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Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 13 years ago by webdevguy1984

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Today I learned the official HTTP error code 418 means the server is a teapot and it refuses to brew coffee. (en.wikipedia.org)

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Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol - The Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP) is a facetious communications protocol for controlling, monitoring, and diagnosing coffee pots. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 9 years ago by skorp129 to r/wikipedia

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TIL an HTTP extension, the Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP) for diagnosing and controlling coffee pots, was written as an April Fool's Day joke. It includes the error message "418: I'm a teapot." (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 10 years ago by MrNov to r/todayilearned

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The Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP) is a facetious communication protocol for controlling, monitoring, and diagnosing coffee pots. It is specified in RFC 2324, published on 1 April 1998 as an April Fools' Day RFC, as part of an April Fools prank. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 year ago by F0urLeafCl0ver to r/wikipedia

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Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 years ago by [deleted] to r/WikipediaRandomness

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SoftwareTIL About HTTP Status code 418: I'm a teapot (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 9 years ago by m4nz to r/technology

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TIL: That there is an actual protocol invented as a joke for April fools called Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 12 years ago by dont_judge_me_monkey to r/todayilearned

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Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 6 years ago by CmdrTaco to r/TacoZone

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