<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, if a slightly avant-garde one. I actually went out of my way to modify the 'random' button to include it, but that annoyed too many people—most of whom reasonably assumed it was a bug—and I eventually undid it</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|</ins>[[Randall <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Munroe</ins>]], <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[https://web.archive.org/web/20190328010454/https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya Source]''}}</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">previous comic </del>[[403: Convincing Pickup Line]] was released Monday March <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">31st </del>2008, and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">he put </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">next comic, </del>[[405: Journal 3]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, up as scheduled </del>on Wednesday April <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2nd </del>2008<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, which leads some to see the 404 as an {{w|April Fools' Day}} joke </del>released <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in </del>between, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as comic [[404: Not Found]] released </del>on Tuesday April 1st 2008.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This was the first [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]. The next became [[880: Headache]], released on Friday April 1, 2011. </ins>The [[403: Convincing Pickup Line<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|previous comic</ins>]] was released <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on </ins>Monday March <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">31, </ins>2008, and the [[405: Journal 3<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|next comic</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was released </ins>on Wednesday April <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2, </ins>2008<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. This comic was </ins>released between <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the two</ins>, on Tuesday April 1st 2008.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This </del>was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">thus the first [[:Category:April fools' comics</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">April Fools' comic]] released by Randall </del>(not <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">counting </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">unnumbered [[Syndication]] released </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">previous year)</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The next (and first real) April Fools' Day </del>comic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was not released until </del>[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[880</del>: <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Headache]</del>] on <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Friday April 1st 2011, although Randall did make [</del>[:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Category:April_fools'_comics#Explanation|other jokes</del>]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] in the years in between</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The "{{w|HTTP 404|404 Not Found}}" error message is a HTTP standard response code to indicate that the browser </ins>was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">able to communicate with a given {{w</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Server </ins>(<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">computing)|server}}, but the server could not find what was requested. The error may also be used when a server does </ins>not <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wish to disclose whether it has the requested information. The website hosting server will typically generate a "404 Not Found" web page when a user attempts to follow a broken or dead link; hence </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">404 error is one of the most recognizable errors encountered on </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">internet</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Randall deliberately skipped the </ins>comic <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">number 404, so when people try to view it, they get a "404 Not Found" error instead. He has said that he considers 404 </ins>[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https://web.archive.org/web/20190328010454/https</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">//plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya an "actual comic"</ins>] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and that for a time he made it possible to find it using the "random" button </ins>on [<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">//xkcd.com xkcd.com</ins>].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"404" is </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">HTTP Response Code for "{{w</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">HTTP 404|Not Found}}</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </del>Randall <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">deliberately skipped </del>comic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">number 404 </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">xkcd. Therefore</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">when people go to {{xkcd</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">404}}</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">they get a "404 Not Found" error page</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(</del>This <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">does not work in all browsers. In newer versions </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Internet Explorer</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a message about </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">link being broken occurs </del>without the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">404 code</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It might initially appear coincidental that </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[403: Convincing Pickup Line</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">comic 403]] was published just a day before April 1, 2008</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">However, </ins>Randall <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">likely became aware of this possible correlation prior to that specific date, so he had an opportunity to influence the </ins>comic<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'s release date. In May 2007 and </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">November 2007</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Randall published the [[:Category:Choices|Choices series]] and the [[:Category:1337</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1337 series]] respectively, each over five consecutive days</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">less than six months before April Fool's Day</ins>. This <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">deliberate action shifted the release date </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">comic 403 from April 10, 2008</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to March 31, 2008, when it was actually published. This alteration allowed for comic 404 to be posted on </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">April Fool's Day </ins>without <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">abruptly disrupting </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">normal comic release schedule</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Randall has stated that he considers 404 [https://web.archive.org/web/20190311150907/https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya an official, actual </del>comic<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, albeit a rather avant-garde one], and that for a time he made it possible to find it using the "random" button on xkcd.com. He once again displays this </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the 2018 April Fools' joke, </del>[[1975: Right Click]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, where you can access all of his comics up to Right Click from the right click menu, and the menu includes this one specifically due to the strange "title"!</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This </ins>comic <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was featured </ins>in [[1975: Right Click]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(in File > Open > C</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">\ > Bookmarks/ > Comics > </ins>comic <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">num </ins>404<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Interestingly</ins>, the next comic, [[405: Journal 3]], includes the line "So, you found me after all." In [[1969: Not Available]], the error message 404 is referenced in the caption.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It may seem like a random coincidence that {{xkcd|403}} came out the day before April 1st 2008. And for sure it must have been by chance that it would come out close to that date when Randall began posting on xkcd. But when Randall noticed this fact, at some point prior to that date, he would, however, have had a chance to influence the release date. In November 2007, less than half a year before this April 1st, he released the [[</del>:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Category:1337|1337 series]] over five consecutive days. That would have moved the release date of 403 from Friday the 4th of April to the Monday it was actually released - making it possible to skip </del>comic 404 <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as if it came out on April 1st without skipping a comic on a normal release day</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">There was at least one other series in 2007 to use all five days of a week ([[:Category:Choices|Choices]])</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">so maybe he had this planned for a long time?</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{Quote|[...] I have always been of the opinion that http://</del>xkcd<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.com/</del>404<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">/ is an actual comic, if a slightly avant-garde one</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">I actually went out of my way to modify the 'random' button to include it, but that annoyed too many people—most of whom reasonably assumed it was a bug—and I eventually undid it.|</del>[[Randall <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Munroe</del>]], <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[https://web.archive.org/web/20190328010454/https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya Source]''}}</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">There is no image for </ins>xkcd <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">comic numbered </ins>404. [[Randall]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">did, however</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">not skip a day!</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This was the first [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' </del>comic<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] released by [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]. The next became [[880: Headache]], released on Friday April 1, 2011. The </del>[[403: Convincing Pickup Line<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|previous comic</del>]] was released <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on </del>Monday March <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">31, </del>2008, and the [[405: Journal 3<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|next comic</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was released </del>on Wednesday April <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2008. This comic was </del>released between <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the two</del>, on Tuesday April 1st 2008.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The previous </ins>comic [[403: Convincing Pickup Line]] was released Monday March <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">31st </ins>2008, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">he put </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">next comic, </ins>[[405: Journal 3]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, up as scheduled </ins>on Wednesday April <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2nd 2008</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which leads some to see the 404 as an {{w|April Fools' Day}} joke </ins>released <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in </ins>between, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as comic [[404: Not Found]] released </ins>on Tuesday April 1st 2008.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The "{{w|HTTP 404|404 Not Found}}" error message is a HTTP standard response code to indicate that </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">browser was able to communicate with a given {{w</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Server </del>(<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">computing)|server}}, but </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">server could not find what was requested. The error may also be used when a server does not wish to disclose whether it has </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">requested information</del>. The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">website hosting server will typically generate a "404 Not Found" web page when a user attempts to follow a broken or dead link; hence the 404 error is one of the most recognizable errors encountered on the internet. Randall deliberately skipped the </del>comic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">number 404, so when people try to view it, they get a "404 Not Found" error instead. He has said that he considers 404 </del>[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</del>:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">//web.archive.org/web/20190328010454/https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya an "actual comic"</del>] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and that for a time he made it possible to find it using the "random" button </del>on [<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</del>:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">//xkcd.com xkcd.com</del>].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This was thus </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">first [[:Category:April fools' comics</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">April Fools' comic]] released by Randall </ins>(<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">not counting </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">unnumbered [[Syndication]] released </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">previous year)</ins>. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">next (and first real) April Fools' Day </ins>comic <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was not released until [</ins>[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">880</ins>: <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Headache]</ins>] on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Friday April 1st 2011, although Randall did make </ins>[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[:Category</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">April_fools'_comics#Explanation|other jokes]</ins>] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in the years in between</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It might initially appear coincidental that </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[403: Convincing Pickup Line</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">comic 403]] was published just a day before April 1, 2008</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">However, </del>Randall <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">likely became aware of this possible correlation prior to that specific date, so he had an opportunity to influence the </del>comic<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'s release date</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In May 2007 and in November 2007</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Randall published the [[:Category:Choices</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Choices series]] and the [[:Category:1337|1337 series]] respectively</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">each over five consecutive days, less than six months before April Fool's Day</del>. This <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">deliberate action shifted the release date </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">comic 403 from April 10</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2008, to March 31, 2008, when it was actually published. This alteration allowed for comic 404 to be posted on </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">April Fool's Day </del>without <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">abruptly disrupting </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">normal comic release schedule</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"404" is </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">HTTP Response Code for "{{w|HTTP 404</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Not Found}}</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </ins>Randall <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">deliberately skipped </ins>comic <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">number 404 in xkcd</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Therefore</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">when people go to {{xkcd</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">404}}</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">they get a "404 Not Found" error page</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(</ins>This <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">does not work in all browsers. In newer versions </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Internet Explorer</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a message about </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">link being broken occurs </ins>without the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">404 code</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This </del>comic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was featured </del>in [[1975: Right Click]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(in File > Open > C</del>:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">\ > Bookmarks/ > Comics > </del>comic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">num </del>404)<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Interestingly</del>, the next comic, [[405: Journal 3]], includes the line "So, you found me after all." In [[1969: Not Available]], the error message 404 is referenced in the caption.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Randall has stated that he considers 404 [https://web.archive.org/web/20190311150907/https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya an official, actual </ins>comic<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, albeit a rather avant-garde one], and that for a time he made it possible to find it using the "random" button on xkcd.com. He once again displays this </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the 2018 April Fools' joke, </ins>[[1975: Right Click]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, where you can access all of his comics up to Right Click from the right click menu, and the menu includes this one specifically due to the strange "title"!</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It may seem like a random coincidence that {{xkcd|403}} came out the day before April 1st 2008. And for sure it must have been by chance that it would come out close to that date when Randall began posting on xkcd. But when Randall noticed this fact, at some point prior to that date, he would, however, have had a chance to influence the release date. In November 2007, less than half a year before this April 1st, he released the [[:Category</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1337|1337 series]] over five consecutive days. That would have moved the release date of 403 from Friday the 4th of April to the Monday it was actually released - making it possible to skip </ins>comic 404 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as if it came out on April 1st without skipping a comic on a normal release day. There was at least one other series in 2007 to use all five days of a week ([[:Category:Choices|Choices]]</ins>), <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">so maybe he had this planned for a long time?</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It is perhaps an interesting point that </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">very </ins>next comic, [[405: Journal 3]], includes the line "So, you found me after all."</div></td></tr>
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TheusafBOT
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Asdf: /* Explanation */ FaviFake's image replacement (how will bot react?)
2024-03-01T02:55:52Z
<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Explanation: </span> FaviFake's image replacement (how will bot react?)</span></p>
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Asdf
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Asdf: /* Trivia */ restored cat too
2024-03-01T02:29:23Z
<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Trivia: </span> restored cat too</span></p>
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Asdf
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Asdf: /* Explanation */ FaviFake's explanation treatment, but kept the image to not annoy the bot
2024-03-01T02:26:47Z
<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Explanation: </span> FaviFake's explanation treatment, but kept the image to not annoy the bot</span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Explanation==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Explanation==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">There </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">no image for xkcd </del>comic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">numbered 404</del>. [[Randall]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">did</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">however, not skip a day!</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{Quote|[...] I have always been of the opinion that http://xkcd.com/404/ </ins>is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an actual </ins>comic<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, if a slightly avant-garde one. I actually went out of my way to modify the 'random' button to include it, but that annoyed too many people—most of whom reasonably assumed it was a bug—and I eventually undid it</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|</ins>[[Randall <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Munroe</ins>]], <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[https://web.archive.org/web/20190328010454/https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya Source]''}}</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">previous comic </del>[[403: Convincing Pickup Line]] was released Monday March <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">31st </del>2008, and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">he put </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">next comic, </del>[[405: Journal 3]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, up as scheduled </del>on Wednesday April <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2nd </del>2008<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, which leads some to see the 404 as an {{w|April Fools' Day}} joke </del>released <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in </del>between, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as comic [[404: Not Found]] released </del>on Tuesday April 1st 2008.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This was the first [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]. The next became [[880: Headache]], released on Friday April 1, 2011. </ins>The [[403: Convincing Pickup Line<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|previous comic</ins>]] was released <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on </ins>Monday March <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">31, </ins>2008, and the [[405: Journal 3<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|next comic</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was released </ins>on Wednesday April <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2, </ins>2008<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. This comic was </ins>released between <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the two</ins>, on Tuesday April 1st 2008.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This </del>was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">thus the first [[:Category:April fools' comics</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">April Fools' comic]] released by Randall </del>(not <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">counting </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">unnumbered [[Syndication]] released </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">previous year)</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The next (and first real) April Fools' Day </del>comic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was not released until </del>[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[880</del>: <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Headache]</del>] on <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Friday April 1st 2011, although Randall did make [</del>[:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Category:April_fools'_comics#Explanation|other jokes</del>]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] in the years in between</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The "{{w|HTTP 404|404 Not Found}}" error message is a HTTP standard response code to indicate that the browser </ins>was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">able to communicate with a given {{w</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Server </ins>(<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">computing)|server}}, but the server could not find what was requested. The error may also be used when a server does </ins>not <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wish to disclose whether it has the requested information. The website hosting server will typically generate a "404 Not Found" web page when a user attempts to follow a broken or dead link; hence </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">404 error is one of the most recognizable errors encountered on </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">internet</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Randall deliberately skipped the </ins>comic <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">number 404, so when people try to view it, they get a "404 Not Found" error instead. He has said that he considers 404 </ins>[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https://web.archive.org/web/20190328010454/https</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">//plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya an "actual comic"</ins>] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and that for a time he made it possible to find it using the "random" button </ins>on [<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">//xkcd.com xkcd.com</ins>].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"404" is </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">HTTP Response Code for "{{w</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">HTTP 404|Not Found}}</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </del>Randall <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">deliberately skipped </del>comic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">number 404 </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">xkcd. Therefore</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">when people go to {{xkcd</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">404}}</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">they get a "404 Not Found" error page</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(</del>This <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">does not work in all browsers. In newer versions </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Internet Explorer</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a message about </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">link being broken occurs </del>without the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">404 code</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It might initially appear coincidental that </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[403: Convincing Pickup Line</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">comic 403]] was published just a day before April 1, 2008</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">However, </ins>Randall <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">likely became aware of this possible correlation prior to that specific date, so he had an opportunity to influence the </ins>comic<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'s release date. In May 2007 and </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">November 2007</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Randall published the [[:Category:Choices|Choices series]] and the [[:Category:1337</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1337 series]] respectively, each over five consecutive days</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">less than six months before April Fool's Day</ins>. This <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">deliberate action shifted the release date </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">comic 403 from April 10, 2008</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to March 31, 2008, when it was actually published. This alteration allowed for comic 404 to be posted on </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">April Fool's Day </ins>without <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">abruptly disrupting </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">normal comic release schedule</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It may seem like a random coincidence that {{xkcd|403}} came out the day before April 1st 2008. And for sure it must have been by chance that it would come out close to that date when Randall began posting on xkcd. But when Randall noticed this fact, at some point prior to that date, he would, however, have had a chance to influence the release date. In November 2007, less than half a year before this April 1st, he released the [[</del>:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Category:1337|1337 series]] over five consecutive days. That would have moved the release date of 403 from Friday the 4th of April to the Monday it was actually released - making it possible to skip </del>comic 404 <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as if it came out on April 1st without skipping a comic on a normal release day</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">There was at least one other series in 2007 to use all five days of a week ([[:Category:Choices|Choices]])</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">so maybe he had this planned for a long time?</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{Quote|[...] I have always been of the opinion that http://</del>xkcd<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.com/</del>404<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">/ is an actual comic, if a slightly avant-garde one</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">I actually went out of my way to modify the 'random' button to include it, but that annoyed too many people—most of whom reasonably assumed it was a bug—and I eventually undid it.|</del>[[Randall <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Munroe</del>]], <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[https://web.archive.org/web/20190328010454/https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya Source]''}}</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">There is no image for </ins>xkcd <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">comic numbered </ins>404. [[Randall]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">did, however</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">not skip a day!</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This was the first [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' </del>comic<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] released by [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]. The next became [[880: Headache]], released on Friday April 1, 2011. The </del>[[403: Convincing Pickup Line<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|previous comic</del>]] was released <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on </del>Monday March <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">31, </del>2008, and the [[405: Journal 3<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|next comic</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was released </del>on Wednesday April <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2008. This comic was </del>released between <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the two</del>, on Tuesday April 1st 2008.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The previous </ins>comic [[403: Convincing Pickup Line]] was released Monday March <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">31st </ins>2008, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">he put </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">next comic, </ins>[[405: Journal 3]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, up as scheduled </ins>on Wednesday April <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2nd 2008</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which leads some to see the 404 as an {{w|April Fools' Day}} joke </ins>released <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in </ins>between, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as comic [[404: Not Found]] released </ins>on Tuesday April 1st 2008.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The "{{w|HTTP 404|404 Not Found}}" error message is a HTTP standard response code to indicate that </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">browser was able to communicate with a given {{w</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Server </del>(<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">computing)|server}}, but </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">server could not find what was requested. The error may also be used when a server does not wish to disclose whether it has </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">requested information</del>. The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">website hosting server will typically generate a "404 Not Found" web page when a user attempts to follow a broken or dead link; hence the 404 error is one of the most recognizable errors encountered on the internet. Randall deliberately skipped the </del>comic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">number 404, so when people try to view it, they get a "404 Not Found" error instead. He has said that he considers 404 </del>[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</del>:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">//web.archive.org/web/20190328010454/https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya an "actual comic"</del>] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and that for a time he made it possible to find it using the "random" button </del>on [<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</del>:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">//xkcd.com xkcd.com</del>].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This was thus </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">first [[:Category:April fools' comics</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">April Fools' comic]] released by Randall </ins>(<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">not counting </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">unnumbered [[Syndication]] released </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">previous year)</ins>. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">next (and first real) April Fools' Day </ins>comic <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was not released until [</ins>[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">880</ins>: <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Headache]</ins>] on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Friday April 1st 2011, although Randall did make </ins>[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[:Category</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">April_fools'_comics#Explanation|other jokes]</ins>] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in the years in between</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It might initially appear coincidental that </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[403: Convincing Pickup Line</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">comic 403]] was published just a day before April 1, 2008</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">However, </del>Randall <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">likely became aware of this possible correlation prior to that specific date, so he had an opportunity to influence the </del>comic<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'s release date</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In May 2007 and in November 2007</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Randall published the [[:Category:Choices</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Choices series]] and the [[:Category:1337|1337 series]] respectively</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">each over five consecutive days, less than six months before April Fool's Day</del>. This <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">deliberate action shifted the release date </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">comic 403 from April 10</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2008, to March 31, 2008, when it was actually published. This alteration allowed for comic 404 to be posted on </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">April Fool's Day </del>without <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">abruptly disrupting </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">normal comic release schedule</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"404" is </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">HTTP Response Code for "{{w|HTTP 404</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Not Found}}</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </ins>Randall <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">deliberately skipped </ins>comic <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">number 404 in xkcd</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Therefore</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">when people go to {{xkcd</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">404}}</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">they get a "404 Not Found" error page</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(</ins>This <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">does not work in all browsers. In newer versions </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Internet Explorer</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a message about </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">link being broken occurs </ins>without the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">404 code</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This </del>comic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was featured </del>in [[1975: Right Click]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(in File > Open > C</del>:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">\ > Bookmarks/ > Comics > </del>comic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">num </del>404)<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Interestingly</del>, the next comic, [[405: Journal 3]], includes the line "So, you found me after all." In [[1969: Not Available]], the error message 404 is referenced in the caption.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Randall has stated that he considers 404 [https://web.archive.org/web/20190311150907/https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya an official, actual </ins>comic<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, albeit a rather avant-garde one], and that for a time he made it possible to find it using the "random" button on xkcd.com. He once again displays this </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the 2018 April Fools' joke, </ins>[[1975: Right Click]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, where you can access all of his comics up to Right Click from the right click menu, and the menu includes this one specifically due to the strange "title"!</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It may seem like a random coincidence that {{xkcd|403}} came out the day before April 1st 2008. And for sure it must have been by chance that it would come out close to that date when Randall began posting on xkcd. But when Randall noticed this fact, at some point prior to that date, he would, however, have had a chance to influence the release date. In November 2007, less than half a year before this April 1st, he released the [[:Category</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1337|1337 series]] over five consecutive days. That would have moved the release date of 403 from Friday the 4th of April to the Monday it was actually released - making it possible to skip </ins>comic 404 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as if it came out on April 1st without skipping a comic on a normal release day. There was at least one other series in 2007 to use all five days of a week ([[:Category:Choices|Choices]]</ins>), <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">so maybe he had this planned for a long time?</ins></div></td></tr>
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172.69.195.113: Prefering FaviFake's treatment, somehow swept away by the antivandalbot. Trying revert to the established rewrite.
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<p>Prefering FaviFake's treatment, somehow swept away by the antivandalbot. Trying revert to the established rewrite.</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Explanation==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Explanation==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">There </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">no image for xkcd </del>comic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">numbered 404</del>. [[Randall]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">did</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">however, not skip a day!</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{Quote|[...] I have always been of the opinion that http://xkcd.com/404/ </ins>is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an actual </ins>comic<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, if a slightly avant-garde one. I actually went out of my way to modify the 'random' button to include it, but that annoyed too many people—most of whom reasonably assumed it was a bug—and I eventually undid it</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|</ins>[[Randall <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Munroe</ins>]], <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[https://web.archive.org/web/20190328010454/https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya Source]''}}</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">previous comic </del>[[403: Convincing Pickup Line]] was released Monday March <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">31st </del>2008, and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">he put </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">next comic, </del>[[405: Journal 3]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, up as scheduled </del>on Wednesday April <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2nd </del>2008<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, which leads some to see the 404 as an {{w|April Fools' Day}} joke </del>released <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in </del>between, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as comic [[404: Not Found]] released </del>on Tuesday April 1st 2008.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This was the first [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]. The next became [[880: Headache]], released on Friday April 1, 2011. </ins>The [[403: Convincing Pickup Line<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|previous comic</ins>]] was released <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on </ins>Monday March <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">31, </ins>2008, and the [[405: Journal 3<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|next comic</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was released </ins>on Wednesday April <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2, </ins>2008<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. This comic was </ins>released between <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the two</ins>, on Tuesday April 1st 2008.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This </del>was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">thus the first [[:Category:April fools' comics</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">April Fools' comic]] released by Randall </del>(not <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">counting </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">unnumbered [[Syndication]] released </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">previous year)</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The next (and first real) April Fools' Day </del>comic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was not released until </del>[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[880</del>: <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Headache]</del>] on <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Friday April 1st 2011, although Randall did make [</del>[:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Category:April_fools'_comics#Explanation|other jokes</del>]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] in the years in between</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The "{{w|HTTP 404|404 Not Found}}" error message is a HTTP standard response code to indicate that the browser </ins>was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">able to communicate with a given {{w</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Server </ins>(<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">computing)|server}}, but the server could not find what was requested. The error may also be used when a server does </ins>not <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wish to disclose whether it has the requested information. The website hosting server will typically generate a "404 Not Found" web page when a user attempts to follow a broken or dead link; hence </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">404 error is one of the most recognizable errors encountered on </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">internet</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Randall deliberately skipped the </ins>comic <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">number 404, so when people try to view it, they get a "404 Not Found" error instead. He has said that he considers 404 </ins>[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https://web.archive.org/web/20190328010454/https</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">//plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya an "actual comic"</ins>] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and that for a time he made it possible to find it using the "random" button </ins>on [<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">//xkcd.com xkcd.com</ins>].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"404" is </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">HTTP Response Code for "{{w</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">HTTP 404|Not Found}}</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </del>Randall <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">deliberately skipped </del>comic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">number 404 </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">xkcd. Therefore</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">when people go to {{xkcd</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">404}}</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">they get a "404 Not Found" error page</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(</del>This <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">does not work in all browsers. In newer versions </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Internet Explorer</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a message about </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">link being broken occurs </del>without the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">404 code</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It might initially appear coincidental that </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[403: Convincing Pickup Line</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">comic 403]] was published just a day before April 1, 2008</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">However, </ins>Randall <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">likely became aware of this possible correlation prior to that specific date, so he had an opportunity to influence the </ins>comic<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'s release date. In May 2007 and </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">November 2007</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Randall published the [[:Category:Choices|Choices series]] and the [[:Category:1337</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1337 series]] respectively, each over five consecutive days</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">less than six months before April Fool's Day</ins>. This <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">deliberate action shifted the release date </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">comic 403 from April 10, 2008</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to March 31, 2008, when it was actually published. This alteration allowed for comic 404 to be posted on </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">April Fool's Day </ins>without <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">abruptly disrupting </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">normal comic release schedule</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Randall has stated that he considers 404 [https://web.archive.org/web/20190311150907/https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya an official, actual </del>comic<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, albeit a rather avant-garde one], and that for a time he made it possible to find it using the "random" button on xkcd.com. He once again displays this </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the 2018 April Fools' joke, </del>[[1975: Right Click]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, where you can access all of his comics up to Right Click from the right click menu, and the menu includes this one specifically due to the strange "title"!</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This </ins>comic <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was featured </ins>in [[1975: Right Click]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(in File > Open > C</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">\ > Bookmarks/ > Comics > </ins>comic <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">num </ins>404<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Interestingly</ins>, the next comic, [[405: Journal 3]], includes the line "So, you found me after all." In [[1969: Not Available]], the error message 404 is referenced in the caption.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It may seem like a random coincidence that {{xkcd|403}} came out the day before April 1st 2008. And for sure it must have been by chance that it would come out close to that date when Randall began posting on xkcd. But when Randall noticed this fact, at some point prior to that date, he would, however, have had a chance to influence the release date. In November 2007, less than half a year before this April 1st, he released the [[</del>:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Category:1337|1337 series]] over five consecutive days. That would have moved the release date of 403 from Friday the 4th of April to the Monday it was actually released - making it possible to skip </del>comic 404 <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as if it came out on April 1st without skipping a comic on a normal release day</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">There was at least one other series in 2007 to use all five days of a week ([[:Category:Choices|Choices]])</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">so maybe he had this planned for a long time?</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It is perhaps an interesting point that </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">very </del>next comic, [[405: Journal 3]], includes the line "So, you found me after all."</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{Quote|[...] I have always been of the opinion that http://</del>xkcd<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.com/</del>404<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">/ is an actual comic, if a slightly avant-garde one</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">I actually went out of my way to modify the 'random' button to include it, but that annoyed too many people—most of whom reasonably assumed it was a bug—and I eventually undid it.|</del>[[Randall <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Munroe</del>]], <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[https://web.archive.org/web/20190328010454/https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya Source]''}}</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">There is no image for </ins>xkcd <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">comic numbered </ins>404. [[Randall]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">did, however</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">not skip a day!</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This was the first [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' </del>comic<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] released by [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]. The next became [[880: Headache]], released on Friday April 1, 2011. The </del>[[403: Convincing Pickup Line<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|previous comic</del>]] was released <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on </del>Monday March <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">31, </del>2008, and the [[405: Journal 3<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|next comic</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was released </del>on Wednesday April <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2008. This comic was </del>released between <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the two</del>, on Tuesday April 1st 2008.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The previous </ins>comic [[403: Convincing Pickup Line]] was released Monday March <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">31st </ins>2008, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">he put </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">next comic, </ins>[[405: Journal 3]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, up as scheduled </ins>on Wednesday April <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2nd 2008</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which leads some to see the 404 as an {{w|April Fools' Day}} joke </ins>released <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in </ins>between, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as comic [[404: Not Found]] released </ins>on Tuesday April 1st 2008.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The "{{w|HTTP 404|404 Not Found}}" error message is a HTTP standard response code to indicate that </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">browser was able to communicate with a given {{w</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Server </del>(<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">computing)|server}}, but </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">server could not find what was requested. The error may also be used when a server does not wish to disclose whether it has </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">requested information</del>. The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">website hosting server will typically generate a "404 Not Found" web page when a user attempts to follow a broken or dead link; hence the 404 error is one of the most recognizable errors encountered on the internet. Randall deliberately skipped the </del>comic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">number 404, so when people try to view it, they get a "404 Not Found" error instead. He has said that he considers 404 </del>[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</del>:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">//web.archive.org/web/20190328010454/https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya an "actual comic"</del>] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and that for a time he made it possible to find it using the "random" button </del>on [<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</del>:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">//xkcd.com xkcd.com</del>].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This was thus </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">first [[:Category:April fools' comics</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">April Fools' comic]] released by Randall </ins>(<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">not counting </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">unnumbered [[Syndication]] released </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">previous year)</ins>. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">next (and first real) April Fools' Day </ins>comic <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was not released until [</ins>[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">880</ins>: <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Headache]</ins>] on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Friday April 1st 2011, although Randall did make </ins>[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[:Category</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">April_fools'_comics#Explanation|other jokes]</ins>] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in the years in between</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It might initially appear coincidental that </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[403: Convincing Pickup Line</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">comic 403]] was published just a day before April 1, 2008</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">However, </del>Randall <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">likely became aware of this possible correlation prior to that specific date, so he had an opportunity to influence the </del>comic<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'s release date</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In May 2007 and in November 2007</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Randall published the [[:Category:Choices</del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Choices series]] and the [[:Category:1337|1337 series]] respectively</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">each over five consecutive days, less than six months before April Fool's Day</del>. This <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">deliberate action shifted the release date </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">comic 403 from April 10</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2008, to March 31, 2008, when it was actually published. This alteration allowed for comic 404 to be posted on </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">April Fool's Day </del>without <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">abruptly disrupting </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">normal comic release schedule</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"404" is </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">HTTP Response Code for "{{w|HTTP 404</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Not Found}}</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </ins>Randall <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">deliberately skipped </ins>comic <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">number 404 in xkcd</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Therefore</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">when people go to {{xkcd</ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">404}}</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">they get a "404 Not Found" error page</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(</ins>This <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">does not work in all browsers. In newer versions </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Internet Explorer</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a message about </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">link being broken occurs </ins>without the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">404 code</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This </del>comic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was featured </del>in [[1975: Right Click]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(in File > Open > C</del>:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">\ > Bookmarks/ > Comics > </del>comic <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">num </del>404)<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Interestingly</del>, the next comic, [[405: Journal 3]], includes the line "So, you found me after all." In [[1969: Not Available]], the error message 404 is referenced in the caption.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Randall has stated that he considers 404 [https://web.archive.org/web/20190311150907/https://plus.google.com/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya an official, actual </ins>comic<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, albeit a rather avant-garde one], and that for a time he made it possible to find it using the "random" button on xkcd.com. He once again displays this </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the 2018 April Fools' joke, </ins>[[1975: Right Click]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, where you can access all of his comics up to Right Click from the right click menu, and the menu includes this one specifically due to the strange "title"!</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It may seem like a random coincidence that {{xkcd|403}} came out the day before April 1st 2008. And for sure it must have been by chance that it would come out close to that date when Randall began posting on xkcd. But when Randall noticed this fact, at some point prior to that date, he would, however, have had a chance to influence the release date. In November 2007, less than half a year before this April 1st, he released the [[:Category</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1337|1337 series]] over five consecutive days. That would have moved the release date of 403 from Friday the 4th of April to the Monday it was actually released - making it possible to skip </ins>comic 404 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as if it came out on April 1st without skipping a comic on a normal release day. There was at least one other series in 2007 to use all five days of a week ([[:Category:Choices|Choices]]</ins>), <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">so maybe he had this planned for a long time?</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It is perhaps an interesting point that </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">very </ins>next comic, [[405: Journal 3]], includes the line "So, you found me after all."</div></td></tr>
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