My apologies. I did not wish to be overly cryptic in the original message. I just did not want to spoil the surprise. When I clicked on the link in the original, however, the correct page on teen depression was pulled up.
If the link I posted in the original message did not result in an error message for you, perhaps this one will work (or, not work, as the case may be), and you can see it in operation: http://psychcentral.com/library/teen (Click it now, or risk ruining the surprise. In case that link does not produce the desired result, the surprise is shown below.) In one of the assignments that I require of my online students (which, quite frankly, I should be grading right now), one student messed up on a link. She added an "l" to the .htm -- a very common error. I frequently click on the links to check them. When I clicked on that link I got an Error Message, but it was not the kind one usually sees. Psych Central, John Grohol's Mental Health Page, was one of the earliest of the major psychology Web sites. Grohol has been a real pioneer since the beginning, using some of the cutting edge technologies and techniques before most of us even know they exist. His server presents the coolest Error Message page I have seen to date. It is JavaScript-based. I assume that the script is inspired by one of the computer-based counseling programs. (I presume that I am not violating any copyright standards by posting this to the group. I certainly would not want to encourage any theft of intillectual property.) If you request a page that does not exist on that server, the Error Message page that appears (rather than the old, standard sort of page) says: Something Ain't Quite Right! ____________________________________ Sorry, you've reached a page which doesn't exist on Psych Central any longer. Please visit our Home page to get your bearings. Thanks! Looking for symptom lists of common mental health disorders? (While the following script slowly scrolls through a window.) "The requested document is fake.", 'I could not find your document here.', "I even tried guessing at a misspelling.", "Nothing helped.", "I'm really depressed about this.", "You see, I'm just a Web server...", "Here I am, with a brain the size of the universe,", "trying to serve you a simple Web page,", "and then it doesn't even exist!", "Where does that leave me?!", "I mean, I don't even know you.", "How should I know what you wanted from me?", "You honestly think I can *guess*", "what someone I don't even *know*", "wants to find here?", "Sigh...", "Man, I'm so depressed I could just cry.", "And then where would we be, I ask you?", "It's not pretty when a Web server cries.", "And by the way...", "Where do you get off telling me", "what to show anyway?", "Just because I'm a Web server,", "and possibly a depressive one at that?", "Huh?", "I'm so depressed...", "I think I'll crawl off into a trash can", "and slowly and quietly decompose.", "I mean, I'm gonna be obsolete in what,", "two or three weeks anyway...", "What kind of a life is that?", "I'm really sorry to burden you with all this,", "I mean, it's not your job", "to listen to my problems,", "and I guess it *is* my job", "to go and fetch Web pages for you.", "But I couldn't get this one.", "I'm so sorry.", "Believe me...", "Maybe I could interest you in another page??", "There are a lot out there that are pretty neat,", "although I'm sorry to say that none of them", "were put onto my server, of course.", "Figures, huh?", "That makes me sad, since I have to serve them,", "all day and all night long.", "Two weeks of information overload,", "and then *pffftt*, consigned to the trash.", "What kind of a life is that?", "Now, please let me sulk alone.", "I'm so depressed.", "Been nice talking to you.", I realize that this might be more common than I think, but for those of us who virtually never make mistakes, it is difficult to find creative Error Messages unless someone else tells us about them or makes a mistake like my student's, or something gets changed at the site. If you use, or know of any other such examples (Error Messages or not), please let me know. I am always interested in cool things, especially if they are psychology-oriented. Oh, well. Back to grading the assignments. (You know, this job would be so much nicer if it were not for all the grading of stuff. And, those pesky students. And those annoying administrators.) "John W. Nichols, M.A." wrote: > I love this. You might, too. Stay with it for a couple of minutes. > > http://psychcentral.com/library/teen_depression.html > > -- > > ----------==========>>>>>>>>>> ��� <<<<<<<<<<==========---------- > Sometimes you just have to try something, and see what happens. > > John W. Nichols, M.A. > Assistant Professor of Psychology > Tulsa Community College > 909 S. Boston Ave., Tulsa, OK 74119 > (918) 595-7134 > > Home: http://www.tulsa.oklahoma.net/~jnichols > MegaPsych: http://www.tulsa.oklahoma.net/~jnichols/megapsych.html > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ----------==========>>>>>>>>>> ��� <<<<<<<<<<==========---------- Sometimes you just have to try something, and see what happens. John W. Nichols, M.A. Assistant Professor of Psychology Tulsa Community College 909 S. Boston Ave., Tulsa, OK 74119 (918) 595-7134 Home: http://www.tulsa.oklahoma.net/~jnichols MegaPsych: http://www.tulsa.oklahoma.net/~jnichols/megapsych.html --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
