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anybody want to write a script to test my theory?

Sorry! an unexpected error has occurred.

This error has been forwarded to MySpace's technical group.

The unfortunate thing is that MySpace is set up so when a page generates an "unexpected error," you don't see the error message as part of the actual page you were trying to view. You've actually been redirected to an error page. So refreshing the page is not going to give you another crack at what you were trying to see even if the error was a one-off server fart or something similarly fleeting.

On the other hand, my theory is that every time you hit that error page you are causing an error to be forwarded to MySpace's technical group. If I'm right about this, then reloading said error page 100 times sends 100 identical errors to MySpace's technical group, and oh man does that make me laugh hard.

(Note that the error page link I've provided here is missing the query string that is usually tacked onto the end of it. I don't know if that matters or not when it comes to forwarding an unexpected error to the "technical group," but if you do get an error while using the site, you can always refresh that page!)

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"Yuppie Restaurant" (Barnabys - Augustus Loop)

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