Growing up in "404 Not Found": China's nuclear city in the Gobi Desert

Re:Growing up in "404 Not Found": China's nuclear city in th... by oofbey on Sunday December 28, 2025 @12:06PM (#46412504)

Is it just a coincidence that the HTTP code for “not found” became the same as the code name for this city?

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Re:Growing up in "404 Not Found": China's nuclear city in th... by marssaxman on Sunday December 28, 2025 @01:26PM (#46413243)

I find it hard to imagine otherwise. HTTP codes are based on the server return code system used in FTP, first published in 1971, where each of the three digits had a specific role and the values simply counted up from 0-9 as different meanings were assigned. HTTP is a little looser about the syntax, but it's the same general idea. Given the scheme, something was going to be code 404.

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Re:Growing up in "404 Not Found": China's nuclear city in th... by Vincent_Yan404 on Sunday December 28, 2025 @01:58PM (#46413472)

Yes，it's just a coincidence.

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