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> 451: Unavailable due to legal reasons A touch over dramatic, verging on smug given that it’s a nerd in-joke. (If you didn’t know, this HTTP status code is a
by gorgoiler 5y ago
> 451: Unavailable due to legal reasons
A touch over dramatic, verging on smug given that it’s a nerd in-joke.
(If you didn’t know, this HTTP status code is a tongue in cheek reference to the dystopian sci-fi novel Fahrenheit 451 where information is outlawed.)
I could elaborate but unfortunately due to our safety and security policies I am unable to comment further. Your wellbeing is my number one priority.
- eproxus 5y agoIt’s also quite ironic because they seem to claim that because their page is full of tracking cookies (what other reason to cite GDPR?).
- marcosdumay 5y agoYeah, this is the wrong response code, but I guess there isn't one for "we want to harm you, but since this is illegal, we prefer to deny you service". Looks like a severe overlook from the IETF.
- throwaway894345 5y agoHah, this is funny. I didn’t put that together, thanks for pointing it out.
- oasisbob 5y ago> A touch over dramatic, verging on smug given that it’s a nerd in-joke. I don't see how it's dramatic or smug at all. 451 is an improvement on the vague 403 forbidden status code, and is specified in RFC 7725, a standards track document: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7725 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7725 This isn't an inside joke that someone just made up, other than someone (Timothy Bray?) choosing this particular constant out of the remaining unused 4xx series.
- gorgoiler 5y agoFor me, the spirit of 451 was as a form protest, not some sort of blanket arse-covering. In other news, a friend of a friend's mom's tennis partner's cat sitter knew someone whose website was taken down by socialist European lawyers, so what harm is there from banning them from the village? It's not like we want them here anyway!